LBN-THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50 years. Exactly 50 years later, on April 15, 1997, Robinson’s groundbreaking career was honored and his uniform number, 42, was retired from Major League Baseball by Commissioner Bud Selig in a ceremony attended by over 50,000 fans at New York City’s Shea Stadium. Robinson’s was the first-ever number retired by all teams in the league. |
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LBN-QUOTE:  “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” -Jackie Robinson LBN-COMMENTARY By ARIANA HUFFINGTON:  I grew up with my father starting small newspapers in Greece. None of them survived. Maybe this has something to do with the fact that I’ve never had any desire to have Huff Post have a print component. IWOULD, FACEBOOK DATING APP PROMISES REJECTION-FREE ROMANCE :  Facebook has long been a tool for testing the romantic waters, with the cycle going something like: You send a friend request, you gain access to a profile and then, you stalk. Adding to the veritable toe-dips of Facebook dating is a new app called iWould, a crush wish-list of sorts launched last month by Columbia University MBA graduates Jon Budish, 28, and Tariq Chaudhri, 27. The app allows you to go through your friend list and select anywhere from one to ten people you’d be interested in romantically. The application cross-references your list with those of your friends also using the app. If someone you selected put you on their list, you’ll both get a notice of the match. |
Sunday, April 17, 2011
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” -Jackie Robinson
Thursday, April 14, 2011
LBN-COMMENTARY By MARK CUBAN : On Youtube you can maybe change the world. On Youtube you can be discovered and help discover the next Justin Bieber. On Youtube, if one of your videos goes viral, you can make tens of thousands of dollars, and if you can replicate the feat of popularity, you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Those are real commission dollars .But wait, there is more good from Youtube. Anyone around the world can get Youtube to subsidize the cost of hosting their family, wedding, team, business, class, or personal videos. Hopefully perpetually. These are unique, honorable, impactful and expensive roles that Youtube has chosen to undertake
You Tube Pays...Bibi Netanyahu NOT a "Belieber"...
NETANYAHU CANCELS BIEBER MEETING :
Bibi is not a Belieber.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled a scheduled meeting with teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, who’s in Israel to perform.
Netanyahu, hoping to score some political points, invited a group of children who live near the Gaza strip to attend.
The children had just gotten off a school bus last week when a rocket fired by Hamas fighters in Gaza struck, injuring a teen and the driver.
But when Bieber reportedly refused to meet the kids, Bibi pulled the plug on the meeting.
While he apparently hasn’t commented on the snafu, it’s not Bieber’s first foray into controversial politics.
LBN-COMMENTARY By MARK CUBAN
On Youtube you can maybe change the world.
On Youtube you can be discovered and help discover the next Justin Bieber.
On Youtube, if one of your videos goes viral, you can make tens of thousands of dollars, and if you can replicate the feat of popularity, you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
Those are real commission dollars .
But wait, there is more good from Youtube.
Anyone around the world can get Youtube to subsidize the cost of hosting their family, wedding, team, business, class, or personal videos.
Hopefully perpetually.
These are unique, honorable, impactful and expensive roles that Youtube has chosen to undertake
Bibi is not a Belieber.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled a scheduled meeting with teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, who’s in Israel to perform.
Netanyahu, hoping to score some political points, invited a group of children who live near the Gaza strip to attend.
The children had just gotten off a school bus last week when a rocket fired by Hamas fighters in Gaza struck, injuring a teen and the driver.
But when Bieber reportedly refused to meet the kids, Bibi pulled the plug on the meeting.
While he apparently hasn’t commented on the snafu, it’s not Bieber’s first foray into controversial politics.
LBN-COMMENTARY By MARK CUBAN
On Youtube you can maybe change the world.
On Youtube you can be discovered and help discover the next Justin Bieber.
On Youtube, if one of your videos goes viral, you can make tens of thousands of dollars, and if you can replicate the feat of popularity, you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
Those are real commission dollars .
But wait, there is more good from Youtube.
Anyone around the world can get Youtube to subsidize the cost of hosting their family, wedding, team, business, class, or personal videos.
Hopefully perpetually.
These are unique, honorable, impactful and expensive roles that Youtube has chosen to undertake
Friday, April 8, 2011
Bob Dylan LIVE in China...Google enters "tainment..."
BOB DYLAN PERFORMS IN CHINA:
The times have certainly changed: Bob Dylan performed before a crowd of 6,000 people in authoritarian China on Wednesday, just days after the Chinese government arrested famous artist Ai Wei Wei.
The Chinese government reviewed and approved Dylan’s set list before the performance.
Tickets sold for upwards of $50—a big sum in China.
Separately, Chinese authorities announced Thursday that they are investigating Ai Wei Wei for “economic crimes.”
LBN-BUSINESS INSIDER:
***Google has inked a deal to open a 13,465-square-foot office in Beverly Hills for its entertainment division.
The 11-year lease is valued at $6.3 million.
Google has made several recent moves that signal its desire to get deeper into the entertainment business.
The times have certainly changed: Bob Dylan performed before a crowd of 6,000 people in authoritarian China on Wednesday, just days after the Chinese government arrested famous artist Ai Wei Wei.
The Chinese government reviewed and approved Dylan’s set list before the performance.
Tickets sold for upwards of $50—a big sum in China.
Separately, Chinese authorities announced Thursday that they are investigating Ai Wei Wei for “economic crimes.”
LBN-BUSINESS INSIDER:
***Google has inked a deal to open a 13,465-square-foot office in Beverly Hills for its entertainment division.
The 11-year lease is valued at $6.3 million.
Google has made several recent moves that signal its desire to get deeper into the entertainment business.
LBN-QUOTE:
“A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.”
-Billie "Lady Day" Holiday
Saturday, April 2, 2011
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