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Posts Tagged ‘Michael Jackson

The great social barometer

Posted by: David on: July 7, 2009

Michael Jackson is surely the first mega star to die in the digital age. Many people predicted that he would top the charts and the level of his domination in record stores was probably not a big surprise – we’ve seen that before. What has gripped me is how the internet absorbed our reaction and [...]


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