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The business of pop music

Aug 20, 2014
From playing coffee bars to producing music to reality TV, Linda Perry has seen it all.

Dr. X stitches together brand name merchandise and art

Dec 16, 2013
Darren Romanelli, aka Dr. X, specializes in blending, art and fashion with branding and marketing.

Artists use social media to make an "Insta-grand"

Nov 22, 2013
Artists are finding more ways to sell their work online.

@horse_ebooks no spam bot

Sep 24, 2013
The longest running corporate art piece in history? Tweeters spend four years pretending to be a spam-bot, unveiled today as part of gallery show.

'Brooklyn Nine-Nine': The newest workplace comedy

Sep 16, 2013
Workplace comedies have had a good run in the last few years. Now, two of the minds behind "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation" team up for a new cop show -- that's a far cry from "Law & Order."

AIDS research, punk rock and hot sauce on the side

Jul 25, 2013
The Offspring's lead singer, Dexter Holland, studies molecular biology and sells hot sauce.

James Patterson books continue to pile up

Jul 1, 2013
James Patterson releases his 108th and 109th book and has no plans to slow down.

For public good, not for profit.

The economics behind the new FX show 'The Americans'

Feb 13, 2013
"The Americans" is set in the 1980s and revolves around two Russian sleeper agents living in the U.S.

Kevin Smith: A new kind of digital media mogul

Jul 27, 2012
Filmmaker Kevin Smith discusses his new Hulu podcast, "Spoilers," and how he found success in his new career of podcasting online.

The housing bust as seen through the planned community

Jun 1, 2012
Photographer Amanda Dahlgren discusses her pictures of the real estate crash in master-planned communities in San Diego.