NEAR TRUTHS: LEAD GENERATORS

Contests for #1 on the album chart are becoming a regular occurrence as the ability to make moves late in the week by spiking digital D2C offerings with additional tracks, new album artwork and so forth has proven effective in shifting the dynamics at the top of the chart. Many data geeks are hailing REPUBLIC CORPS’ Jim Roppo as one exec who, in an ethical fashion, seems to have this game pretty well dialed.