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  • Country Music 2012 Year in Review Part 2: How 2012’s Music Compares to Years Past

    • 12/28/2012
    • Posted by: Mike O'Malley
    • Category: country music
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    2012’s music has something big going against it: 2011. 2011 of course was a great year for country. We saw new high water marks for a number of our metrics including overall Like A Lot and Total Positive scores.  So any comparison to 2011 has to take that in to account. Having said that, 2012

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  • Country Music 2012 Year in Review Part One: Is Luke Bryan Worthy of All Those Awards and Kudos?

    • 12/21/2012
    • Posted by: Mike O'Malley
    • Category: country music
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    Oh yeah. No doubt.  Fueled by Tailgates and Tanlines, 2012 was Luke Bryan’s year. This month alone, Luke racked up 9 awards including Male Artist of the year and Artist of the Year on the fan-voted American Country Awards December 10th on Fox (plus, earlier this year, an American Music Award).  He also was singled out

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  • Pandora Users And Radio’s Opportunities

    • 12/03/2012
    • Posted by: Mike O'Malley
    • Category: radio programming
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    Ask Pandora listeners what they like most about radio and they’ll tell you it’s ‘feeling connected.’ Their big dislikes? Radio is boring and fatiguing. Those are some of the findings Jeff Vidler, Sr. Vice President of Media and Entertainment Research, shares in a new Vision Critical report, “What Pandora Means for Radio.” The Canadian company

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