ZOGBLOG by Zack O'Malley Greenburg

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My Top Music Takeaway of 2025
Year-end wrap-ups focus on the best albums, biggest tours, and most memorable moments. For the music world, there is something even more important to…
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My Three-Year-Old's Top Five Songs
Here's a qualitative attempt to quantify my favorite toddler's musical taste—and what it says about childhood, or at least hers.
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Why Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Video Still Exists
The Halloween staple, one the most influential music videos of all time, was nearly destroyed shortly before its debut—at the instruction of its…
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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Gig: A Classic Jay-Z Audience Swap
Hip-hop's first billionaire once boosted his own career via fanbase cross-pollination. Now he's tapped an international superstar to broaden the NFL's…
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What Would Jay-Z Do: Buy The Whole Car
On his debut album, the hip-hop legend exhorted listeners to eschew automotive leases in favor of purchases. The advice has taken on new and broader…
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Greening Live Music In The Age of Trump
Concerts are one place where climate progress continues, thanks to acts like Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews, Guster, and AJR—and a growing…
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Taylor Swift And The Live Music Slump
Halfway through 2025, touring numbers are down industrywide—and the decline is even steeper when you properly account for music's biggest superstar.
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ZOGBLOG by Zack O'Malley Greenburg
ZOGBLOG by Zack O'Malley Greenburg
A Jay-Z biographer and former Forbes editor brings you an insider's perspective on the intersection of music, media and money—with takeaways relevant to any entrepreneur.
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