L.A. Reid has served as the CEO of an American record label owned by Universal Music Group.
=== Payola ===In May 2006, an investigation led by then New York Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, concluded with a determination that Universal Music Group bribed radio stations to play songs from Ashlee Simpson, Brian McKnight, Big Tymers, Nick Lachey, Lindsay Lohan and other performers under Universal labels
, and its music division was renamed Universal Music Group; MCA Records continued as a label within the Universal Music Group

