The breakdown among struggling middle-class whites stands out, in large part, because Obama actually holds a six-point (50-44) advantage on the question of who would do more to advance the interests of the middle class generally. Seventy-one percent of non-white voters said Obama would do the most to help their individual economic interests, to only 22 percent who thought Romney would. Among middle-class non-white voters Obama bested Romney by better than 3 to 1. Continue reading →
The 30 Rock episode that introduced us to the concept of drinking one's throwing wine and a single called "My Single Is Dropping" wasn't just an amazing pastiche of every Real Housewives show: Queen of Jordan actually came about as a cost-cutting measure, 30 Rock executive producer Robert Carlock tells the AV Club. "That shooting that style, that fake doc style, is a lot cheaper," Carlock says. "The main reason we [did a second Queen of Jordan episode this season] — one of the reasons — was because it was cheap and we were in the hole." Saving money, now with more hayyyaaam. Continue reading →
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Pete Souza/The White House In the photo that has hung in the West Wing for three years, President Obama looks to be bowing to 5-year-old Jacob Philadelphia, his arm raised to touch the president’s hair — to see if it feels like his. WASHINGTON — For decades at the White House, photographs of the president at work and at play have hung throughout the West Wing, and each print soon gives way to a more recent shot. But one picture of President Obama remains after three years. In the photo, Mr. Obama looks to be bowing to a sharply dressed 5-year-old black boy, who stands erect beside the Oval Office desk, his arm raised to touch the president’s hair — to see if it feels ... Continue reading →
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House Beautiful is letting users post photos from its print edition directly to Pinterest using smartphone apps, the latest effort by a magazine to make print more interactive. The July issue of House Beautiful will help readers post images to Pinterest. Only photos from the "Kitchen of the Month" article are pinnable using the new system in the June issue, but House Beautiful expects to expand the Pinterest capability throughout its issues soon. "People are going to expect that the entire magazine is pinnable," said Newell Turner, editor in chief of House Beautiful, which is part of Hearst. "I know it's going to happen and I know it's going to have to happen quickly if we want to stay in the front of things," Mr. ... Continue reading →
Content Section ‘American Idol’ Finalists: From Sanjaya to Taylor Hicks, Where Are They Now? [PHOTOS] Sanjaya Malakar tends bar in the East Village. Camile Velasco worked at a Subway in Los Angeles. A.J. Gil became homeless. And Jessica Sierra checked into rehab for cocaine addiction. To be a contestant on American Idol is a dream … but what happens when the reality TV’s shows lights dim? To find out, The Daily Beast launched a special investigative project, interviewing 70 finalists from the first 10 seasons of the show. Some were difficult to track down, with no publicists and defunct MySpace pages. Nearly all the contestants we interviewed say they don’t regret doing Idol, but many are stuck in an entertainer’s purgatory: bouncing from one manager ... Continue reading →
Google+ launched brand pages six months ago, introducing new social lingo, including "hangouts," "circles" and "+1s." But strike up a conversation with a digital marketer these days, and talk of "+1s" has been replaced by that of "pins." Rather than challenge Facebook and Twitter for mindshare, Google is a distant fourth to Pinterest, with its "pin it" button now appearing alongside Facebook, Twitter and email buttons on prime web real-estate such as eBay and Amazon product pages. Even the platform's "best" brands haven't put a ton of effort into building out the pages. Nissan, for example, was lauded late last year for having one of the best new Google+ brand pages, even down to the animated GIF in its header image that gives the illusion ... Continue reading →
