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December 6, 2024

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UW-Madison professor explains why people care about the year end music reveal on streaming platforms

WMTV - Channel 15

Jeremy Morris teaches media and culture at UW Madison and explained that people care about their most listened to music because it tells the story of a year in their lives. “It’s a part of your identity, it helps you express who you are and it helps you understand yourself right?” he said. “It’s very personal and it’s an intimate form of media. You spend a lot of time in a year if you’re someone who likes listening to music, it means a lot to you.”

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From Pabst to Liberace, Milwaukee exhibit showcases best of Wisconsin pop culture

Wisconsin State Journal

It’s been 50 years since Jerry Ringlien, an Eau Claire native and UW-Madison graduate, wrote what would become one of the best known jingles in advertising history.

The commercial was for Madison-based Oscar Mayer, where Ringlien was the company’s vice president of marketing, and featured 4-year-old Andy Lambros who, while sitting on a boat dock, taught the world how to properly spell B-O-L-O-G-N-A.