Content Kings: Our Staff’s Favorite Stories From Around the Web This Week
There was a ton of great content pieces to choose from this week – some more bizarre than others. Here are our coiski staff’s favorite content pieces of the week. Which one was your favorite?
George Kiel | Majority Founder & CEO – @GeorgeKiel3
How the NBA’s Biggest Bromance Blew Up – ESPN
I appreciated the insight in this piece about the Mark Cuban-Chandler Parsons bromance. It’s also very descriptive and suspenseful from the opening paragraph to the closing paragraph. I thought Tim MacMahon did a great job in telling the story and sprinkling in some rather interesting details, like what type of vodka Chandler and Mark had at a specific meeting.
Norris Groves | Co-Founder – @ngrovesjr
A Tribe Called Quest – “We The People….” Video
Following the release of their sixth album, “We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service,” A Tribe Called Quest released a visual for the stand-out track We The People…. The video paints a vivid picture of the artists’ lyrics touching on many of the worlds current social and cultural issues such as racism and xenophobia. To say the least, this is definitely one of the most powerful art pieces of the year.
Jon Zmikly | Co-Founder – @jonzmikly
Here’s How to Fix Facebook’s Fake News
I personally think people will share and believe fake news on social media for the rest of time, but this article gives a thoughtful look at how algorithms and code can help solve the problem. I like how blogger Michael Casey says the answer does not lie in “centralized censorship” and instead asks of influential platforms to be more transparent with their newsfeeds and to create smarter software. Great read.
Dezmond Moore | Content Strategy Intern – @dezweneedmoore
We Can’t Expect Artists to be Political Leaders – Pigeons & Planes
We’ve had some time to sit and reflect on the result of the 2016 presidential election. While many point fingers as to why former Senator Hillary Clinton did not win, Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg raised the question about the lack of hip-hop representation in this year’s election. Khal, from pigeonsandplanes.com, explores the answer to the aforementioned question and if we should even expect hip-hop artists to be the main voice of reason for voting. He views both sides of the argument and even mentions how one of the artists he grew up listening to wanted to “edutain his listeners”. Sounds familiar.
TeeJay Void | Contributing Writer – @accordingtovoid
Walking Dead – Chappelle’s Show
Chappelle Show was a staple of my college TV consumption. After an abrupt end to his sketch comedy program, Dave disappeared for a while. This weekend, he hosted SNL and laced us with one of the funniest skits that show has seen in a while. I’m not a huge Walking Dead fan– ok I have never seen a single episode– but seeing some of my favorite Chappelle characters resurface was gold as the legend brushed off his satirical genius.
