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Issue: 1974 August 30

MARKETPLACE
You don't really believe music copyrighters, plus artists, plus recorders, plus all the
others are going to be happy and satisfied to split 15¢ a week royalty tribute from each
jukebox? That's what $8 per year per jukebox royalty tribute amounts to. Fly over to Europe,
especially Italy, if you want to get some idea of what it's like and how much it costs to get
a license from copyrighters to even locate a jukebox. European copyrighters have been constant-
ly complaining to U.S. copyrighters about jukebox royalty tribute for playing their copyright-
ed tunes. They don't go for story that U.S. jukeboxes are "showcase" to popularize tunes.
The Europeans have been pushing harder than hard demanding U.S. jukeboxes pay off royalty
tribute. And they don't mean just a few millions. Every move by copyrighters, by arists, by
recorders, calculated to get you to pay and pay and pay more and more royalty tribute right
tbru the nose if necessary. 8 bucks per year per jukebox just the opening wedge. Better write
letters 'til your arm swells up. Then write more to both U.S.Senators of your state. You
elected them to help you. Man, oh, man, how you need their help. WRITE NOW!
Sing out "Hapw Birthday" to: Willie Blatt, Miami,Fla.; Dave Bond, Boston,Mass.; Hovard.
Omaha,Nebr.; Tom Greco, Glasco,N.Y.; Gerald Goudeau, Lafayette,La.; Glenn Jenkins,
Denver,Colo.; Bob Fogle, Ludlow,N.Y.; Bill Morrison, Houston,Tex.; Zollie ~lman, Great Falls,
Mont.; Gene Ford, Pittsbur8h,Pa.; Bill Poss, Aurora, Ill,; Harland Beach, Moorhead,Minn.; Roy
Bazelpa, Hollyvood,Fla.; Scott Foster, Okla.City,Okla.; Hovard Riley, Tulsa,Okla.; Clf.rence
Miller, Irvine,Ky.; Burt Blatt, Miami,Fla.; Louis Thompson, Goldsboro,N.C.; Joe Soule Sr.,
Baton Rouge,La.; Jesse Lagse, Kalispell,Mont.; Bob Fabian, Chicago; James Jackson, Grandview ,
Mo.; Irv Kempner, New York City; Warren White, Grd Rapids,Mich.; Bill Whipple, La.keport,Cal.;
W.L.Groover,Atlanta,Ga.; Bill Miller, Plant City,Fla.; Joe Abraham, Altoona,Pa.; John Porter,
Asheville,N .c.; Bill Veseth, Wolf Pt. ,Mont.; Ellen Brown, Chicago; Frank Coubal, Bloomer, Wis .
Mike Hallnergren, Cross Lake,Minn.
fillli,
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Less operating firms with more locations. Doesn't sound at all logical but that was the
case as first half of' '74 sped by. Estimate by the knowledgeable is that there are approxi-
mately 7,500 full time, established operating firms today in U.S., Canada and Mexico. This
is a new low for the industry. Yet this smaller number of firms are operating more equip't
than ever before in all the history of the coinbiz. Much due, of course, to consolidations
and. acquisitions over past 20 years. Conglomerates as well as large, affluent operators are
still maldng acquisitions. Small operators boring out of picture. Cost to do business today
overwhelming the SJ1alls. As reported in past issues more moonlighters coming into being all
over the country. Most of these, from all reports, would like to go back to full time opera-
ting but, under present conditions, haven't the finances to do so. It's a new kind of ball
game as the second half of '74 gets under way.
Changes at booming busy Bally. Carousel Time has a new name: Aladdin's Castle,Inc., due
to latest acquisition. Tommy Nieman, assistant sales mgr., and who served with Carousel T.iJDe
for couple of years, is scheduled to visit with leading diatribe around the nation. Billy
O'Donnell. Jr., is now Assistant Director of Marketing under Ross Scheer and will cover the
international area. Bob Harpling is now sales mgr., slots. (And just as Puerto Rico officially
okays slots for casinos. So when you go down to Sen Juan this winter look for Bally slots.)
Dick Linkens covering nation's operators for Bally is one busy, busy traveler.
New rulings can save you mone.y on yoµr '74 income tax. If you prepay installment sales con-
tract and pay penalty, the penalty is tax deductible. If you are charged for late payment, on
gas and electric bills, save these bills, difference is tax deductible. If credit card or dept
store charges you 1t,' per month interest on unpaid balance, save these bills, this finance
charge is deductible from your income tax. Loan processing fees like on mortgages are also
tax deductible. This info was released by Prentice-Hall, publishers of tax information.
