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DJ Khaled and the FTC’s Snapchat Problem

Snapchat celebrities are making undisclosed paid endorsements. Even more than on other platforms, policing them is a major challenge.

Snapchat celebrities are making undisclosed paid endorsements. Even more than on other platforms, policing them is a major challenge.

No one has been more influential to Snapchat culture than DJ Khaled. An Adweek cover story on the famous rapper deemed him the “King of Snapchat” in February. One month later, Emmanuel Seuge, senior vice president for content at Coca-Cola, called him the same in a cover story in Bloomberg Businessweek.

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Six Brain Hacks To Learn Anything Faster

Research proves there are ways to learn new skills and concepts with speed and ease.

Research proves there are ways to learn new skills and concepts with speed and ease.

Whether it’s a new technology, a foreign language, or an advanced skill, staying competitive often means learning new things. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. workers have taken a course or sought additional training to advance their careers, according to a March 2016 study by Pew Research Center. They report that results have included an expanded professional network, new job or different career path.

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Ultimate Beatles Fan Ron Howard Got To Geek Out Making “Eight Days A Week”

The filmmaker talks to us about his new documentary about the Fab Four, which includes rare, meticulously restored film footage and audio.

The filmmaker talks to us about his new documentary about the Fab Four, which includes rare, meticulously restored film footage and audio.

It might be difficult to imagine, nearly 50 years after the Beatles broke up, that there would be anything new to say about one of the most celebrated and documented bands of all time. But Ron Howard insists that there is. The director’s latest project, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week—The Touring Years, is a 100-minute documentary examination of the five-year period in which the Fab Four toured and played live, first as a staple in Liverpool’s Cavern Club, then through the chaotic global whirlwind of Beatlemania, all the way through to their last concert at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park in 1966.

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