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We now stand at the end of this 16-year cycle. The landscape of "16 year vido entertainment content and popular media" is almost unrecognizable from its origins.

Songs are now engineered for "trends" rather than radio play. Global Fusion:

: Appropriately, the film chronicling the rise of Facebook was released just as social media was conquering the world. : Alice in Wonderland , Iron Man 2 , and the beginning of the end with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 were all top-grossing films that year. Gaming's Golden Era