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Poking Holes In The Long Tail Theory

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Harvard Business School associate professor Anita Elberse comes to in a recent article in the Harvard Business Review that takes on some of the sacred cows of the Long Tail theory.

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the top one percent accounted for 32 percent of all plays and the top ten percent accounted for 78 percent of all plays

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All it proves is that blockbusters are more durable than we’d like to think, even in an age of limitless inventory and perfect search.

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the tail is likely to be extremely flat and populated by titles that are mostly a diversion for consumers whose appetite for true blockbusters continues to grow. It is therefore highly disputable that much money can be made in the tail.

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the top one percent accounted for 32 percent of all plays and the top ten percent accounted for 78 percent of all plays

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top one percent of videos on Quickflix accounted for 18 percent of rentals and the top ten percent accounted for 48 percent of rentals

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taste in music and movies has a social component

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