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ChangeThis · Chris Anderson · Sep 06, 2006

The Rise and Fall of the Hit

by Chris Anderson
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Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail, chronicles the history of the blockbuster and explains why the traditional model of marketing and selling music no longer works.
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