"Pay for Play": The Redistribution of Payola for Music Diversity in New York State and Its Implications for Sustainability in Music

This essay seeks to connect the dots between payola, media consolidation, music diversity, and sustainability in music. It begins with a brief history of payola, the practice of paying a radio station to play a specific music recording without disclosure to the public; suggests a reciprocal relation...

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Business structures
Corporate finance
Corporations
Cultural diversity
Folk music
Market
Music
Music industry
Musicians
New York
Payola
Playlists
Radio
Radio stations
Sustainability
U.S.A
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