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Kelsey McKinney

Kelsey McKinney

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    Latest articles by Kelsey McKinney

    Almanac
    Yahoo is now killing its original business, the Yahoo DirectoryYahoo is now killing its original business, the Yahoo Directory
    Almanac

    On this page, users could continue to experience Yahoo’s original appeal: providing links to the worldwide web that could be clicked on based on specific interests. It was kind of like Twitter without the jokes.

    By Kelsey McKinney
    Music
    Listen: Lorde’s new single from the Hunger Games soundtrackListen: Lorde’s new single from the Hunger Games soundtrack
    Music

    New Zealand rock singer and best friend of Taylor Swift, Lorde, dropped a new single this morning that will appear in the new Hunger Games movie.

    By Kelsey McKinney
    Technology
    It’s not just Emma Watson. Female novelists are getting sexual threats online too.It’s not just Emma Watson. Female novelists are getting sexual threats online too.
    Technology

    Thursday night, followers watched novelist Porochista Khakpour’s Twitter timeline in horror as Ed Champion, a writer and member of New York literary circles, proved what it is like to be a woman on the internet in 2014.

    By Kelsey McKinney
    Technology
    31,000 people an hour are joining Ello. The anti-Facebook, explained.31,000 people an hour are joining Ello. The anti-Facebook, explained.
    Technology

    Ello might be the new Facebook or the new Twitter or the new social media flop. It’s too early to tell.

    By Kelsey McKinney
    Music
    Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke just pulled a BeyoncéRadiohead frontman Thom Yorke just pulled a Beyoncé
    Music

    Thom Yorke, the frontman for Radiohead, just released his second solo album, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, by dropping it onto BitTorrent without warning.

    By Kelsey McKinney
    archives
    Is Black-ish the next Modern Family?Is Black-ish the next Modern Family?
    archives

    Black-ish, a new family comedy, premiered last night on ABC, and 10.78 million people watched Andre Johnson (Anthony Anderson) and his wife Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross) banter wittily.

    By Kelsey McKinney
    Music
    Kanye West made a new album and only 20 people got to hear itKanye West made a new album and only 20 people got to hear it
    Music

    The new Kanye West album has been looming over the pop culture collective unconscious for months.

    By Kelsey McKinney
    archives
    Urban Outfitters is now the largest vinyl retailer in the worldUrban Outfitters is now the largest vinyl retailer in the world
    archives

    Maybe it is the teens who are responsible for vinyl’s unexpected revival

    By Kelsey McKinney
    Music
    Iggy Azalea is not the queen of rapIggy Azalea is not the queen of rap
    Music
    By Kelsey McKinney
    The Swedes rule pop music, and Mapei is their next queen
    Celebrity Culture

    As an artist and a musician, Mapei has a sound as global as her heritage.

    By Kelsey McKinney