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Despacito

Compare the brilliant business moves of Beyoncé to the not-so-brilliant moves of Justin Bieber, but of course both of them are paying attention to the end of the Hollywood monopoly, so both are making money.

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By Rob Long • Jul 12, 2017 • 3m Listen

The best way to understand anything in Hollywood, a wise old producer once told me, is to check the numbers first. So, here are some numbers: Beyoncé, the internationally famous and quite possibly most talked-about woman in the world, has about 14.7 million Twitter followers. She's ranked at, roughly, the 119th most popular person on Twitter...

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