Markets' Shelf Fees

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Feb. 2, 2000 12 AM PT

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

Markets’ Shelf Fees

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