Twenty years after new federal laws were supposed to eradicate payola, it's back. Now a mysterious group of record promoters called the Network are using it to control access to Top 40 radio. And to enforce their monopoly on the airwaves, they've enlisted a dangerous new ally — the Mafia.
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The Unabomber | Atomic Pearl | 1
The Riot at Comiskey Park
The Feds vs. the Activists | COINTELPRO | 5
The Feds vs. the Activists | The Heist | 4
The Feds vs. the Activists | Fred Hampton | 3
The Feds vs. the Activists | MLK | 2
The Feds vs. the Activists | Billie Holiday | 1
Three Mile Island | Responding to Crises | 4
Three Mile Island | Fight or Flight | 3
Three Mile Island | The Ticking Clock | 2
Three Mile Island | The Domino Effect | 1
The Breakup of Big Oil | American Monopolies | 6
The Breakup of Big Oil | Judgment | 5
The Breakup of Big Oil | The Hunt | 4
The Breakup of Big Oil | The Flood | 3
The Breakup of Big Oil | Going to War | 2
The Breakup of Big Oil | Rise of Rockefeller | 1
Big Tobacco | The New Frontier | 5
Big Tobacco | Killing the Marlboro Man | 4
Big Tobacco | Retaliation | 3
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