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· Sebastian Dillon
Thirsty Ravers Offered Sex For EDC Tickets on Craigslist
EDC may have ended last weekend, but memories of the wild weekend should still be pretty fresh for some, at least according to these Craigslist posts. Some individuals who weren’t able to snag a wristband before the event found other ways to get in, like one young woman (below)…
· Laura Dang
Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris are The New Highest Paid Power Couple
Step aside, Beyoncé and Jay Z — there’s a new power couple in town. Taylor Swift and her beau Calvin Harris are the highest-paid celebrity couple, according to Forbes.
· Sebastian Dillon
Almost Half of Married Couples Don’t Know This Key Detail About Their Spouse, Study Reveals
A new study by Fidelity suggests that married couples may not know each other as well as they think — 43% partners don’t even know how much their spouse makes. The survey found that 4 out of 10 married people, regardless of whether they were men or women, can’t say which salary…
· Sebastian Dillon
CEO Quits Job Before He Even Starts, Gets Paid $1.8 Million Right After
One Italian business executive is sitting pretty after setting up a job offer deal with a cosmetics company to get paid over $1.8 million whether he takes the job or not. In the end, he decided not to take the job — the money, he probably will take. Coty, Inc., the global beauty…
· Max Chang
Google Finally Adds Official ‘Undo Send’ Button in Gmail
Google announced Monday that it’s now even easier for you to undo those emails you wish you didn’t send out with their rollout of the official version of Gmail’s “Undo Send” feature. The “Undo Send” feature delays emails that you’ve sent to give you an extra half-minute to make…
· Riley Schatzle
Billionaire Sam Adams Founder Explains Why Getting Rich is a Trap
Billionaire brewmaster Jim Koch chooses happiness over wealth. In 1984, Koch founded one of the most widely cherished brewing companies to have ever been established. Although his father, who at the time was also a brewmaster, tried to convince him not to pursue a career in the…
· Jacob Wagner
Three of the Richest Chinese Billionaires Were All Born Under This Chinese Zodiac Animal
A recent report from Wealth-X, an ultra-high net worth consultancy firm, revealed the Chinese zodiac years the top 10 billionaires of Asia were born in, and the results show it’s good to be a dragon. The top three billionaires on the list, all of whom come from China, were all…
· Jason Sheldon
An Open Response to Taylor Swift’s Rant Against Apple
Dear Taylor Swift, I have read your open letter to Apple where you give your reasons for refusing to allow your album ‘1989′ to be included on their forthcoming Apple Music streaming service.
· Editorial Staff
The Painful Reality of How Much Minority Retail Workers Get Paid
A new report reveals that black and Latino retail workers face severely disadvantageous pay and are promoted much less than their white counterparts. On average, white retail workers earn over $15 an hour, while black and Latino retail workers earn less than $11.75, according to…
· Riley Schatzle
Inside the Invite-Only Apocalypse Bunker Reserved For Billionaires
People ponder it all the time: “What if there was a giant nuclear war and everything went to shit?” or “What if a global plague turned the human race into zombies?” These questions are nothing new, but what if there was an enormous bunker that could save a select group from a…
· Sarah Lesnar
Kickstarter Campaign Fails to Deliver on Time, CEO Flies 7,500 Miles to Make It Up
Back in September, Waqas Ali, the founder of Markhor, launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring his stylish hand-crafted shoes to the world. Ali’s goal was to raise $15,000 — he ended up with a total of $107,286 from 508 backers from 35 different countries.
· Max Chang
Facebook Billionaire Sean Parker Unveils New App Meant to ‘Disrupt Democracy’
Sean Parker, the billionaire entrepreneur and investor behind Napster, Facebook and Spotify, has unveiled an ambitious new app aimed at making American democracy cool amongst opinionated young adults. The app, Brigade, is still in its beta-testing phase, but it aims to serve as…
· Benny Luo
Meet the Woman Behind the Ultra-Exclusive Dating App With a 100,000-Person Waiting List
With the dating app field getting crowded as online dating grows in popularity, The League is a newcomer that’s trying to stand out from the crowd. Described by some as “Tinder for elitists,” the app uses its own algorithm to filter out users who aren’t good enough to join. The…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Man Raises $122,000 on Kickstarter, Spends it All on Himself
A man raised $122,000 in crowdfunding to create a fantasy board game and ended up using the money on himself, involving for the first time the Federal Trade Commission, who want to protect investors from situations like this in the future. Eric Chevalier launched a Kickstarter…
· Max Chang
Millionaires are About to Control Half of the World’s Wealth
Millionaires, the kind of people that non-millionaires despise but still hope to become one day, are taking a good chunk of the world’s money. Those who fear these hungry hungry hippos of the world’s financial resources call them the one percent, and their growing wealth…
· Editorial Staff
Hawaii is Using Old City Buses to Do Incredible Things For the Homeless
Hawaii-based architectural firm Group 70 International is looking to convert old city buses into homeless shelters in an effort to combat homelessness on the island of Oahu. The idea is to renovate buses no longer used by the city to provide shelter, recreation and showers for…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Businessman Pays Agency $1.1 Million to Find Him Dream Wife, Fails Miserably
A Chinese businessman in his 40s recently won a court case after suing a dating agency for failing to find him his dream wife. It all started when the businessman known as “Mr. Zhang” hired a Shanghai-based company to find him a mate.
