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Can Tabloid Overexposure Make and Break Pop Stars?

posted: November 8, 2010

The tabloids giveth. The tabloids taketh away. Where would Jon and Kate Gosselin, Kim Kardashian and the former stars of The Hills and Laguna Beach be without them? Even Jessica Simpson extended her pop stardom…
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Can Sex Stop You From Going Platinum?

posted: November 1, 2010

Sex sells. In movies and on TV, in video stores and strip joints, down on the corner, out in the street, everywhere it seems, but on the pop charts. And how far the raw and…
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Discourse & Dischord

posted: October 29, 2010

The Good The National win best album at Q Awards This week Q Magazine’s Q Awards took place, bringing together some of the biggest names in music. Winners included Florence Welch of Florence and the…
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The Celebrity Social Network: Pop Stars on Twitter

posted: September 14, 2010

Twitter, it gets stars into trouble. Big trouble. In March, Justin Bieber‘s manager was arrested for not tweeting to discourage fans from descending on the mob scene that was a Bieber mall appearance on Long…
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Discourse & Dischord

posted: September 10, 2010

The Good The xx win the Mercury Prize In case you’re unfamiliar with the Mercury Prize, it’s an annual music award for the best album from the UK and Ireland. This year it went to…
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What's Brewing In Country: Band To Fan Loyalty

posted: August 25, 2010

Picture the beer taps at your favorite pub for a moment and think about how you always tell the barkeep you want the brew from a particular one. Now picture the beer taps sans logos…
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