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The Power of Torso TV (Why Media is Racing to the Middle)

Both Sides of the Table

At the left of the graph is the “head end” of the market, where the “hits” are produced for mass audiences. If audiences liked your music then you had to sell them physically at Tower Records or similar. They own the audience and that is enormous asset to leverage, but more on that in a moment.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I graduated college during the 2008 financial crisis and took a career ‘gap year’ to head to South Korea and teach English. I realized that these were the EXACT type of topics that needed to be covered and there was a hungry audience of folks that wanted to talk about them. Thanks to Ashley Jacobs, Sitting for a Cause ! #15-