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Please, I need to know who did the music licensing for the Democratic National Convention.

There’s a separate song playing for each group of delegates during the DNC roll call (“Empire State of Mind” for New York, “Lose Yourself” for Michigan, and that one Dropkick Murphys song for Massachusetts). Who processed these copyright clearances? Who decided “The Next Episode” is the theme song for the state of California?

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