payola

Example Sentences

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“It’s what we would have historically called payola,” said NIL professor and lawyer Robert Boland, a former college athlete.

From Salon

In papers filed in New York, Drake’s company, Frozen Moments LLC, accused the companies of engaging in an illegal ”scheme” involving bots, payola and other methods to promote Lamar’s song.

From BBC

There remain battles to be fought, whisper campaigns to be hatched, payola scandals to be investigated.

From Los Angeles Times

It's not just the payola, but what it represents: an imperious court stacked with far-right justices who have become petty tyrants.

From Salon

Unfortunately, the show mostly skims over the fact that in addition to hobnobbing with Levy — they both eventually went down for payola — Freed overindulged in booze and women.

From New York Times