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Company: Entercom Communications
Current Parent Company: Audacy Inc.
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Penalty: $3,500,000
Year: 2006
Date: December 27, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Entercom agreed to make $3.5 million in charitable contributions as part of the settlement of allegations that it solicited payments solicited payments from record labels in return for airplay for their songs, a practice known as payola.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: media
Specific Industry of Current Parent: radio broadcasting
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