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So much for the big fallout from the payola scandal...

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<a target="_blank" href=http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN31296130>http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN31296130</a>

Call it the industry equivalent of a parking ticket.

Or - as some CEOs see it - it's "the cost of doing business".
 
An Offer the FCC CAN Refuse

> Call it the industry equivalent of a parking ticket.
>
> Or - as some CEOs see it - it's "the cost of doing
> business".

I don't see anywhere where it says that the FCC is TAKING what the industry big boys are offering. The big boys would like to settle this for peanuts, and soon. I don't think that's going to happen.

It ain't over, and the Fat Lady hasn't even begun to warm up the vocal chords. Since the FCC still hasn't filled out its full complement of commissioners - and we currently have a 50-50 split between Republicans and Democrats - I suspect that final action on anything as important as Payola will wait until all five commissioners are in place and have been brought up to speed on the subject.
 
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> I don't see anywhere where it says that the FCC is TAKING
> what the industry big boys are offering. The big boys would
> like to settle this for peanuts, and soon. I don't think
> that's going to happen.

With this FCC, as long as nobody exposed any breasts or participated in a teen orgy while taking the payola, I don't think they have much to worry about. :)
 
But wait...there's more!

http://today.reuters> .com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN31296130
>
>
> Call it the industry equivalent of a parking ticket.
>
> Or - as some CEOs see it - it's "the cost of doing
> business".
>


And Mr. Spitzer's prety darn unhappy about this:

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/04/03/payola-probe.html>http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/04/03/payola-probe.html</a>
 
http://today.reuters> .com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN31296130
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>
> Call it the industry equivalent of a parking ticket.
>
> Or - as some CEOs see it - it's "the cost of doing
> business".
>
I know I'm in the minority, and I've been flamed at this board for it, but I STILL think this whole matter was a colassal waste of time and money for nothing all that important. There are issues that impact people's live much harder than what songs get played on the radio. Hate to say I told you so.

PTR
 
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Spritzer is not one to be taken lightly.</font>

From CBC.ca as noted in link posted above:

The attorney general claims the FCC is working against him. "We have asked them several times to participate and they have not only not done that, but they are now furtively going out there negotiating behind our backs," he told the Associated Press.

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If there have been secret negotiations between the large radio companies and the FCC, having them made public will only serve to raise Spitzer's ire. No doubt the radio companies wanted to get this deal done on the DL. Hats off to the FCC grunt who blew the whistle.</font>

One official, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said possible payments being arranged by the FCC were about $1 million US per company. That "would be a substantial evisceration of the negotiations we're involved in," Spitzer said.

<font face="times new roman" size="3" color="660033">Much as the large broadcasting companies would like to see the payola mess cool off and fade away, this serves only to put it back on the front burner, turning up the heat. Deservedly so. Spitzer's not done. The last thing Entercom wants to do is p!ss off the NY attorney general's office. Bad move, Jack.</font>
 
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