Content Kings: Our Staff’s Favorite Stories From Around the Web This Week
The last full week of November brought about some intriguing content pieces all across the Internet. From a story about LeBron James providing a pair of his shoes to every baby born in Columbus, Ohio this past week to an interesting piece about Americans not using their vacation days, check out our staff’s favorite stories of the week.
George Kiel | Majority Founder & CEO – @GeorgeKiel3
Don’t Lose Those Vacation Days: How To Manage Your Workload So You Can Take Time Off – Forbes
“According to 2016 study by the U.S. Travel Association, 658 million vacation days are left unused each year.”
Forbes tweeted this stat out, which automatically drew me in to read the article. I love the fact that they not only mention why most Americans don’t take vacation days off, but they also provided a solution. It’s a really thought-provoking and helpful read.
Norris Groves | Co-Founder – @ngrovesjr
Every Baby Born In Columbus This Weekend Is Getting A Pair Of LeBron James Shoes – UPROXX
We all know LeBron James is not only the face of the NBA but the entire state of Ohio. Following his career-long accomplishment to bring a championship to his birth state, The King is once again leaving a life-long imprint on fellow Ohioans. In the wake of the college football mega matchup of the #2 Ohio State Buckeyes and #3 Michigan Wolverines, James laced every newborn baby born at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center with a pair of Nike LeBron Soldier 10s. If that wasn’t enough fandom for the 12x NBA All-star, the babies born at Wexner Medical Center will also be kept cozy in “Beat Michigan” blankets. Go Buckeyes.
Jon Zmikly | Co-Founder – @jonzmikly
How I Detect Fake News – Medium
I thought this was an insightful read and a great source for detecting fake news. With all the controversy surrounding this topic on social media, Tim O’Reilly points out that “it isn’t necessary to eliminate all fake news, but only to limit its spread.”
Dezmond Moore | Content Strategy Intern – @dezweneedmoore
Pop’s First Rodeo – Bleacher Report
The San Antonio Spurs are essentially the definition of consistency, success, and stability in all of sports having won 50 games a season dating back to 1998 and boasting a winning head-to-head regular season record against every active NBA franchise. But that wasn’t always the case for coach Gregg Popovich and the Spurs. Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Abrams visits the story of how the Spurs struggled mightily before Coach Pop transformed the organization into the model franchise other organizations strive to emulate today.
TeeJay Void | Contributing Writer – @accordingtovoid
Rhymefest Is Turning Kanye West’s Childhood Home Into a Donda’s House Location – Yahoo Music
Needless to say, Kanye isn’t experiencing the best of times right now. I don’t know exactly what’s going on with him, but I know his Donda’s House initiative is necessary in his native town of Chicago. The foundation received a positive boost this week when Rhymefest purchased West’s childhood home to turn it into a Donda’s House location. Click the link to read more about it.
