• Speaking of trolling on Twitter, comedian Joe Mande has been having fun soliciting La Croiz sparking water to make him its official spokesperson. La Croix wants not part of it, and has told Mande as much via its lawyers. That’s where thing took a turn for the worse with Mande swearing off La Croix…
• Mel Brooks sits down with Entertainment Weekly to discuss why, 40 years later, Blazing Saddles is still the best damn comedy ever made (insidemovies.ew.com) • NPR’s Marketplace tells the surprisingly fascinating story of why black olives only come in cans. (marketplace.org) • VIDEO: Pete Holmes interviews Joel McHales as Guile from Street Fighter.
• Hey, Wall Street, Twitter’s not dead — you just don’t get it. Will Oremus explains why Twitter is more like YouTube than Facebook. “Twitter is not a social network. … It’s better described as a social media platform, with the emphasis on ‘media platform.’ And media platforms should not be judged by the same metrics as social…
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