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# Do You Have To Choose Between Being An Internet Star And A Radio Star?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/do-you-have-to-choose-between-being-an-internet-star-and-a-radio-star/
- Published: 2011-09-20T11:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-09-20T11:30:00.000Z
- Description: Earlier, Techdirt featured an article titled: How Payola Works Today…Or Why You Only Hear Major Label Songs On The Radio. On Music Think Tank, Matt Voyno, the co-author of The. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/09/do-you-have-to-choose-between-being-an-internet-star-and-a-radio-
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- Tags: Music Think Tank, internet, internet music stars, Justin Bieber, major label, Matt Voyno, Natalie Cheng, old media, payola, radio, radio star, Techdirt, The New Rockstar Philosophy, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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Earlier, Techdirt featured an article titled: [How Payola Works Today…Or Why You Only Hear Major Label Songs On The Radio](http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110916/03140815978/how-payola-works-today-why-you-only-hear-major-label-songs-radio.shtml?ref=hypebot.com). On [ Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/do-you-have-to-choose-between-being-an-internet-star-and-a-r.html?ref=hypebot.com), **Matt Voyno**, the co-author of **The New Rockstar Philosophy** book and blog, posts about how radio can ignore almost every music star the Internet has created. Of course, an exception is Justin Bieber, but there are several differences between him and other internet music stars.

“The internet is **new**; it’s **brash**, **bold**, and will probably kill most of the old media if it has the chance.” 
  
  
([Read On](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/do-you-have-to-choose-between-being-an-internet-star-and-a-r.html?ref=hypebot.com))