Sony bought radio airtime to play J-Lo and others. That explains it.

[flvegan]

I can't imagine why else some of this crap EVER made it to the radio.

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"Please be advised that in this week's Jennifer Lopez Top 40 Spin Increase of 236 we bought 63 spins at a cost of $3,600."

"Please be advised that in this week's Good Charlotte Top 40 Spin Increase of 61 we bought approximately 250 spins at a cost of $17K ..."

Ironically, it didn't help, as the internal memo from Sony Music quoted above notes, that the company actually lost "spins" — or plays of the record — even though it laid out money for them.

The memos, revealed yesterday in Spitzer's investigation of payola at the company, will be mind-blowing to those who are not so jaded to think records are played on the radio because they're good.

We've all known for a long time that contemporary pop music stinks. We hear "hits" on the radio and wonder, "How can this be?"

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It's from Fox, but it's a good article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163634,00.html

[jimshoes]

1. If anyone wants to hear some

really original work, check out www.artistlaunch.com , The site is packed with some of the best newest original and cover songs available anywhere. Check it out. It doesn't cost a thing to listen you only need an mp3 player of some sort.

[MadHound]

2. Well d'uh!

Sorry, I shouldn't be so flip, but having spent six years in the radio biz, this isn't news to me at all. Despite a few high profile payola scandals over the years, the whole pay for play scheme has been alive and well for years and decades. Hell, these record execs even hit up the DJs at college and community radio stations, if the station is pulling a big enough share to warrant a notice.

Yeah, there will be a few sacrificial heads that roll, and Sony will pay out some bucks to make this all go away, but when the dust is all settled, Sony and every single other major label will go back to the same ol' same ol' and the crap music will continue. Always has, and always will.

[PunkPop]

3. Hoobastank explained!!

[aden_nak]

4. I've worked at Sony. Not only does it not suprise me, it's passe for Sony.

The real scam is how the manipulate the consumer electronics market.