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video did not, in fact, kill the radio star

Randy Cohen, president and CEO of Advertiser Perceptions, started off his presentation on digital video with a clip from "Video Killed the Radio Star," taking us back to 1981 when music videos were about to transform the world forever, definitively, irrevocably, for real.  "And how many music videos does MTV play today?  Zero," notes Cohen, underlining the fact that market shifts that are supposed to happen sometimes, in fact, don't.  I'd also point out that radio, while having a rough time of it, is still a $16 billion+ business annually.  So, arguably more vital than music videos nowadays.

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