Appraising a $100 Million Protective Moat: Inside Clive Davis’ Eye-Watering Art Collection
On June 22, 2026, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, and Alicia Keys paid their respects to Clive Davis, who died at …
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Battling for Eyeballs at Paris Men’s Fashion Week: The Evolution of the Celebrity Front Row
During Men’s Fashion Week, Paris has a certain kind of electricity. Outside the big venues—old courtyards, warehouses that have been …
Colliding With the Hollywood Hype Machine: When the Global Game of Soccer Meets Celebrity Ego
Anyone who has watched a big soccer signing in the last few years knows that there’s a point where the …
Shifting Strategy Toward Podcasts: Why MS NOW Slashed Its Live Weekend TV Programming
When does a business stop fighting a trend and start following it? For MS NOW, that time seems to have …
Monopolizing Country Music: How Buying Into a $1 Billion Enterprise Created a Quiet Mogul
There aren’t any gold records on the walls. There are no tour posters, cowboy boots, or framed handshakes with famous …
Shifting International Broadcast Power: What Sami Zayn’s WWE Title Win Means for Overseas Revenue
There is a rare, real, and often unplanned moment in professional wrestling when the business and the emotion meet at …
Seeing Through the Illusion: Why Audiences Spot Inauthentic Celebrity Influencers Instantly
At some point, and most people who use social media often know exactly what that moment is, something about a …
When Hollywood Subverts the Script: The Anatomy of a Viral Award Show Call-Out
Most people remember a part of Promising Young Woman for a long time after the movie is over. A man …
Designing Persuasive Media: How Algorithms Are Shaping the Narrative of Celebrity Documentaries
An analytics team sat in a room with a spreadsheet at one point during the production of a recent celebrity …
Weaponizing the Acceptance Speech: Why Hollywood’s Elite Embrace the Performative Walkout
On a typical Oscars night, the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles can accommodate about 3,400 people. Even if it has …