Ahhh, money. Sometimes you just wanna roll around in it and do nose drugs, and sometimes you wanna throw it at the government and lobby them to get things done. During the second quarter, Universal Music Group was all, like, “Heeeey, here’s $840,ooo, lobbyist friends. We gotta get working on this proposal to get artists and labels PAID when traditional radio stations play their songs. Royalties, yo! Also, let’s crack down more on music piracy.” It’s true, that’s exactly how they put it. Because the person in charge of lobbying is a skateboarding lizard with a backwards neon baseball cap who says things like “Zow!” and “Royalties, yo!” Universal spent $700,000 in lobbying scrilla during the same period last year.
• Universal Music Group: http://new.umusic.com
