February 2013 - Chris Molanphy

Still from "UGA Men's Swim & Dive Harlem Shake" on YouTube

Top of the Pops: YouTube Shakes Up the Billboard Charts

21 February 20134 January 2019

By Jody Rosen and Chris Molanphy Jody Rosen: Chris, yesterday we learned the big news that Billboard has overhauled its marquee chart, the Hot 100, by adding YouTube views to its formula for determining hits. The implications are many. The impact is immediate: This week, “Harlem Shake,” the nattering dance track by Brooklyn-based producer Baauer [...] Read more

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Maura Magazine

Take a Bow

13 February 201330 November 2019

Haven’t had a dream in a long time: Pretty in Pink, the Smiths, and 1987’s lost crossover By Chris Molanphy My girlfriend Theresa and I are Gen-Xers of the same vintage, and we both love the Smiths, particularly epigrammatic sad-bastard demigod Morrissey. Though we see many concerts together, a scheduling quirk meant we recently wound [...] Read more