Following on from his column last Friday on NZ On Air, John Drinnan returned to the matter in today's column, noting that NZOA had got a lot of reaction to stories on it funding the latest album from Annabel Fay, saying " supporters of the scheme criticised this column for not pointing out that NZ On Air is able to recoup money from sales.
"However, it is not clear that recoupment made a big difference. New Zealand On Air advises that 31 album grants were made in the 2009/10 financial year, which would amount to around $1.55 million.
" Recoupments from funded albums for the financial year July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, totalled $146,816, plus GST. Not all 09/10 funded albums have been released."
NZ On Air's annual report (pdf) says that of the 31 albums funded, " 80% are new artists (artists making their first NZ On Air-funded album) or emergent artists (artists making their second funded album)."
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