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Payola has been around for a dozen decades
The History Channel says:
The History Channel says:
:... within the music business, Payola referred specifically to a practice that was nearly as old as the industry itself: manufacturing a popular hit by paying for radio play.<ref> [http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-payola-scandal-heats-up The Payola scandal heats up]</ref>
:... within the music business, Payola referred specifically to a practice that was nearly as old as the industry itself: manufacturing a popular hit by paying for radio play.<ref> [http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-payola-scandal-heats-up The Payola scandal heats up]</ref>
Cliff Doerksen wrote:
:Payola has been a constant and universal part of the economy of popular music for about 125 years, and the likelihood that legislators will be able to do anything constructive about it is about as high as the odds of winning the war on drugs. It was old when ragtime was new, and it still will be going strong long after rock 'n' roll has died. Generations of reformers have gone up against payola—and those few who have accomplished anything lasting have succeeded only in making things worse.<ref> [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/13026099/same-old-song-and-dance Same Old Song and Dance] Washington City Paper - Feb 28, 2003</ref>
==See also==
==See also==