Sony Settles Payola Investigation

Stereogum makes a sad situation funny.

Major label people so silly.

UPDATE: Here is a 1.1MB PDF of all the e-mails from Sony. Great reading material.

3 responses to “Sony Settles Payola Investigation

  1. verticalstrum

    well DUH!

    why would anyone ACTUALLY want to listen to Good Charlotte, Gretchen Wilson, or Audioslave?!?!?!

  2. Well, it sounds like a band aid on a severed arm to me. As long as Clear Channel holds a tight reign on the radio and concert industry, and as long as we allow the existence of independent promoters (who turn payola into “legal” promotion), nothing has been resolved.