The 1950s Payola scandal was primarily directed toward shutting down the idea of pay-for-play music: in the early years of radio, it was common for music to air based on a fee provided by the artist or their agent, which in turn determined which songs were played often enough to become hits.
It was a politically- and economically-motivated move, designed in large part to quash the new genres of Country Music and rock-and-roll, which were a threat to the established recording companies and agencies of the time (including ASCAP).
It worked itself out, but not before destroying the career of deejay Alan Freed (the discoverer and biggest early promoter of Rock Music) and threatening to do the same to promoter Dick Clark (who wound up having to sell off his shares in the recording industry to avoid being brought down similarly).
To this day, the word 'payola' still means a bribe or other form of ill-gotten revenue.
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The name of the play is The School for Scandal. It was written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
No
internet
Yes, Mario Maurer did have a scandal in the news. He was actually believed to have had two sex scandals and one of these was with a male coworker. He is an actor and a singer.
Bill Clinton was in the Whitwater scandal.
The Yazoo Land Scandal
Susanna was not involved in any scandal. It was the younger daughter, Judith, who was excommunicated.
The Crédit Mobilier scandal involved "Boss" Tweed and the Tweed Ring.
no he did not
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Watergate
nixon
Teapot Dome Scandal
Watergate.
Richard Nixon
Members of the Cabinet were implicated in the Teapot Dome Scandal, but not the then President.