David Karp, 27-year old founder of Tumblr, is set to earn a bonus of $81 million in addition to his salary if he stays at Yahoo! for the next four years. Tumblr was launched in Feb. 2007 by Karp, a New York City high school drop out and acquired by YAHOO for $1.1 billion in May 2013.
After seeing a report on ABC7 TV, the legendary rapper Nas is helping a single father of eight kids get back on his feet. The musician was visiting D.C. this week when he saw a report on Stanley Young. The father and his kids were left homeless after a fire destroyed his apartment. Touched by the family’s plight, Nas launched an online campaign to raise money for the Youngs. So far Nasir Jones has raised $50k for the family.
A new study released Wednesday by Domo and CEO.com found that nearly 70% of Fortune 500 CEOs have no presence whatsoever on any major social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Google+. Of the 30% that choose to engage in social media, nearly all of them (28%) do so through LinkedIn. And while the number of CEOs utilizing the other three networks is small, it appears that Twitter is the only other social channel Fortune 500 CEOs are moving toward (albeit, slowly).
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Amazon, which worked with Sotheby’s for a short-lived experiment selling art on the Web in 1999, will now vie with other, more established competitors in the online marketplace, including Artsy and Artnet.
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A group of rap-star wannabes blew a $130,000 marketing loan on drugs, first-class airplane tickets and cross-country trips to entertainment festivals — where they weren’t even performing, a new Manhattan lawsuit claims.
While Bronx-based Da YoungFellaz, who have rhymed with Talib Kweli and Snoop Dogg, boast on their Web site that they “haven’t just sat around and waited for fame to land in their lap,” their legal adversaries tell a very different story.
StigmaSound, a Manhattan recording studio, says YoungFellaz Joseph Aguiar, Johnny Aguiar and Brett Officer blew through their first $25,000 loan, meant to rocket the group “toward A-level stardom in the entertainment industry,” in just three months by last October.
“The defendants used loan money . . . for illegal purchases of marijuana,” the Manhattan Supreme Court suit alleges. Read More
The daughter of bi sexual republican congressman Michael Huffington and media mogul Arianna Huffington (founder of Huffington Post) was just 16 when she tried her first line of cocaine. Soon after, she became addicted. Now 24 and sober, she tells Glamour her story—and shares the truths about drug addiction every woman should hear.
“Cocaine almost killed me” -Christina Huffington, Arianna’s daughter, speaks out about her addiction—Read full story at: GLAMOUR
Doughboyz Cashout release first video off the Boss Ya Life Up Gang compilation featuring Jeezy, Yo Gotti, YG, DJ Mustard and more
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#1. Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines – 177,000 (177,000)
#3. Jay Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail – 62,000 (797,000)
#4. Tech N9ne – Something Else – 58,000 (58,000)
#14. J. Cole – Born Sinner – 17,000 (544,000)
#16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 17,000 (967,000)
#34. Wale – The Gifted – 10,000 (278,000)
#36. YMCMB & Friends – Rich Gang – 9,600 (33,000)
#38. Kanye West – Yeezus – 9,200 (497,000)
#64. Ace Hood – Trials & Tribulations – 6,400 (51,000)
#81. Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off – 5,100 (167,000)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.
According to data collected by MilwardBrown
The top ten Luxury brands:
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#BYLUG [Boss Ya Life Up Gang] drops the new mix tape on August 13th hosted by Drama + Don Cannon!
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