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What will "The Long Tail" bring in the future?

One of the key points that Chris Anderson makes in "The Long Tail is that:
"If the 20th- century entertainment industry was about hits, the 21st will be equally about misses." Because the "misses" will be more accessible, they will also be more popular. However, probably due to a lack of space, Anderson leaves us to imagine the implications of this long tail on our popular culture. It is interesting to consider what its effects could be.

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After watching the YouTube video in class, I became curious to see what the best YouTube videos were. So I went on to the site and searched the most viewed. The top viewed clip was a guy dancing to different types of music, it was filled with a plethora of comments asking why the hell this was the most viewed video on YouTube. It had 72 million views. The next most watched was the music video for "I don't like your girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne. Unfortionately, I watched the entire song, as I didn't quite understand why she was so attracted to this guy. He never did anything.

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