While music distribution has become democratised, many of the people promoting up-and-coming acts, whether as publicists or journalists, still live somewhere in the Big Apple, which results in coverage being more than slightly skewed toward artists based in the five boroughs.
Morning shows like "The Today Show" and "Good Morning America" used to have regular book clubs devoted in part to promoting up-and-coming authors, but now there are fewer slots for novelists, most reserved for heavy hitters like John Irving or Patricia Cornwell.
Samit Patel has been promoted up above Bairstow in the order.
McCullum, promoted up the order again, comes in to make some mischief.
His father, an officer promoted up through the ranks, never discussed his wartime experiences.
Mahela Jayawardene, promoted up the order, was soon caught at mid-off from the leading edge off Chris Woakes.
Mubarak, promoted up the order to give it some humpty, instead goes for a second-ball duck.
40th over: India 268-2 (Gambhir 69, Y Pathan 0) Yusuf Pathan has been promoted up the order to do some damage during the Powerplay.
1st over: Sri Lanka 0-1 (Jayasuriya 0, Mubarak 0) Mubarak is promoted up the order, but it's a wicket maiden from Aamer.
