Friday, June 26th, 2009
If the elections in Iran have brought out the best in Twitter, Michael Jackson has brought out the worst. His death June 25 unleashed a torrent of morbid celebrity gawking that brought Twitter to its knees. (Ironically his death will also give him a bigger career boost than anything he ...
Tags: Madonna, Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson, Phil Spector, Roman Polanksi
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Just what the world needs: another top 20 albums of all time list, courtesy of the Y! Radish Music Blog. This list is a bit different from the usual critical assessments because it seeks to be more objective and empirical, weighing factors such as album sales, "critical rating value" ...
Tags: Beatles, Bob Dylan, Doors, George Michael, Grammy Awards, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, rock, Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Van Halen, Y! Radish Music Blog, Yahoo
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Before Michael Jackson became a walking freak show, he gave the world Thriller, the perfect fushion of art, commerce, and marketing. On the 25th-anniversary of Thriller's release, I think it is instructive for marketers to consider those times when effective marketing has helped consumers reward a brilliant work of ...
Tags: Marketing, Michael Jackson, Thriller
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“All the marketing hype that’s fit to print”
