Posts Tagged ‘Susan Boyle’

The Susan Boyle saga continues

24, Apr 2009

Just seen the latest stats on the Susan Boyle saga – over 103 million views worldwide. Just incredible. Compare that to the number of views on Barack Obama’s speech on “A more perfect union” – only 7 million. Difficult to understand how people prioritise, really. It will be interesting to see how many tune in [...]

the price of fame

17, Apr 2009

It’s been a week of surprises; both on the populist culture front and on the business front. First, we saw Susan Boyle shoot to instant stardom, courtesy of a breathtaking performance of ‘I dream a dream’ from Les Mis on Britain’s Got Talent, which was immediately uploaded to YouTube and has already attracted over 17.5 [...]

Hope springs eternal

12, Apr 2009

In these days of manufactured boy bands, media manipulation, short-termism, capitalism gone haywire and “reality TV” it is incredibly easy to be cynical. The daily press is rife with tales of greed, theft, selfishness and extortion; if one were to read each item literally, it would paint an incredibly depressing picture of humanity. And every [...]


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