{"id":640088,"date":"2013-01-26T03:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=604436"},"modified":"2013-01-26T03:00:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T08:00:16","slug":"7-stories-to-read-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/640088","title":{"rendered":"7 stories to read this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After spending a week in bone-numbingly cold Germany, I have come back to work and here are some of the stories I found that are worth your time. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/corte.si\/posts\/socialmedia\/trouble-with-social-news.html\">The trouble with social news<\/a>: Aldo Cortesi shares his growing discontent with the social news ecosystem and in it, he nails some of the anxiety I have felt about the internet&#8217;s new news ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/sports\/baseball\/professional\/article_7b3bd867-93b5-5c3e-99f4-bf18e7e03ce7.html\">Financial trials of St. Louis Cardinals coach Mike Matheny<\/a>: What a wonderful story of a baseball coach who lost all his money in the real estate bust and yet managed to keep it together for his family and his team. I have a lot of respect for Matheny, not just for his baseball skills but for coming to terms with this twist of fate.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nashvillescene.com\/nashville\/despite-having-grammy-level-success-the-tiny-nashville-label-still-remains-under-the-radar\/Content?oid=3220642\">Dualtone derby<\/a>: Okay, I made up the headline, but this story of Grammy Award-winning Nashville label Dualtone is a reminder of why doing things your own way comes with a price that is worth paying. Great story!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thecodist.com\/article\/how_hotel_reservations_work\">How do hotel reservations work?<\/a>: In case you ever wondered about it, now is your chance to find it all out.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jacobinmag.com\/2012\/12\/the-soul-of-student-debt\/\">The soul of student debt<\/a>: This is a different, unique take on the student debt that everyone talks about in America.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psmag.com\/culture\/busker-superstar-k3-korea-pop-brad-moore-51399\/\">The Caucasian king of K-Pop<\/a>: K-Pop is Korean Pop, as in &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; and stuff, and Brad Moore from Ohio is drumming its beat. Short, sweet piece.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.domusweb.it\/en\/design\/d2c-generation\/\">D2C Generation<\/a>: The internet is creating new opportunities for designers who are going directly to consumers and finding success despite selling fewer items.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;%23038;post=604436&#038;%23038;subd=gigaom2&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=270946\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=270946\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img width='1' height='1' src='http:\/\/gigaom.feedsportal.com\/c\/34996\/f\/646446\/s\/27ea4c22\/mf.gif' border='0'\/><\/p>\n<div class='mf-viral'>\n<table border='0'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='middle'><a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/viral\/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&#038;title=7+stories+to+read+this+weekend&#038;link=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F01%2F26%2F7-stories-to-read-this-weekend-52%2F\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/images\/emailthis2.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign='middle'><a href=\"http:\/\/res.feedsportal.com\/viral\/bookmark.cfm?title=7+stories+to+read+this+weekend&#038;link=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F01%2F26%2F7-stories-to-read-this-weekend-52%2F\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/images\/bookmark.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/151885103811\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/27ea4c22\/a2.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/151885103811\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/27ea4c22\/a2.img\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi.feedsportal.com\/r\/151885103811\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/27ea4c22\/a2t.img\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=s6SPr_2hwFk:8s12jSggKf4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/s6SPr_2hwFk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending a week in bone-numbingly cold Germany, I have come back to work and here are some of the stories I found that are worth your time. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did. 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