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26 Feb 2020

Blog Roundup

  • Why We Love John Ambrose Over Peter K. [Buzzfeed]
  • Bodies in Seats [The Verge] – content warning
  • Garbage Language – Why Do Corporations Speak the Way They Do? [Vulture]
  • Susan Fowler on the Aftermath of Speaking Out Against Uber [TIME]
  • How Washington’s Non-Compete Law Impacts Musicians, Festivals, and Venues [KEXP]
  • One Restaurant You Should Try in Every State [Chicago Tribune]
  • Supreme Oreos Are Now Selling For Over $91,000 on eBay [Forbes]
  • Don’t Get Your Tax Refund On An Amazon Gift Card [Life Hacker]
  • Every State’s Favorite State and Least Favorite State [Digg]
  • The Rise of the Instagram Curator [GQ]
  • Bumbershoot Could Be Smaller, Cheaper, and More Local in 2020 [Crosscut]
  • Lana Condor and Ali Wong Will Not Be Taking Questions At This Time [Interview Magazine]
  • The Wing’s Audrey Gelman confronts the realities of rapid growth [Fast Company]
  • The Nice Guy Trope, Explained
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28 Jun 2013

Spotify Prepares To Take On Apple and Microsoft

As we heard recently, Mayor Bloomberg is coming in at full force to beef up the city and make it known as Silicon Alley. New York City has never been known for their tech environment, but that is about to change. Speaking at Spotify this morning, Mayor Bloomberg announced that the music application service plans to hire 130 engineers to join their team by 2014.

“Spotify’s decision to expand and grow here in New York City along with its plan to hire 130 engineers underscores the reasons why we’ve made such a strong push to increase the ability for students to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” said Bloomberg in a release.

Attempting to get into the music game, Microsoft is developing Xbox Music’s web client and Apple is doing the same with iTunes Radio. Will it be enough?

It will be interesting come fall to see who will come out on top.

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20 May 2011

In the News…

Fashion

– Miss Hailee Steinfeld is officially the new face of Miu Miu. [Source]

– Justin Bieber is launching a fragrance for his fans called “Someday.” [Source]

Music

– People sometimes forget that riders exist for bands and musicians. Fulfilling Katy Perry’s sounds a little bit like a nightmare. [Source]

– Selena Gomez’s new album cover is somewhat questionable. [Source]

– Lady Gaga and Starbucks are collaborating on a scavenger hunt together! (Not sure what this means because I’m too lazy to read all the text and this is also the most random pairing ever, but here you go!) [Source]

– Friendly Fires released their new album “Pala” yesterday. [Source]

– Lady Gaga was named Forbes’ top celebrity. [Source]

– Glee’s Matthew Morrison will join The Backstreet Boys and The New Kids on the Block on their tour this summer. [Source]

Television

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– Kat Dennings makes her return to television in her new CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls. [Source]

– The judges from the current season of NBC’s The Voice will return for season two. [Source]

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– Saturday Night Live promo Justin Timberlake

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– Who’s getting excited for the return of Pretty Little Liars?! Summer TELEVISION, you are mine.

Seattle

– Starting today, you can now dine at Capitol Hill’s newest restaurant Skillet Diner and purchase your Capitol Hill Block Party tickets!

– This Saturday is Seattle University’s Quadstock, but as I’m sure you already know… it is for students only! Lucky us!

– Since you can’t make it to Quadstock, you should head on over to Cal Anderson for the first ever four-on-four dodge ball tournament. Sounds brutal. [Source]

oh Capitol Hill Seattle – you really are one of my favorite blogs!

Other

– Model Lily Aldridge married Kings of Leon front man Caleb Followill last week in a custom-made Vera Wang wedding gown. [Source]

– Vogue Editor-in-Chief’ Anna Wintour’s daughter Bee Shaffer has fled to LA to work alongside Glee’s head honcho Ryan Murphy. While Bee is not working with Glee specifically, she is assisting him with his many projects that may or may not include Glee’s 3-d movie. [Source]

– Essie’s Summer 2011 Brazilliant collection is on my must-have list. [Source]

– James Franco has graduated from New York University. Which school will he end up at next? Correct answer – University of Houston in the fall. [Source]

– Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Patrick is trying to drop his father’s name to take his mother’s. [Source]

– Kia Grasty describes what it is like to clean up after “privileged” college students who are the sons and daughters of well-known people in the industry for a living with a $140,000 salary. [Source]

– A Hello Kitty theme park will debut in China in 2014. OH MY GOODNESS! [Source]