Markets’ Shelf Fees
Is there a difference between a supermarket chain demanding shelf fees from suppliers (Jan. 29) and disc jockeys demanding payment from a recording company to play its tunes on the air? Answer: No, there is not. Payola by any other name is still payola.
S. DELL SCOTT
Encino
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