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I Built My Sample of Music Albums by Taking All the Albums Listed for a US
1 I Heard It Through the Grapevine: The Effects of Online Word of Mouth on Music Sales By Elaine Chang An honors thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science Undergraduate College Leonard N. Stern School of Business New York University May 2007 Professor Marti G. Subrahmanyam Professor Vasant Dhar Faculty Advisor Thesis Advisor 2 Abstract: Word of mouth (WOM) has always been one of the most credible and influential sources of information for a consumer. With the advent of the Internet, new mediums of communication, such as blogs and social networking sites, have opened up, allowing more consumers to gather WOM information more easily than ever before. In this study, I examine the usefulness of online WOM, particularly from blogs and social networking sites, in predicting sales in the music industry. I track the changes in online WOM for a sample of 108 albums for four weeks before and after their release dates, and use a linear regression and regression tree to examine the relative significance of online WOM variables on their observation date in predicting album unit sales two weeks after that date. I find that the volume of blog posts about an album is the most consistently significant measure, with each additional blog post corresponding to higher album sales. In addition, I found that greater increases in an artist’s Myspace friends week over week and higher average consumer ratings also corresponded to higher sales. Although evidence supports my hypothesis that online word of mouth can be an important predictor of sales, my study also found that traditional factors are still relevant – albums released by major labels and albums with a number of reviews from mainstream sources like Rolling Stone also tended to have higher sales. -
Spartan Daily
SJSU secretaries City Council awards contract would rather have for two-way San Fernando raises than roses Construction should begin Fourth streets is three lanes. The specifications for the cheological investigation which took environmental by Nancy Gibson sometime next month to make The improvements call for project were made by the council on place as part of the two run- Feb. 5, with the bids being received impact report. It's National Secretary's Week and many SJSU secretaries are improvements on San Fernando conversion to four lanes, the ex- on March 24. The council awarded the con- receiving gifts from their bosses. But for some this is not enough. Street, including opening the street ning each direction. With bordering The project, which was tract unanimously, but not before "I think it's all right," said Cornelia Brenneis, secretary to the de to two-way traffic between 11th and ception of the stretch Market streets. will have to be budgeted into fiscal 1980-81, was Councilman Tom McEnery of Humanities and Arts." But I'd prefer to be recognized in other ways.' SJSU, the street After the conversion, students originally allocated $1.1 million. questioned representatives from the Brenneis was given a Chrysanthemum by dean Okerlund. widened. enter the Ninth Street also calls for some In addition to construction costs, Public Works Department to make "Our salaries are incredibly low," she said. I've been here 25 years will be able to The plan since a portion of the city paid $20,000 to purchase land sure then construction would be and lam paid about the same as a groundsman." parking garage from either direc- street landscaping through the San An- between Fourth and Market streets completed before the Christmas Brenneis said she does "administrative-type" work such as assisting tion off the street which makes up the road runs Redevelopment Project. -
Ladies Only at Cancer Fundraiser
Photojournalism Program Edition Vol. 46 · Issue #5 Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 Loyalist College · Belleville, ON · Canada Bringing the Throwdown to Belleville By Zachary Shunock The stage at the Empire Theatre has been graced by the presence of many great acts, but none quite like this. Three of country music’s biggest names have teamed up as part of the Your Town Throwdown tour, aiming to bring the party atmosphere to towns across Canada. Kicking off in the east coast and work- ing its way west, the tour features country stars Jason Blaine, Deric Ruttan and Chad Brownlee. The Belleville stop of the Your Town Throwdown tour comes to the Em- pire Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 26. All three artists have performed at differ- ent venues in Belleville in the past and say they are look forward to their return to the area. “The Your Town Throwdown tour will be my fourth time playing at the Empire Theatre,” said Ruttan. “The shows are always really fun there, and that’s a beautiful venue.” Ruttan’s previ- ous visit to the Empire was to film a Coun- try Music Television special with Dean Brody and Aaron Lines. “That’s the cool thing about this Your Town Throwdown tour is that most of the venues are either theatres or clubs, so I think it’s going to be a little more of an up- front and in-your-face experience, which is what I really enjoy,” Ruttan added. Brownlee has played in what can be considered the big leagues of music as well as sports, after being drafted in the sixth round to the Vancouver Canucks in the Photo by Mandy Larade 2003 draft. -
Eastern Progress 1994-1995 Eastern Progress
Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Eastern Progress 1994-1995 Eastern Progress 3-16-1995 Eastern Progress - 16 Mar 1995 Eastern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1994-95 Recommended Citation Eastern Kentucky University, "Eastern Progress - 16 Mar 1995" (1995). Eastern Progress 1994-1995. Paper 24. http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1994-95/24 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Eastern Progress at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastern Progress 1994-1995 by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A POOR MAN'S GUIDE PLAYING TONIGHT How to survive Spring Break , ART OF SELF-DEFENSE Alabama and Neal McCoy with a very slow cash flow. Richmond School of Karate roll into Alumni Coliseum Page Bl teaches street moves. for 7:30 performance. Page B5 PageB3 ARTS ACCENT ACTIVITIES \ THE EASTERN PROGRESS Vol. 73/No. 24 16 pages March 16,1995 Student publication of Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky. 40475 ©The Eastern Progress Student found dead Growing up in Brockton on campus in university housing has pros, cons for BTime and cause Brockton residents want of death unknown cleaner laundry facilities By Selena Woody Editor By Matt McCarty apartments are upset with the and Janna Gillaspie amount of trash and other items, An Eastern Kentucky student including urine and fetes, left or put died over the weekend, but no Used fabric softener sheets, in the laundry room and machines. reports on the cause of death have empty detergent containers, Faust and Melvin Frasure, both been issued. -
Deric Ruttan Canada's Country Music Superstar
DERIC RUTTAN: CANADA’S COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR By Joanne Wallace Music Industry Arts grad’s so-called “overnight success” followed a decade of tough slogging in Nashville. But for Deric Ruttan, it makes today’s success that much sweeter. 18 ISSUE-32 2014 FANSHAWE COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS Deric Ruttan wrote his rst song when he was around town with a CCR tribute band called 10 years old. e Bad Moons, and realized this was what he Holed up in an ice-shing hut he and his wanted to do with his life. buddies used as a fort during the long, hot Storytelling appeal of “New Country” Bracebridge summers, Deric and his cousin wrote At the same time, Deric’s musical tastes were a verse and a chorus and gured they were done. evolving. With e Bad Moons he’d been playing “It was so good we were like ‘man, we don’t a mix of CCR, Eagles and Stones, along with some even need a second verse. We’re geniuses,’” contemporary work by John Mellencamp, Tom Petty laughs Deric today. and the like. en one day a friend gave him Steve e young songwriters were soon horried Earle’s Copperhead Road and said, “I think you’ll to hear “their” song on an episode of the sitcom really dig this.” Happy Days, and to realize they’d ripped o the “I spent my lunch hour walking around town entire melody. What they’d actually written was listening to that record on an old Sony Walkman,” the Everly Brothers’ All I Have to Do Is Dream .