Spitzer/EMI Announce Payola Settlement

Posted on Jun 16, 2006

State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced a settlement with EMI Music North America (EMI) to end its pervasive “pay-for-play” aka Payola, practices in the music industry. EMI, which includes Virgin Records America, Capitol Records, EMI Christian Music Group and S Curve Records, is one of the four major record companies in America, and its parent, The EMI Group, is the third largest music label in the world....