Irving Azoff

As part of the agreement, Azoff says that Clear Channel negotiated "more realistic" digital royalty rates with Big Machine. He added, "Unrealistic rates on the digital side were choking the ability to expand digitally for radio companies," noting that the current rates were also "holding back consumers. We learned from Napster, that’s a bad thing."

Through Front Line, Azoff manages The Eagles, Christina Aguilera, Van Halen, Neil Diamond and many others.