Pay for play 'is definitely ­happening' in streaming - report

A decade after Sony BMG agreed to pay $10 million in a payola settlement, it seems pay for play is hitting the streaming sector.
In a statement to Billboard, Spotify's head of communications, Jonathan Prince, said that the streaming service's new terms of service, which come into effect in the US next week, will prohibit “accepting any ­compensation, financial or otherwise, to influence... the content included on an account or playlist".
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