Because of the early deals Saban struck with Heyward, Saban made his first real money — and he and his heirs will likely be collecting millions in music-publishing payments for decades to come.
The present government introduced the requirement for all local authorities to publish payments to suppliers over £500.
Activists rejoiced when they got a provision requiring firms to publish payments per project included in the ragbag Dodd-Frank corporate-reform act in 2010.
One has called on the European Union to adopt rules that would force many of the multinational companies operating there to publish payments they make to the government for the right to extract oil.
Statoil, the Norwegian state oil company, has started publishing its payments to governments voluntarily, as have Tullow Oil and Kosmos Energy, respectively listed in London and New York.
A clause in America's recent Dodd-Frank Act requires all US-listed oil, gas and minerals companies to publish their payments to governments around the world, following intense pressure from the Publish What You Pay coalition.
In April health officials published Medicare payments to specific doctors.
When BP announced last year that it would publish its payments to Angola, the government threatened to cut the company off unless it "scrupulously respects" confidentiality laws.
The directives, which were approved by a key parliamentary committee last month, require companies to publish their payments to foreign governments.
The 1,100 resource companies listed on American stock exchanges, which make up half the global industry by value, will be required to publish all payments to foreign governments above $100,000.
They must also publish exit payments - saying how much directors will be paid if they are sacked or resign.