· Editorial Staff
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Steps Down, Billionaire Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Takes Over
Twitter announced today that CEO Dick Costolo will be stepping down at the beginning of July and that Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will be back to assume the role of interim CEO. In 2008, Dorsey was booted as Twitter’s CEO (which was filled by fellow co-founder Evan Williams)…
· Riley Schatzle
Billionaire Jack Ma Wishes He was Making $12 Per Month Again
Twelve dollars a month is better than $25 billion a year, says Alibaba founder Jack Ma. There was a time when even the wealthiest men in the world were average, ordinary civilians. According to Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba, that time…
· Riley Schatzle
Billionaire Cartier Boss Warns of Imminent Uprising, ‘Envy, Hatred’ of Poor People
The chairman of one of the world’s biggest luxury conglomerates is apparently deeply worried about where civilization is heading and what it means for his clients. Johann Rupert, the founder and chairman of Richemont — which counts Cartier, Piaget and Montblanc among its…
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BTS connects to HYBE, Weverse, memberships, merch, and tickets.
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Person · Screen
Anna Sawai
Her 'Shogun' win cracked a category that had never gone to an Asian actor in 76 years of the Emmys — a ceiling break that arrived only once the industry let an Asian-led epic play in its own language.
Culture surface · Beauty
Beauty retail
Beauty retail is a culture-first entry point into the listed company behind it.
Person · Music
Dimash Qudaibergen
A Kazakh singer with a freakish multi-octave range conquered China's living rooms overnight and became Central Asia's most improbable soft-power export — a diaspora-of-one proving fandom now flows East before West.
IP · Anime
Haikyu!! films
Haikyu!! is the rare franchise that peaked commercially after its manga ended — the 2024 film cleared $100M worldwide and back-catalog sales grew ~50% post-conclusion, evidence that a well-timed theatrical event can reactivate a completed IP rather than merely close it out.
Platform · Platforms
Kakao Entertainment
Kakao Entertainment connects to Kakao and the broader platforms story around it.
Culture surface · Platforms
Kling AI
Kling AI connects to Kuaishou and the broader platforms story around it.
Culture surface · Platforms
Kuaishou
Kuaishou connects to Kuaishou and the broader platforms story around it.
Culture surface · Platforms
Kwai
Kwai connects to Kuaishou and the broader platforms story around it.
Culture surface · Retail
Lifestyle retail
Lifestyle retail connects to Miniso and the broader retail story around it.
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Culture · brand
Uniqlo
Uniqlo connects to Fast Retailing, the company behind the stores, basics, and repeat buying habit.
Culture · routine / beauty brands
K-beauty
K-beauty connects to companies built around skincare routines, hero products, and travel retail.
Culture · platform
Weverse
Weverse connects to HYBE, the platform where memberships, merch, content, and fandom access keep moving after the song.
Company · Japan · TYO:7832
Bandai Namco Holdings
Bandai Namco sits behind toys, anime IP, games, and licensing that turn fandom into everyday consumer products.
Company · China · HKEX:1024
Kuaishou
Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.
Company · India · NSE:ZEEL
Zee Entertainment
Zee is one of India's largest media networks — the TV channels and ZEE5 streaming that carry Bollywood and regional-language entertainment to a billion viewers and the diaspora.
Company · Japan · TYO:9983
Fast Retailing
Fast Retailing matters because Uniqlo is an everyday consumer habit, not just a stock story.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:035900
JYP Entertainment
JYP is tied to groups that drive albums, tours, subscriptions, merch, and international fan activity.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:041510
SM Entertainment
SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:122870
YG Entertainment
YG connects global K-pop attention to touring, brand deals, fan demand, and artist-centered entertainment revenue.
Company · China · NYSE:BABA
Alibaba
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
The Grammys created an award for Asian pop. BTS said no.
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Fast Retailing · Fashion · TYO:9983
Your Uniqlo basics keep you coming back.
This shows up when you go back to Uniqlo for another pack of basics instead of treating the brand like a one-time fashion buy.
NetEase · Streaming · HKEX:9999
Your playlist depends on deals you never see.
NetEase helps explain gaming, music streaming, and online entertainment habits in Chinese consumer culture.
CJ ENM · Entertainment · KOSDAQ:035760
Before the first song drops, H//PE Princess already has a global Warner deal.
A debut deal matters less than whether the group turns into repeat listening, touring, merch, and fandom across markets.
Explainer · Sanrio
Hello Kitty is not just something you buy anymore. Sanrio wants you to play inside the world.
Sanrio shows how character fandom becomes retail, licensing, collabs, parks, and global consumer demand.
Explainer · Amorepacific
K-beauty won the Amazon cart. The real prize is your second bottle.
The first sale matters less than the repeat routine. If a product sticks, the brand can keep winning on replenishment, retail placement, and cross-market demand.