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Please enjoy the newly released article from Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson, "The rise and fall of the hit," subtitled, "The era of the blockbuster is so over." If Anderson's popular theory of the long tail is true, the "hit" is marginalized, if not dead.

May I suggest this soundtrack? Maybe you've heard the song before? I'm told it was a hit.

The Rise and Fall of the Hit [Wired Magazine]
Gnarls Barkley's Crazy [autoplay, Myspace]