Month: February 2016

Kanye-West

In Defense of Kanye West’s “Famous”

With all the controversy surrounding the release of Kanye West’s “Famous”, the perceived attack on Taylor Swift may be a bit overblown Last Thursday, Kanye West premiered his new album The Life of Pablo to a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden, as well as thousands watching live streams in theaters around the world and millions watching online live streams through… Read more →

Who Are The 48 Accounts Trump Follows on Twitter?

With more than SIX MILLION followers and a win at the New Hampshire GOP presidential primary, Donald Trump is a force to be reckoned with – but who does the media and business mogul follow? Only 48 Twitter accounts. Let me walk you through them. The bulk of the accounts he follows fall within the following categories: Family, FOX, campaign,… Read more →

Democratic Debate Paints Clinton as ‘Experienced’ and Sanders ‘Narrow’

On the heels of a loss in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton came out in attack mode against Bernie Sanders in the PBS 2016 Democratic debate in Milwaukee on Thursday evening. “Secretary Clinton, you’re not in the White House yet,” said Sanders. “His government would be 40 percent bigger,” Clinton answered for Sanders to the question, “how much bigger would the… Read more →

Bowing out: Fiorina and Christie Call it Quits for 2016

Following poor performances in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, Republican presidential hopefuls Gov. Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina have decided to call it quits. Officially suspended, it’s typical for presidential drop-outs to first announce they are suspending their campaign – this gives them time to tie loose ends on the business and management side of things.  It’s… Read more →

CNN Layoffs for International Newsgathering

CNN’s SVP of International Newsgathering, Deborah Rayner, announced layoffs for the International desk at CNN. This week the bad news was announced but a decision this big is not solely up to Rayner, it’s likely just another ‘restructuring’ under the reign of Jeff Zucker, President of CNN Worldwide since January 1st, 2013. According to sources, the ‘restructuring’ at the Cable News… Read more →