Payola pondered
In light of the failed negotiations with Big Radio, the LAT‘s editorial page poses an interesting question today – Why do regulators still care about payola? – but then answers it in a sadly wrong-headed way.
“Sure, the new outlets for music could attract payola-like abuses, but their ranks are so large and growing that there’s no way to buy off all of them. And they’re already having their effect, as seen in the dwindling market share for the artists who hog the airwaves.
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