Payola Scandal!
Payola is an illegal practice where record companies pay off radio broadcasters to play music on the radio as if the song was part of the normal broadcast - and this crime comes with huge fines as a punishment.
Universal Music Group has been fined $12 million dollars for taking part in a payola scheme to get "artists" like Lindsay Lohan and Ashlee Simpson on the radio. Apparently this scheme has spread to MTV and DJs/VJs have been paid off with laptops, vacations, bribes and other big pay offs to play the pop music.
And Universal isn't alone. Other companies such as Song BMG and Warner Music Group Corp. have paid out big settlements - and next to go down is EMI.
So where does the money go? According to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Universal's payment will be distributed to New York-based nonprofit groups to fund music education and appreciation programs.
But how do all the people forced to listen to a pop star's confessions or rants about their broken heart (which aren't even written by the singer anyway) get repaid?
Universal Music Group has been fined $12 million dollars for taking part in a payola scheme to get "artists" like Lindsay Lohan and Ashlee Simpson on the radio. Apparently this scheme has spread to MTV and DJs/VJs have been paid off with laptops, vacations, bribes and other big pay offs to play the pop music.
And Universal isn't alone. Other companies such as Song BMG and Warner Music Group Corp. have paid out big settlements - and next to go down is EMI.
So where does the money go? According to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Universal's payment will be distributed to New York-based nonprofit groups to fund music education and appreciation programs.
But how do all the people forced to listen to a pop star's confessions or rants about their broken heart (which aren't even written by the singer anyway) get repaid?
Labels: Celebrities, Music
posted by Shawn at 3:52 PM
1 Comments:
amen!
as if the fact that these ridicilous "artists" even exist isn't bad enough, record companies buying air time with lavish gifts is awful practice and i'm SO glad these huge corporations are finally paying for it.
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