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Influencial dance music publication DJ Mag has issued a statement denying accusations that it has accepted payments in return for  positive coverage and favourable poll placement.

The claim was made by online music blog 'EDMSnob', who claim to have evidence of a scheme in which DJs and their management are able to pay large amounts of money to the publication in return having 'positive' stories published about them.

EDMSnob claims to have obtained leaked documents which confirm these accusations and provide proof of foul play. Once such document suggests that Paul Van Dyk paid the magazine over £15,000 in 2012. Ferry Corsten and Aly & Fila are also mentioned in the investigation.

DJ Mag has responded to these accusations with this statement:

"The invoices that have been published are for legitimate advertising and CD covermount deals. This can easily be verified by checking the magazine issues mentioned. They are not ‘secret documents’ but are confidential company invoices and have been obtained without our consent. We cannot stress enough that as guardians of the Top 100 DJs Poll we take the integrity of the Poll extremely seriously."

Voting for the annual poll is currently underway, and is due to close on August 29th.