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'".