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The Price of Nothing: How Dead Air Became America's Most Expensive Product

The Price of Nothing: How Dead Air Became America's Most Expensive Product

Broadcasters are selling unused spectrum, radio stations are airing hours of deliberate silence, and wealthy clients are paying premium rates for airtime that contains absolutely nothing. In the attention economy, emptiness is the last luxury good — and somebody's getting rich off it.