Music Industry Payola
Payola
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Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business $8.97 Hit Men is the shocking, highly controversial expose of the venality, greed, and corruption of many of the assorted kingpins and hustlers who rule over the music industry. “A sobering, blunt, and unusually well-observed depiction of the sometimes sordid inner workings of the music business.”–Billboard. 4 pages of photographs…. |
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Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, the Music Business, and the Mafia $12.00 Knoedelseder takes readers behind the scenes of an event that began with a minor tax inquiry into MCA Records, and exploded into an all-out investigation that turned up extortion, bribery, payola, counterfeiting, and murder. “A fascinating picture of a tangled music deal.”–Billboard. Photos…. |
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Payola in the Music Industry: A History, 1880-1991 $42.50 Payola is as old as the music industry and continues today. Contrary to popular belief, the acceptance of payola is legal. (Only the nonreporting of it would be illegal.) The recipients of payola and the reasons behind it are discussed decade-by-decade. The early bribes to the minstrel groups and vaudeville players are traced, as are modern-day payments to disc jockeys and radio station progra… |