The Assurance of Discontinuance document (download PDF) that's part of the Universal Music Group payola settlement offers entertaining reading if you have the time to flip through the PDF's 87 pages.

Here are some highlights from the subpoenad emails.

• Page 9: Here's a conversation about getting spins for New Found Glory. Nice to see somebody doesn't mind getting his/her "hands dirty" to get the band some airplay. That's dedication.

• Page 19: This email is basically an invoice for six weeks of spins for DMX's "Where The Hood At" on stations throughout the East:

• Page 31: Spins for promotions involving Ashlee Simpson and Rooney:

• Page 75: Somebody was working hard to get some adequate return on investment for "Crazy" by Bad Boy girl group Dream.