I have the same problem for my radio payer app.

First rejection they ask me to take a video of the app working (and they explicitly ask for a real iPhone although I did it in the emulator and it passed). Isn't that the whole point of their review to do it themselves?

Then now they ask me for documented authorization of each radio listed in the app. I keep pointing that there is already apps with the same data source as mine (radio-browser) and they keep replying the same thing.

Each round takes days or a week.

I don't think humans were involved in any part of this process (except me). I guess I will have to fake it somehow.

I have a previous app approved and I must say the process was actually better than what I had anticipated back then.