There exists, in our country, a chasm between the perceived problems of payola (paying under-the-table for radio airplay) and the actual problems of payola. The actual problems of payola—or ...

In 2006, the world's largest music label, Universal, paid $12 million for a long history of payola. As the New York Times noted, the payola could take many forms, including trips and baseball tickets.

I love a plasma TV as much as the next guy, but it’s naive to think payola is responsible for the music that gets on the radio. In other words, it’s going to take more than Eliot Spitzer to ...

After having uncovered evidence of payola by Sony BMG, Spitzer negotiated a high-profile settlement. The music giant agreed to stop the practice, hire a compliance officer, and pay a fine.

Payola emerged during the height of rock 'n' roll in the late 1950s, and was exposed when the United States Senate began investigating the illegal practice.

Payola is not new. Before a crackdown in the early 1960s, the golden age of payola was what one deejay, Joe Finan, calls a blur of "booze, bribes and broads" -- that's actually the working title ...

The FCC took its most recent FCC payola/sponsorship ID enforcement action more than five years ago, when it issued two related $4,000 proposed forfeitures, which the licensee promptly paid. The ...

IT'S hard to prove and those who get involved are extremely tight-lipped, but music industry sources say payola, an old unethical pay-to-play or publish scheme involving the media, is on ...

And since the 1960s, this practice, known as payola, has been regulated by the federal government. Now, Spotify has devised a new way for musicians to access coveted and lucrative spots on its ...