Payola wrist slap

Filed in archive Commentary on May 17, 2006

Artist Scott G ask what's next in Millions for New York, but Where's Your Share?. G writes that the "long list of payoffs, trade-offs, gift-giving, fake sponsorships, and falsification of results is both fascinating and sad." It's the tip of the iceberg. The fines are "a drop in the bucket. Just part of the cost of doing business." Only one employee has been fired and nothing has been done to compensate artists or reach consumers outside New York. He encourages other states to follow up with their own lawsuits.