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May. 25, 2007
Predicting Hit Songs
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Can a song's success be predicted? Mike McCready, co-founder and CEO of Platinum Blue, thinks so. McCready says he and his colleagues have come up with an algorithm that will predict whether a song will be a hit. Watch this video to hear McCready explain how it works.
Images courtesy of Mike McCready. Produced by Flora Lichtman
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