- payola
- refers to bribery or under-the-table payments
Glossary of cinematic terms . 2015.
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Payola — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La payola (proveniente del inglés pay for all esp. pagar por todo) es un pago ilegal que exigen los dueños de concesiones de radio y musicalizadores o productores musicales de las emisoras a cantantes o agrupaciones… … Wikipedia Español
payola — pay‧o‧la [peɪˈəʊlə ǁ ˈoʊlə] noun [uncountable] informal the practice of making secret payments to someone so they will use their influence, especially on television or radio, to help sell a particular product: • a four year investigation into… … Financial and business terms
Payola — [amerikanisch, peɪ jola], Mitte der Fünfzigerjahre in den USA im Zusammenhang mit der kommerziellen Verbreitung des Rock n Roll aufgekommene Praxis, die Discjockeys in den Radiostationen für das Airplay von Schallplatten zu bezahlen. Der… … Universal-Lexikon
payola — pay·o·la /pā ō lə/ n: a secret or indirect payment (as to a disc jockey) for a commercial favor (as for promoting a particular record) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
payola — (n.) graft (especially to disc jockeys from record companies to play their music), 1938 [in a Variety headline, Plug payolas perplexed ], from pay off bribery (underworld slang from 1930) + ending from VICTROLA (Cf. Victrola), etc. (see PIANOLA… … Etymology dictionary
payola — ► NOUN chiefly N. Amer. ▪ bribery in return for the unofficial promotion of a product in the media. ORIGIN from PAY(Cf. ↑payer) + ola as in Victrola, a make of gramophone; the term originally referred to the bribery of a disc jockey to promote a… … English terms dictionary
payola — ☆ payola [pā ō′lə ] n. [ PAY1 + ola, as in Pianola (trademark for a player piano) > Tin Pan Alley pianola, slang term for the music business] Slang 1. the practice of paying bribes or graft for commercial advantage or special favors, as to a… … English World dictionary
Payola — La payola est un ensemble de paiements faits par une maison de disques à des stations de radios pour que ces dernières diffusent en priorité les morceaux édités par cette maison afin d augmenter leur exposition et leur classement dans les listes… … Wikipédia en Français
Payola — This article is about a legal term. For the Canadian band, see Payolas. For the New Zealand band, see Payola (band). For the Northern Irish band, see Pay*Ola … Wikipedia
Payola — Die Bezeichnung Payola setzt sich zusammen aus den Worten pay (engl.: bezahlen) und Victrola und steht für den Vorgang des “pay for play” (engl.: „bezahlen für das Spielen“). Dieser Vorgang beschreibt die Bestechung von Disc Jockeys und Programm… … Deutsch Wikipedia
payola — UK [peɪˈəʊlə] / US [peɪˈoʊlə] noun Word forms payola : singular payola plural payolas mainly American a) [uncountable] the practice of giving someone a secret payment so that they will influence people to buy what you are selling b) [countable] a … English dictionary
