Tag: Wall Street Journal
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Is The World Getting Better, Not Worse?
Whatup, world. Hasn’t it been looking like our shit’s pretty doomed? It’s not, says Matt Ridley: “Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down all across the globe. Africa is following Asia out of poverty; the internet, the mobile phone, and container shitpping are enriching people’s lives…
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Scratch At The 2012 Detroit Auto Show
I promised myself I would write down, at some point, what it felt like to sit in the crowd at the Detroit Auto Show and watch General Motors take its first huge (public) steps towards Millennials. This isn’t that post in a cogent form, but I can’t help sharing how proud I am of my team for its groundbreaking work. …
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Wall Street Journal: MTV Scratch Teams With Dr. Pepper Snapple Group To Launch “Sundrop” Citrus Soda Nationwide
From The Wall Street Journal Bigger Splash Planned for a Niche Citrus Soda BY VALERIE BAUERLEIN Ninteen-year-old Levi Moody hauled eight cases of Sun Drop citrus soda from the Carolinas to Oklahoma State University in August so he’d have enough to last the semester. He’s had to ration himself to two cans a day to…
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The Wall Street Journal Reports Iranian Simin Behbahani Will Follow John Ashbery As mtvU’s Next Poet Laureate
Tonight, The Wall Street Journal broke the news that we’ve named mtvU’s new Poet Laureate. As the Journal’s Kamau High reports, it’s 82 year-old Iranian poet Simin Behbahani. Beginning Monday, mtvU will broadcast 19 short films featuring Behbahani’s poems, translated by Farzaneh Milani and Kaveh Safa, and produced by Sophia Cranshaw. mtvU will also be…
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Sarah Palin Just Found Out What Alex Grossman Did To Her On Facebook
Uh oh. My friend Alex Grossman emailed me last night that the prank’s over, he just got caught being “Governor Palin” on Facebook. Remember that day, months ago, when we could all log on to Facebook and register our names? Well, Alex registered his, like the rest of his. And then — oops — Alex…