EMI have confirmed that they have been subpoenaed by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to supply contracts and account information to aid his investigation into allegations that record labels are paying to get their artists played on American radio stations in deals engineered by certain radio pluggers over there. As previously reported, Spitzer has requested similar information from all four major labels.
In a statement, EMI told the Guardian: "We are cooperating fully with this inquiry, which is at a preliminary stage. EMI has a long-standing, strict written policy prohibiting unlawful radio promotion practices, and that policy was reaffirmed internally earlier this year. EMI has no reason to believe that there will be any material financial impact on the company."