payola

How To Use payola In A Sentence

• But the media has long since been corrupted by a far more sophisticated, legal system of payola and influence peddling.
• Payola in radio is illegal when a song is played due to a payment but that fact is not disclosed. Playola « BuzzMachine
• Labels sidestep payola laws by hiring independent promoters to lobby and compensate radio stations for playing certain records.
• The book does have a dark edge, exposing the shady business deals, tales of payola, and personal dramas.
• Average payola in dollars paid by record companies to US commercial radio stations to add a song to a playlist: 1,000
• I guess they did get involved when they outlawed "payola" - the voluntary payment to get songs played on the radio for free. Techdirt
• UPDATE: But according to one of Derek's commentors, payola is even more pervasive in Europe: Archive 2004-07-01
• Anytime I see an article referring to Facebook as an equal to Myspace I immediately suspect payola is involved. Who Needs Another Social Network? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
• Is payola so widespread and successful in the radio industry that it must then also be the lubricant that greases our health machine?
• There were a lot of good records in those days, but no one paid enough payola to get them played at the time.