Wait, it's Friday already? Where did this week go? The complete opposite of last week! Besides the Patriots loss on Sunday night, it's been a pretty good week! No nor'easters to complain about, no frigid temperatures numbing my ears as I walk to work, and no "ghost drivers" driving T's. Oh wait, that did happen. Because, you know, that's normal. Anyways, let's see what else happened this week in the crazy world of news!
Yahoo is splitting into Ya and Hoo
The time has finally come, and Yahoo is splitting into two. So what does that mean exactly? "It’s planning to transfer all of Yahoo’s assets and liabilities other than the Alibaba stake (i.e. its core Internet business) to a newly formed company, thereby creating two separate, publicly traded companies." Why do you care? Acquisition.
NIKE + LeBron = 4EVA
Well, Merry Christmas to LeBron James and his family! Can you imagine being 30 years old and having a LIFETIME contract with the one and only NIKE? Did we mention that it is for $500 MILLION and that this is actually an incredibly smart move by NIKE? Now this is the definition of branding.
Chipotle
Speaking of branding, there is always good and bad, right? Haven't you heard, there is never "bad press"? Well, I would think (and this is just me thinking out loud), that the Chipotle Norovirus outbreak, is deemed as "bad press", and it will actually do harm to the company. They are claiming it was because of a sick employee, but, honestly, who knows? I am not risking to take that chance! So whatever you do this weekend, don't eat at Chipotle.
Spotify was spotted...
By some certain artists (TSwift and Adele) to not provide their music for free. I mean, I kind of get it and kind of dont get it. Tay tay is making almost ONE MILLION dollars a day for the year of 2015. You could buy a lot of pretty things with that kind of money, BUT she also works really hard for that type of money. I may or may not follow her on Instagram, and I swear she is in a different country almost everyday. Keep up the good work Taylor, but can you give me my music for free?
Love the roundup for this week, keep them coming crazy world of ours!
