Examples of 'payola' in a sentence
Meaning of "payola"
Payola is the practice of giving or receiving payments in exchange for airplay on radio stations, especially in the music industry. It is considered unethical and may be illegal
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- A bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record).
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Gonna take a lot of payola to keep it quiet.
I am not at all niggardly when it comes to payola.
Just a little payola up front for some airplay.
All that goddamn payola crap.
The old payola will not work anymore.
They were always trying to make him take payola.
I turned down payola for years.
The payola that takes place here is unfathomable.
In those arenas payola is not illegal.
Maybe even got some payola.
The old payola will not work any more.
Labels turned to independent promoters to circumvent allegations of payola.
That is why payola existed.
Through a combination of fear and payola.
To McLane all these years as payola to protect his son.
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So there was no point in giving me payola.
On that payola scam.
There is this thing called payola.
Payola in this country.
It was during the music payola scandal.
Payola was eventually ruled out as a cause of increased sales of particular songs at a company.
The practice became known as payola.
Sounds like payola to me.
It must be some kind of payola.
Payola is illegal.
That was the time of payola.
We pick up the payola money in Houston tonight.
I am not at all niggardly when it comes to the old payola.
This newer type of payola was an attempt to sidestep FCC regulations.
Probably got some of the boys in blue on payola too.
A little payola for one of your judge friends?
Equal opportunity payola.
And a payola operation… stretching back eleven years.
The resurgence of payola.
Oh, we pick up the payola money in Houston tonight.
I am not into payola.
Remember that payola scandal in Toledo two years ago?
Maybe it was payola.
Just a little payola up front for some airplay . Or in your case hairplay.
The only thing we will be able to bust him for is payola and possession.
And a payola operation stretching back 11 years.
We came to resolve Drugs police payola problem.
How much payola would it take to pass a guy on his physical, nobody gets hurt?
This is the same network that provided former president Joseph Estrada with payola money.
It 's going to take a lot of payola to keep it quiet.
Due to circumstances beyond our control… such as payola.
Any gold goes to you, big payola or otherwise.
It 's mercenary Christianity, keeping us mortals in thrall through a combination of fear and payola.
It 's where Dobbs distributes his payola to the island officials.
My Intel says Coach is dirty. Maybe even got some payola.
