CBS Radio Settles Payola Case

State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has announced a settlement with CBS Radio, Inc., and a decision by the New York Supreme Court sustaining the Attorney General’s lawsuit against radio conglomerate Entercom Communications Corp. Spitzer’s investigation revealed that certain stations owned by CBS Radio openly solicited illegal financial benefits, expensive vacation packages, gift cards and other valuable items from record...

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Sirius Satellite Radio Broadcasting Final CBGB Show With Patti Smith

Sirius Satellite Radio has been tapped to broadcast the final show at the renowned CBGB’s, the birthplace of the punk movement in the US. Patti Smith will be the final performer with a sold out show on the 15th. In fact, the show was sold out in 18 minutes, according to club founder and owner Hilly Kristal, who will soon be forced to shutter the premises. Smith first played at the club in 1975. “Although we mourn the...

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