COPYRIGHTED 1974. NO RIEPRODUC:TION PLIEASll: IN WHOLE Oft IN PART WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION .
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MARKETPLACE
Too many jukeboxes too quiet. Play promotion
many of the belief all that's necessary is to
t
c~s ~ have flown out the window. Too, too
t~t'll do it. No play stimulating posters, coasters anaev records at collection time and
tions. Like, for ex.ample "This week's 5 newe t
rd, ....... ~'(etc., be)ing seen around loca-
.
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s reco ~"" by whoever being f tu.red ·
~~s~!c~~e~uk=box.~j~~ey~e~ listening to them. All 5 for only 50¢, jus:atwo q~
jukebox?" Doze~s ~ideas t~tp ying Lu~q Record No.7 and sensational Record No.8 in our
you double and triple the numbe~fp::o e more and more play and, at the same time, bring
consider my jukeboxes the bread and b t?layfs you are now enjo~. (Operator advises, "I
t
u er o my route." That's IU.ce, real nice but bread
can ge stale and butter become rancid if not constantly refreshed.)
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Why are prices for new eguip't goirur Ul> ~? Here
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In the ~at 90 days prices for steel1i&ve beenraised 5a~:s.e~i~eco~a~!;~ou~hould know.
over 547V in past 4 months. Plastics have zoomed over f,(Jf, in h
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e gone up
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prices of these basic materials are expected to go up again t~: ~;. n:~~!~ve~!'~e~~re,
you what hi8h interest rates mfrs are paying for money. o~ what various taxes are cost
llfrs. In addition, labor's wages, now at record high, may soon go higher.
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Larry Berke, one of the busiest salesmanagers as Midway's "TV Basketball" revives video
games field with orders piling on orders. Midway production at new high peak. Larry on the
phone all day long and trying each late afternoon "to catch up with my paper work". Other
afternoon, just as Larry started on his "paper work" in walked big delegation from Japan
cam.eras slung over shoulders and Larry, as usual, conducted the tour of the modern Midway'
factory. So "paper work" piling up higher and higher but Larry one happy sales mgr taking
orders for more and aore "TV Basketballs"
When solid state pinballs? Gene Beley of .Arcadia,Calif., called for a turn to solid state
pinballs in our past issue. Since then othens have asked when this would happen. As all must
realize, this would mean a complete changeover in present production aethods. The coat would
be terrific. Furthermore, from what we're told, cost per solid state pinball would zoom. Yet,
all this would not mean, because of solid state, pins would be trouble free. Could take a
long time just to cut down on aost known repair probl9JA8. Some enterprising Jllfr is bound to
come up with a solid state pinball. Whoever the pioneer, he'll ba. the cynosure of all eyes.
Sincerely hope the following are wearing their "2000 Club" lapel pins now that the conven-
tion rapidly approaching. Gerald Goudeau, Ho!!l"d Ellis, Glenn Jenkins, Bob Fogle, Gene Ford,
Zollie Kelmap, Bill Mors:son, Scott foster, Hoprd Riley, Joe SoulU Irv Kemmer, ill!
Whipple, W.L,Grnoyer. Send $5.50 for your lapel pin today to: Marketplace, 185 N. VM&ah,
Chicago 60601. Wear your lapel pin to the convention.) ••• They tell us Amos Heilicher one
of the busiest in Minneapolis putting together unfinished jukeboxes. ••• Creditors' collllllittee
of Nutting Associates, Mountain View,Calif., planning to put together unfinished inventory
in this factory into games run up against fact Crocker Bank has lien on accounts receivable
and inventory. May have to take legal action. ••• Front P9£! item in "The Wall Street Jour-
nal" (7/22/74) about old time "telephone music" revived many memories. Was originally labeled,
"Hostess Music", by most in industry. Too many expenses and labor problems caused telephone
ausic to eventually fade out of picture. Yet, for a while back in the '40s, many believed
this was "the answer" to getting 25¢ and even 50¢ for certain tunes. (If memory still serves
believe late Henry Seiden of Albany ,N. Y., kept his "Hostess Music" going long after many
gave up. Are we right Jules Olshein?) ••• ~(Federal Communications Commission) may surprise
by reversing ban on cigaret advertising over radio and TV. At same time limiting requirement
for stations to run free anti-smoking rebuttals. (Sales have been booming up :regardless of
the ban. But once it's off, no doubt that there will be big rush to get advertising going
big again and sales should zoom. This would mean big business pickup for all cigarette mach-
ines all over the nation.)

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