Jade Tree Speaks Out Against Clear Channel

This was posted on Jade Tree's website. I felt no need to paraphrase it:

Jade Tree has decided to hold its 2002 CMJ label showcase at the Warsaw, located
in Brooklyn, NY. The event had originally been scheduled for Irving Plaza in
Manhattan, but was pulled once Jade Tree discovered that Irving Plaza had ties
to the Clear Channel entertainment giant. While Jade Tree doesn't dictate to
its artists where they can and cannot perform, when it came to making the
decision for the CMJ event, Jade Tree thought that it was clearly time to stand
up and take action. "Clear Channel is against everything that Jade Tree
believes in-the value of independence, integrity and honesty." stated Jade
Tree co-owner Darren Walters. "Jade Tree's ethical business stance simply
isn't in line with Clear Channel's. Clear Channel's unfair competitive
tactics and strategies, along with its monolithic approach to standardizing
whatever media it becomes involved with-from concert venues to radio-are among
some of the most unfair and marginally legal practices in the business today".
Jade Tree strives to keep its CMJ celebration an all-ages, fair-priced ticket
show and doesn't desire to become involved with the media giant when and where
it can be helped. As Walters noted, "We can't support high ticket prices or
restrictions of any kind that effect our fan base. That's simply shooting
ourselves in the foot. Clear Channel stifles fair competition in whatever medium
it becomes involved with and in the spirit of the punk rock Jade Tree says
'Hell no, we don't want to be a part of that'".