{"id":123,"date":"2006-04-04T01:55:11","date_gmt":"2006-04-04T08:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=123"},"modified":"2007-05-11T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2007-05-11T19:41:21","slug":"feds-fix-fines-for-radio-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"Feds Fix Fines For Radio Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Payola in radio is an old story but, like everything else in the age of new media, it has been made over by technology and a regulatory environment that curtails competition. Now the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is actively running interference for the radio corporations who have been playing the payola game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accused federal regulators Monday of going behind his back to negotiate with radio companies caught in a “payola” scandal, and saying the move undercuts the case he’s been building for years.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FCC’s efforts on behalf of corporate media giants like Clear Channel and CBS, seek to let them off the hook with fines of about $1 million. Spitzer’s settlements were in the $10 to $20 million range.<\/p>\n

Payola is an insidious crime that benefits broadcasters and record labels at the expense of artists, particularly local and emerging artists that are kept off of the airwaves.<\/p>\n

Sen. Russ Feingold has introduced legislation<\/a> to crackdown on this activity, but it has yet to be considered. In the meantime, the FCC is helping their pals avoid the consequences of having violated the current laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Payola in radio is an old story but, like everything else in the age of new media, it has been made over by technology and a regulatory environment that curtails competition. Now the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is actively running interference for the radio corporations who have been playing the payola game. New York Attorney […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-scandalous"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-1Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":82,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=82","url_meta":{"origin":123,"position":0},"title":"Deadlines","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/19\/2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Sen. 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