Monday, November 28, 2005
can you say sirius?
Warner Music Group has agreed to pay a $5 million fine after an investigation by New York State Attorney General Elliott Spitzer's office found that the company has been involved in complicated payola schemes. The announcement by Spitzer's office details: "Direct bribes to radio programmers, including airfare, electronics, tickets to premier sporting events and concerts; Payments to radio stations to cover operational expenses; Radio contest giveaways for stations' listening audiences, including flyaways, concert tickets, iPods, gift certificates and gift cards; Hiring independent promoters to act as conduits for illegal payments to radio stations; Purchasing 'spin programs' to artificially increase the airplay of particular recordings.
It's not even complicity, it's solicitation. The radio stations are clearly blackmailing the record companies, and the record companies are caving in without question.
In case you missed out the first time, Sub Pop has another batch of the Postal Service 2x LP Give Up on vinyl. Also just noticed the s/t Ulysses on limited white vinyl from Eenie Meenie Records. Ulysses is a side project for Elephant 6 co-founder Robert Sneider.
Yesterday I put up another round of auctions on Ebay.
It's not even complicity, it's solicitation. The radio stations are clearly blackmailing the record companies, and the record companies are caving in without question.
In case you missed out the first time, Sub Pop has another batch of the Postal Service 2x LP Give Up on vinyl. Also just noticed the s/t Ulysses on limited white vinyl from Eenie Meenie Records. Ulysses is a side project for Elephant 6 co-founder Robert Sneider.
Yesterday I put up another round of auctions on Ebay.
// posted by mac1 @ 1:35 PM 
