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iHeartMedia Settles FCC Payola Investigation, Agrees to Adopt New Reporting Measures to Ensure Legal Compliance

iHeartMedia, the largest owner of radio stations in the U.S., agreed to enter into a consent decree with FCC to settle a probe the agency launched last year into iHeartMedia’s compliance with federal rules prohibiting a specific form of payola…

This article was originally published by Variety and is republished here under license.

iHeartMedia, the largest owner of radio stations in the U.S., agreed to enter into a consent decree with FCC to settle a probe the agency launched last year into iHeartMedia’s compliance with federal rules prohibiting a specific form of payola dubbed “showola” — which involves radio stations pressuring artists to perform at station-hosted music shows […]

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