In September 1988, Billboard thought it had invented a new music genre and, with it, a brand new chart. The second song to hit number one on its new Modern Rock Tracks chart was “Just Play Music!” by Big Audio Dynamite featuring Mick Jones of The Clash. It appeared on Tighten Up Vol. 88 (Columbia Records). The music industry was trying to catch up …
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It was the summer of 1989, right before my junior year of high school, and most of what I knew about new music came from 91.3FM WUNH Durham, the college radio station broadcasting from The University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, where I would later DJ and act as music director for a year. This is when I …
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Fox just bought Roku. If you run connected TV ads, your buying landscape is about to get more concentrated. Nothing changes tomorrow, but it’s worth understanding now. What happened On June 15, Fox agreed to acquire Roku for about $22 billion in cash and stock, at $160 per share. The deal pulls together Fox’s sports and news, the Tubi free …
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Earlier this week, I participated in the Greater Manchester Chamber – NH’s Business Unboxed: Riding the Wave of AI. Sitting in a room full of local professionals, a very clear realization hit me. We’re all essentially living out the same story right now. We’re trying to figure out how to handle a technology that changes before we even have time …
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