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Published Wednesday, July 27, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

PAYOLA, SAME AS IT EVER WAS: New York's attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, has kept his eye on this issue for a while, finally getting the major record labels to fess up earlier this week that they continue to pay radio stations to get airtime for their "musicians." I'd have more to say on this, but I want to look at all the documents meself before doing so. Why don't you kids read along with me, then we can discuss later and share our best J. Lo. jokes? Alrighty then.

New York Times coverage here.
Los Angeles Times coverage here.