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    had become central to creating regional and national hits for the record industry (Denisoff). Indeed‚ the record industry has at times sought more direct‚ if covert‚ ways of persuading radio programmers or DJs to play specific releases. The term “payola” has been around since the 1930s‚ allegedly as a contraction of “payment” and “Victrola” (a brand name of RCA-Victor‚ one of the biggest jukebox and turntable manufacturers of the first half of the 20th century). According to

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    genre in local markets. This would allow the label to more cheaply produce music (because many of the elements which make the production expensive are due to unnecessarily high standards of production required by the radio stations‚ and the system of payola). It should also ensure that the record company better understands

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    Berry Gordy Biography

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    He also established Tamla Records at the same time and these two labels shared composers and producers. In those days‚ payola scandal‚ offering bribes to radio producers and DJs for more music to be exposed on the radio‚ was the issue. Payola scandal was a threat to a CEO of a new record label‚ Berry Gordy‚ because he needed to search for new talents and actively expose them. In this situation‚ he run two record labels because he

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    Jueteng in the Philippines is a problem of previous administrations and now a big challenge to President-apparent Noynoy Aquino on whether to legalize or put an end to it. What is jueteng? It is an illegal numbers game played in the Philippines that originated from China meaning "flower" (jue) and "bet" (teng). Players need to choose 2 numbers from 1 to 37 and place their bets. There is no limit as to the number of bets. The players’ numbers and bets are gathered by the "kubrador" (sort of collecting

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    1 Act I: 1960s In 1962‚ The Dreamettes‚ a hopeful girl group from Chicago‚ enter the famous Amateur Night talent competition at the Apollo Theater in Harlem‚ New York ("I’m Lookin’ for Something"‚ "Goin’ Downtown"‚ "Takin’ the Long Way Home"). The group is composed of full-figured lead singer Effie White and best friends‚ Deena Jones and Lorrell Robinson. For the contest‚ the Dreamettes sing "Move (You’re Steppin’ on My Heart)"‚ a song written by Effie’s brother‚ C.C.‚ who accompanies them to

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    COM 107—Spring 2012 Agenda setting‚ framing: writing section (2-4 questions maybe) Final Study Guide Exam Structure The exam will focus on the material we have covered since Exam 2. You will be expected to answer some questions relating to material covered at earlier points in the semester. The exam will consist primarily of multiple choice questions and True/False questions‚ however‚ you will also be asked to answer a few (2 to 4) short essay questions.  General * Be able to discuss

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    Consumer electronics and computers 6.3 Food and drink 6.4 Travel 6.5 Tobacco 7 Radio‚ television and publishing 7.1 Reality TV 7.2 Public and educational television 7.3 TV programmes 7.4 Comic publishing 7.5 Music and recording industries 7.6 Payola and legal considerations 8 Extreme and unusual examples 8.1 Self-criticism 8.2 Faux product placement and parodies 8.3 Reverse placement 8.4 Virtual placement 8.5 Viewer Response 9 Product displacement 10 Further reading 11 References 12

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    beats between songs to maintain the dance floor. In 1955 Bob Casey‚ a well-known "sock hop" DJ‚ introduced the first two-turntable system for alternating back and forth between records‚ creating a continuous playback of music. Throughout the 1950s‚ payola payments by record companies to DJs in return

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    and singles easy to download and duplicate. In addition‚ many artists feel they don’t need record labels anymore since the flourish of digital audio production‚ as they can produce music in their own computers. Traditional broadcasting and paying payola for expo- sure has minimized since digital marketing in social media exists. This started a debate between mainstream music industries and independent music artists. Although the OPM Development Act stipulates more airplay of Filipino songs should

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    played by their local disc jockey (DJ). Record companies began to depend on DJ’s to play their music as advertisement for artists and new albums. Some companies were even accused of bribing DJ’s to play their music in a controversy referred to as the “Payola

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