The streaming music era means new rules — and new ways to game the system. In the ’50s and ’60s, devious record industry execs made headlines for paying DJs to get their music on the air. The practice ...

Fifteen years ago, a record label would pitch its new releases to a record store or chain like Tower Records. Ten years ago, they were pitching their priority releases to digital download stores like… ...

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A new report indicates that curators on Spotify and other streaming services are taking payments known as "playola" for placing certain songs on playlists. The term harkens back to the radio payola ...