Random music news for Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Scientists have counted up all the ants on Earth. The number is approximately 20 000 000 000 000 0000. That
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Payola
The US Government is wondering about the legality of this Spotify feature
The American recorded music industry has had a payola problem for decades. To be clear, it is illegal for someone
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Random music news for Tuesday, April 13, 2021
There’s now a board game for cats. Please enjoy. And now, music news for April 13, 2021. Here’s an ask
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Random music news for Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Lest we forget. And now, music news for November 11, 2020. This song won’t play well with the MAGA types
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Random music news for Saturday, January 25, 2020
How long before someone comes up with song called “My Corona (Virus)” to the tune of “My Sharona?” It’s bound
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Random music news for Thursday, January 23, 2020
My winter speaking tour starts tonight. Details here. Maybe we’ll end up discussing the music news of January 23, 2020.
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Random music news for Tuesday, September 10, 2019
On this day in 1977, the last guillotine execution was carried out in France. With that imagery in mind, here’s
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Random music news for Saturday, August 10, 2019
It’s officially back to school season, innit? Distract yourself from how quickly summer is passing with this look at music
Read morePayola is alive and well in the US radio business
Back in the spring, I had dinner with a couple of old friends who work in the American music business.
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Random music news for Saturday, May 26, 2018
NO MORE GDPR EMAILS! PLEASE! I don’t even subscribe to 75% of these newsletters! And now, for music news on
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Payola is Still a Thing in the Music Business. It’s Just Moved Online
Payola–the practice of paying someone to play your music on the radio–has been around since at least the 1950s. After
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