Hilburn: Radio payola settlement won't change the music
Hilburn: Radio payola settlement won't change the music
In his LAT Critic’s Notebook, Robert Hilburn makes two important points about Eliot Spitzer’s settlement with Sony/BMG, dousing some water on the supposition that freed from the shackles of petty bribery, radio will be really, really great.
1) While songs might get a shot at airplay via record companies paying off program directors, they only stay on the air if audience response is positive. Which means a payola ban won’t really affect what’s on the airwaves that much.
2)
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