Instagram Ick and Fight Night
Instagram Ick and Fight Night
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Nike Dunks and Air Jordans were among top-traded sneakers during cyber weekend; it’s going to be next to impossible to find an iPhone 14 Pro by Christmas; could MrBeast be the first YouTuber billionaire?; and across the country, more young people — Jewish and not — seem to be celebrating Shabbat.
MEET THE FORBES UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2023, forbes
Minutes after yesterday’s letter went out, I realized that the Forbes 30 under 30 list that came out this week was not, in fact, the “Class of 2022” but rather the “Class of 2023,” and I had in fact linked to last year’s list. I’m so sorry for my mistake! But at least that explains the Caroline Ellison inclusion.
SPOTIFY ‘WRAPPED’ 2022: JOE ROGAN, BAD BUNNY TOP THE CHARTS, wsj
Spotify dropped its 2022 — I double checked; 2022! — recap and truly inescapable marketing initiative yesterday, and highlights include Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd, and BTS making up the shortlist of the five most-streamed artists of the year, and Harry Styles landing the coveted most-streamed song with “As It Was.” Fwiw, Apple Music’s top song of the year was Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber's "Stay," which was #3 on Spotify.
EVERYONE’S OVER INSTAGRAM, theatlantic
It was an absolute honor to talk to Kate Lindsay for this piece, though my thoughts are far less revealing than this quote the writer heard uttered by a “young and cool” subway rider: “Does she have Instagram?” one asked, before adding with a laugh: “Does anybody?”
HOW BOXING IS USING TIKTOK TO WIN OVER GEN Z—AND TURNING FIGHTERS INTO INFLUENCERS, adage
I’m not going to pretend to know anything about boxing, but I’m very curious about Gen Z interest in traditional sports (or lack of), and it is notable that since creating its TikTok account last year, Top Rank — one of the largest boxing promoters — has amassed 1.3 million followers, with over 300,000 of those followers gained within the past two months.
‘WEDNESDAY’ SHATTERS NETFLIX RECORD, MAKING SEASON 2 A SURE THING, forbes
Wednesday — the new Addams family show — has been #1 in nearly all countries and has successfully invaded everywhere from Twitter to TikTok with memes. Now, the official data is in: Netflix reports that the series just broke its record for the most-viewed English-language show in a week with 341.23 million hours viewed.
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