Following two years of extensive collection and categorization, the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library announces the opening of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection on the fifteenth anniversary of the death of the platinum recording artist, actor and poet who remains one of the … [Read more...]
Is Billboard’s 2009 Canadian Music Industry [i.e. Album & Song Sales] Report Unintentionally Misleading?
February 5, 2010 By
A press release from the Nielsen Company and Billboard titled "The Nielsen Company and Billboard’s 2009 Canadian Industry Report" isn't really about Canada's music industry as a whole but about album and single sales in Canada. That said, it's well worth a look. What bothers … [Read more...]
Morgan Stanley Releases Mobile Internet Report
December 17, 2009 By
Morgan Stanley has released The Mobile Internet Report, a rather large work by a whole group of researchers, in complete and highlighted versions for free. It's a look forward as the mobile Internet ramps up on smartphones introducing a whole new playing field. Brainstorm Tech focuses on the … [Read more...]
Marc Lamont Hill: Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life
June 5, 2009 By
Marc Lamont Hill - Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life I recently added new titles at Hip Hop Research and one that caught my eye was Marc Lamont Hill's Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life: Hip-Hop Pedagogy and the Politics of Identity. There's been a a lot of grassroots action connecting hip … [Read more...]
Lack of Advertising = Struggling Business?
May 26, 2009 By
According to a recent Ad-ology Research study, Advertising's Impact in a Soft Economy: "More than 48% of U.S. adults believe that a lack of advertising by a retail store, bank or auto dealership during a recession indicates the business must be struggling. Likewise, a vast majority … [Read more...]
