Jordan Weissmann wrote about some news coming out of the Super Bowl:

• Typically performers of the Super Bowl halftime shows don’t get paid – the publicity bump they get is compensation enough.
• Now the game organizers are exploring the idea of having the performers pay to have the right to perform at the event.
• The logic goes that the Super Bowl deserves some of the income that the artists will get as a result of the show.
• If this practice becomes institutionalized then in the future we might only see artists who desperately need a publicity bump and are willing to pay for it perform. This may well hurt the quality.

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Source: Slate