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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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To: Always Right
Its a girl.Girl? I though Lindsay was a boy's name!
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:00:05 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: cspackler
scoll down to post #12 and start there.
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:00:11 PM PDT
by
misterrob
(Jack Bauer has Elliott Yamin on his MP3 player)
To: cspackler
scoll down to post #12 and start there.
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:00:12 PM PDT
by
misterrob
(Jack Bauer has Elliott Yamin on his MP3 player)
To: fishtank
Well, I didn't know she sang (or at least had a record label.)
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:03:19 PM PDT
by
Dracian
To: Revolting cat!
IIRC, the male form is Lindsey (I think that's how Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwod Mac spells it).
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:04:29 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
To: misterrob
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:04:52 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: L98Fiero
And left after a weekend or so.
27
posted on
05/11/2006 3:07:13 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: misterrob
Since I don't know who she is I looked up this image.
To: Michael.SF.
They pushed, but she didn't move.
Just kinda wobbled in place.
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:09:10 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: Swanks
He certainly is. Wonder how many business avoid doing business in New York State because of that?
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:10:27 PM PDT
by
Doohickey
(Democrats are nothing without a constituency of victims.)
To: misterrob
have you seen her lately?
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:11:07 PM PDT
by
BurbankKarl
(Queer as Folk)
To: ElkGroveDan
Ain't nuttin wrong with that.
To: Doohickey
That and collecting income taxes based on one game or one concert played there.
It's pathetic.
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:13:34 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: misterrob
... and without all that make up, she looks approximately like this:
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:14:51 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: misterrob
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:15:25 PM PDT
by
BurbankKarl
(Queer as Folk)
To: Yossarian
There was some heavy-duty photoshopping on that photo. She's already got some sun damage to her skin, as shows up on other photos on this thread. The last movie I saw her in was "The Parent Trap" when she was a kid, and she had a ton of freckles then. They've even blended those out.
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:15:28 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(I like to make everyone's day a little more surreal)
To: misterrob
Why exactly is payola illegal again?
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:16:51 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(The Stations of the Cross in Poetry ---> http://www.wayoftears.com)
To: Straight Vermonter
Good question. How is it different than an infomercial?
They could say: these are the new hits Sony has paid us to play. People listen or they don't.
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:20:12 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: Straight Vermonter
Why exactly is payola illegal again? You would think most New York Times articles should be payola by the DNC.
To: Revolting cat!
Girl? I though Lindsay was a boy's name!Close. I think John Lindsay batted from both sides of the plate.
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posted on
05/11/2006 3:33:45 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(When they come to take my guns, I will give them the lead first....)
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