{"id":412,"date":"2005-07-29T23:44:03","date_gmt":"2005-07-30T03:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2005\/07\/29\/payola-an-american-tradition\/"},"modified":"2005-07-29T23:44:03","modified_gmt":"2005-07-30T03:44:03","slug":"payola-an-american-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/07\/29\/payola-an-american-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Payola – an American Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THIS
\n is not a pretty picture," declared Eliot Spitzer,
\n the New York attorney general, at a press conference on Monday to trumpet
\n his office’s yearlong investigation into corrupt dealings between big
\n music companies and broadcasters. "What we see is that payola is
\n pervasive. It is omnipresent. It is driving the industry and it is wrong." But
\n the picture might look a little different to Mr. Spitzer were he to pick
\n up a few history books.<\/p>\n

A cancer on the music industry or an American tradition?<\/em><\/p>\n

In
\n defense of Payola<\/a> from NYTimes<\/p>\n

Expose
\n of Payola<\/a> from NYTimes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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