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Then came cable, the remote control, and eventually the VCR. The audience fractured. No longer did 70% of people watch the same thing; now, 15% watched a sitcom, 10% watched a crime drama, and 5% watched music videos on MTV. Marketers panicked. How do you sell soap to a fragmenting crowd? While the industry often uses the clinical term