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N-UNCOUNT Payola is the illegal practice of paying radio broadcasters to play certain music, so that it will become more popular and therefore make more profits for the record company. (唱片公司对电台的)商业贿赂 [美国英语]
The announcer was fired for taking payola.
播音员因接受贿赂而被解雇了。
Although the overall impact of payola is negative, it has sometimes helped great music reach an audience.
虽然贿赂的总体影响是负面性的，但是有时它帮助伟大的音乐取得其最初的听众。
At the time, payola, or bribery, was widespread in the music industry, with record companies paying DJ's to play their records.
在那个时候，唱片公司支付给DJ播放他们的唱片，而收受贿赂在音乐行业中大肆蔓延。
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