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Viral videos aren’t new, of course, but attempting to incorporate virality into the way artists are discovered and their songs are marketed is. For label executives looking to sign and develop new talent, the challenge is to understand why a song goes viral on TikTok in the first place. Is it the music, or is it the artist’s personality? Or is it the creator who started a dance trend synched to the sound? Or is it the flash of a tattoo on a hunky creator’s biceps, or the glimpse of a creator’s cleavage as she bends to press Play before doing her slinky dance?
So You Want to Be a TikTok Star | The New Yorker
John Seabrook
Why would this work? Why would the sliced-up claims (senior bonds, junior bonds, shares) be worth more ($105) than a single unitary claim ($100)? There is a famous theorem saying that it shouldn’t work, that the value of the cash flows shouldn’t depend on how you slice them up. But of course people do slice them up. At least sometimes, it seems, there is more demand for a very safe cash flow plus a very risky cash flow than there is for a single blended kinda-risky cash flow.
Slicing Cash Flows for Better Ratings
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