Money up front

There's a fascinating piece here about Fanfare Magazine allegedly telling someone that they'd review his CD if he bought advertising and the more he bought the better his coverage would be. The story has evidently got quite a bit of coverage in the blogosphere (inevitably), but it does make you think. Luckily I review for web-sites that are free (http://www.musicweb-international.com, and http://www.mvdaily.com)