The streaming music era means new rules — and new ways to game the system. In the ’50s and ’60s, devious record industry execs made headlines for paying DJs to get their music on the air. The practice ...

Fifteen years ago, a record label would pitch its new releases to a record store or chain like Tower Records. Ten years ago, they were pitching their priority releases to digital download stores like… ...

A new report indicates that curators on Spotify and other streaming services are taking payments known as "playola" for placing certain songs on playlists. The term harkens back to the radio payola ...

Playlists were once a democratic realm of tastemakers, but the most popular ones have been influenced -- and in some cases purchased -- by promotion companies, one of which was recently hired by the… ...

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Kelly Clarkson performs at iHeartRadio Summer Pool Party at Caesars Palace on Saturday, May 30, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV. Hugh Jackman and Jim Carrey are facing off on social media, aiming to take each ...

Tom Ham has strapped himself into the back seat of a barrel-rolling fighter jet. He has duked it out in a Las Vegas boxing ring. He has tumbled thousands of feet in free fall from a plane. He has ...

We’ve been reporting for several months on the industry gossip about growing “playola” around streaming playlists: where external curators of popular Spotify playlists ask labels for money in return ...

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