Billboard magazine implemented new rules for when old songs must be removed from the Hot 100.
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Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for 91ÖÆƬ³§ Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the 91ÖÆƬ³§ roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with 91ÖÆƬ³§ correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)