Prompted by a deal made by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has launched his own investigation into radio stations taking bribes from music labels to play specific songs.
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Univision & TeleFutura Restructure National Spot Sales Team.
The Univision and TeleFutura Television Groups announced the reorganization of their owned-and-operated National Sales Division dividing the country into three regions—East, Central and West. As a result, four Univision executives will be promoted to newly created positions.
Whatever Reggaeton’s Future – A Permanent Change In The Landscape.
As recently as 10 months ago, even the keenest observers of Spanish-language radio didn’t seem to put much stock in reggaeton’s potential as a full-fledged format. By then, reggaeton had already flexed its muscle, as reflected by the resurgent numbers at Tropical Latin WSKQ New York last spring and the success of bilingual Hip-Hop outlet WVOZ Puerto Rico. But many still saw it as a fringe sound in the continental U.S., and one that meant more lyrically to denizens of San Juan than anybody else.
