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How The Stimulus Package Is Making Sure The Music Biz Will Survive · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. The massive two trillion
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  Speaker 1: dollar stimulus bill will help out many Americans in need,
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  Speaker 1: including many of those on the support side of the
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  Speaker 1: music business who rely on live music to pay their bills,
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  Speaker 1: like roadies, sound engineers, and so many others. Many of
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  Speaker 1: those people are typically not allowed to file for unemployment
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  Speaker 1: as they're considered independent contractors, but music industry lobbyists pleaded
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  Speaker 1: with centators to make sure these people were considered in
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  Speaker 1: the stimulus package, and it happened. Recording Industry Association of
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  Speaker 1: America chairman and CEO Mitch Glazier says access to this
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  Speaker 1: expanded unemployment insurance will ensure that hundreds of thousands of
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  Speaker 1: musicians families across the country can continue to pay their rent,
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  Speaker 1: put food on the table, and care for their children
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  Speaker 1: during this public health crisis. That's direct from Hollywood.