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Payola

Payola, in the music industry, is the illegal practice of paying a commercial radio station to play a song without the station disclosing the payment. Under U.S. law, a radio station must disclose songs they were paid to play on the air as sponsored airtime. The number of times the songs are played can influence the perceived popularity of a song, and…

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Payola

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Triples127
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Further reading · 56
Payola → An Unruly History, Another Brick, Archived, August, Boehlert, Can Pay, Cartwright, Coase, Dannen, Dick Clark, Economics, Eric, Fast Money Inside, FCC's, Fredric, Harmony Books, Hit Men, How Payola Went Corporate, ISBN, Jamie
related to Third-party loophole · 21
Payola → As, Congressional, Eliot Spitzer, EMI, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, In, July, May, NBC News, New York District Attorney, New York State, November, Sony BMG Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Spitzer's, The, The New Payola, This, Universal Music Group
related to Criticism of U.S. laws · 11
Payola → Alternative Distribution Alliance, Because Lewis, Communications Act, Even, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, So, The FCC, These, Warner Music Group, Zach Quillen
related to history · 10
Payola → American, Attempts, Before, Early, NBC's, Only, Prosecution, The, TV, Your Hit Parade
related to Satire of payola practices · 9
Payola → Clyde Ankle, High School OO OO, In, It, Obscurity Records, Old Payola Roll Blues, Payola Scandal, Stan Freberg, The Vancouver
related to U.S. investigations and aftermath · 7
Payola → Congressional Payola Investigations, Dick Clark, DJ Alan Freed, House Subcommittee, Legislative Oversight, The, US Senate
related to As money laundering scheme · 3
Payola → In, In Mexico, South America
related to Modern day · 3
Payola → In, Spotify, Stan Twitter
is a · 2
Payola → recurring plot element, unannounced acceptance of a payment to run a song
related to In popular culture · 2
Payola → Dreamgirls, In

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Payolais aunannounced acceptance of a payment to run a song0.90text
Payolais arecurring plot element0.90text
the radio equipment manufacturer Motorolainstance ofor brands0.80text
Payolarelated to As money laundering schemeIn Mexico0.60section
Payolarelated to As money laundering schemeSouth America0.60section
Payolarelated to As money laundering schemeIn0.60section
Payolarelated to Criticism of U.S. lawsThe FCC0.60section
Payolarelated to Criticism of U.S. lawsCommunications Act0.60section
Payolarelated to Criticism of U.S. lawsThese0.60section
Payolarelated to Criticism of U.S. lawsEven0.60section
Payolarelated to Criticism of U.S. lawsMacklemore0.60section
Payolarelated to Criticism of U.S. lawsRyan Lewis0.60section

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