The House Judiciary IP Subcommittee will hold its...

The House Judiciary IP Subcommittee will hold its previously scheduled second hearing this month on music licensing (CD June 11 p12) in 2141 Rayburn at 10 a.m. Wednesday (http://1.usa.gov/1pIUuAG). Music industry officials and artist advocates are waiting to see what licensing issues House Judiciary IP Subcommittee ranking member Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., tackles in his in-progress “MusicBus” bill, expected to be introduced this summer (CD June 19 p11). The hearing’s previously confirmed witnesses are musician Rosanne Cash on behalf of the Americana Music Association; Ed Christian, Radio Music License Committee chairman; David Frear, Sirius XM chief financial officer; Chris Harrison, Pandora Media vice president-business affairs; Michael Huppe, CEO of SoundExchange; Cary Sherman, RIAA CEO; Charles Warfield, YMF Media senior adviser on behalf of NAB; and Paul Williams, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers president. Pandora Media originally scheduled General Counsel Delinda Costin as its witness.