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Lindsay Lohan's Record Company Fined $12M
Fox News ^
| 05/11/06
| By Roger Friedman
Posted on 05/11/2006 2:47:13 PM PDT by misterrob
The New York state attorney general has levied a $12 million fine against Universal Music Group for payola.
This is the largest fine so far in the war between Eliot Spitzer and the music industry, surpassing the $10 million that Sony had to pay and the $5 million for Warner Music Group.
But Universal home of many overnight stars including several rappers whove come and gone would be the place for this. The company has had enormous success, but at the same time encountered lawsuits from middle-men distributors claiming inflated sales numbers double dipping at the cash register, so to speak.
Now we have some proof of whats going on there, thanks to memos supplied as evidence by Spitzers office. Many of the acts are those youve never heard of. But others are illustrative of how Universal (which includes Island/Def Jam, Motown, Interscope and other labels) tried to force bad music down our throats.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boobs; hotbabe; payola
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From Drudge: UNIVERSAL MUSIC: $12 MIL FINE FOR PUSHING LINDSAY LOHAN ON PUBLIC...COMPANY MANIPULATED MTV'S 'TOTAL REQUEST LIVE'; BOUGHT LAPTOPS FOR DEE JAYS, SENT THEM ON VACATIONS...
You could push her on me for a lot less.....
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:47:16 PM PDT
by
misterrob
To: misterrob
"You could push her on me for a lot less....."
As long as she SWORE not to sing any of her crap.
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:48:59 PM PDT
by
L98Fiero
(I'm worth a million in prizes.)
To: misterrob
New York state attorney general is a revenue generating machine.
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:49:06 PM PDT
by
Swanks
To: misterrob
First time I heard of him. I guess they didn't push him enough!
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:51:23 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: misterrob
Still refreshing for pics. Come on, already. And make sure that they're the ones back when she ate cheeseburgers...
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:52:16 PM PDT
by
cspackler
(There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
To: misterrob
Lindsay Lohan's Record Company Fined $12M What did they do? Violate the "implant clause" in her contract?
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:52:17 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: L98Fiero
A couple years ago she was super-hot. Now? She reminds me of some meth skank you see getting picked up on the streetcorner on "Cops."
Memo to Lindsay: The Auschwitz look is NOT a good career move.
}:-)4
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:52:46 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(Please don't call me "white trash." I prefer "Caucasian recyclable.")
Comment #8 Removed by Moderator
To: misterrob
I bet someone will ask you: "Who is Lindsay Lohan?".
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:53:04 PM PDT
by
fishtank
To: misterrob
Is Lindsay Lohan as talented as Lindsay Buckingham? They're both dudes aren't they?
To: misterrob
he's been an attack dog since shortly before his acknowledged intention to seek higher office. amazing how the enrons and worldcoms escaped his notice but martha stewart was a public threat. not that i condone her actions it just seems amazing the magnitude of scandal this man has ignored in the past
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:54:32 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: cspackler
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:54:32 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: fishtank
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:54:33 PM PDT
by
misterrob
(Jack Bauer has Elliott Yamin on his MP3 player)
To: Revolting cat!
First time I heard of him. I guess they didn't push him enough! Its a girl. The same girl who played the twins in the Parent Trap and also in Freaky Friday and Mean Girls.
To: misterrob
This thread is worthless without pictures....
As far as I'm concerned, it's pronounced 'Pay-ooh-laa-laa'
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:55:30 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
("If you're going through hell, KEEP GOING!" -- Winston Churchill)
To: misterrob
Well, if they were to pay by the pound they could never afford to push this one:
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:56:04 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
("I don't think Pat Kennedy is crazy, he's just a drunk" -- G. Gordon Liddy (5-10-06))
To: cspackler
Cheeseburger (and then some) days...
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:56:15 PM PDT
by
edpc
To: misterrob
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:56:21 PM PDT
by
misterrob
(Jack Bauer has Elliott Yamin on his MP3 player)
To: misterrob
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:58:46 PM PDT
by
misterrob
(Jack Bauer has Elliott Yamin on his MP3 player)
To: edpc
Looks like she ate a couple grapefruits whole and they got lodged in her esophagus.
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:59:31 PM PDT
by
rattrap
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