What Does Mass Appeal Mean Now?
Here are some of the things we liked about “Espresso” in summer 2024 and why we missed having another song...
Sean Ross is a radio business researcher, programming consultant, conference speaker, and a veteran of radio trade journalism at Billboard, Radio & Records, M Street Journal, and others. For more than a decade, his weekly writings have been collected in the Ross On Radio newsletter; subscribe for free here. https://tinyurl.com/mhcnx4u
Here are some of the things we liked about “Espresso” in summer 2024 and why we missed having another song...
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