#Payola
(Hypebot) — Pay-to-play/payola has often been an issue, but Spotify’s new “Discovery Mode” has attracted the attention of Congress. Guest post by Chris Castle of Music ...
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Music Promo Services: A Path To Success Or streaming Fraud?
(Hypebot) — If the promises made by a music promotion service sound just too good to be true, there’s a good chance they ...
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Spotify To Promote Music With Recommendations In Exchange For A Lower Royalty Rate
(CelebrityAccess) — Spotify, the dominant on-demand music streaming platform, announced a new experimental program that will let artists pay for placement directly from ...
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Report: Trove Of Leaked Text Messages Appear To Show Payola Is ALive And Well
(Hypebot) — A treasure trove of 2500 texts between major label executives and an independent radio promoter allegedly show that illegal pay-to-play continues ...
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Spotify Hopes Artists Will Pay To Promote Their Music
(CelebrityAccess) — Spotify Technology SA has revealed a new strategy to generate revenue – asking record labels and artists to pay for promotion ...
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The FCC Eyes The Majors Over Payola
WASHINGTON D.C. (CelebrityAccess) — The FCC has formally requested information from the major labels about their current “mechanisms” the labels have in place ...
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RIAA Investigating Payola Like Fox Guarding The Henhouse
(Hypebot) — Paying for radio airplay, or payola as it is more commonly known, has been around since the 50s in one form ...
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FCC Asks RIAA To Invesitgate Payola
(Hypebot) — FCC Commissioner Mike O’Reilly has sent a letter to the RIAA asking it to investigate recent reports of payola – the ...
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Pay To Play: Payola Still A Factor For Radio
(Hypebot) – Broadcast radio has been rocked by at least two payola scandals in the 1960s and again in 2004. But payola – ...
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