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I trust that payola pre-written content is still going up as usual, though.

What’s payola?

back when radio stations played records, record companies would pay DJ's to play specific songs or albums [1]. I was a scandal at the time. It's almost quaint now.

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola

Technically still illegal (IANAL), since advertising is supposed to be labeled as such. But widespread.

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