Payola

Some News Guests Are Paid To Promote Products On Air

The Huffington Post | Katherine Fung | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Video, Product Placement, Morning News, Morning News Shows, Alison Rhodes Safety Mom, Today Show, Plugola, Alison Rhodes Today, Today Show Product Segments, Alison Rhodes, Payola, Media News

Be wary the next time you turn your TV on: that news segment about the latest gadget might actually be a paid product placement. News shows are st...

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Dreamgirls Gets a Facelift

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hudson Scenic Studios, Michelle Obama, Jennifer Holliday, Robert Longbottom, Longtime Companion, Hairspray, John Breglio, Syesh Mercado, Milton Craig Nealy, Robin Wagner, Moya Angela, Apollo Theatre, Dreamgirls, Michael Bennett, West Side Story, Diana Ross, Margaret Hoffman, Adrienne Warren, Stephen Caffrey, Harlem, City Island, Payola, Henry Krieger, Led, Korea, Trevon Davis, Shane Sparks, Jarran Muse, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, West Point, William Ivey Long, Zuckerbaby, Arts News
George Heymont

From the very first beats of Henry Krieger's score, the new staging of Dreamgirls roars out of the opening gate and never slows down.

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Jason Linkins

So, About This Whole 'Blogger Payola' Thing...

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Melodrama, Blogs, Daily Caller, Blogola, Media Criticism, Political Blogs, Blogging, Payola, Politics News

I'm not really sure how we go from a single bad apple, two anonymous sources, and a litany of perfectly banal new media practices to a scandal in which you have widespread blogger payola.

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Univision Agrees To Pay $1M In Payola Settlement

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media News, Univision, Payola, Radio, Media News

WASHINGTON — Univision Communications Inc. has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that the company's radio stations and its employee...

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Radio Gives Payola a Facelift to Stay Afloat

Jason Schmitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kid Rock, Radio, Recording Industry, John Dingell, Music Industry, Eliot Spitzer, Payola, Entertainment News
Jason Schmitt

Radio will take a bone wherever one is thrown and major labels have paid an arm and a leg to have their songs played frequently on stations across the nation.

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