Universal settles payola probe.Universal Music Group Recordings Inc. has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a payola pay·o·la n. 1. Bribery of an influential person in exchange for the promotion of a product or service, such that of disc jockeys for the promotion of records. 2. case that claimed the company provided vacations, electronics and other bribes to increase radio play for their artists, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a statement from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. The bribes and gifts reportedly were used to gain airplay air·play n. The broadcasting of an audio or audiovisual recording on the air over radio or television. airplay Noun the broadcast performances of a record on radio for songs on records by Nick Lachey, Ashlee Simpson, Brian McKnight, Big Tymers, and Lindsay Lohan, Spitzer said in papers filed in state Supreme Court with the settlement. The company, which has corporate headquarters in Santa Monica and New York, agreed to pay the cash to charity, along with $100,000 to cover the cost of the investigation. The company didn't admit guilt, but acknowledged "various employees and independent promoters acting on behalf of the company" engaged in the illegal practice. It also has agreed to reform its practices. Universal, whose labels include Geffen, A&M Records and Island Def Jam Here is a list of artists signed to The Island Def Jam Music Group. 0-9
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