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• This Is Your Brain On Buzzfeed: The Science Of Viral Content

  When cultural historians look back at 2012, they'll remember it as the year when the Oxford American Dictionary chose "GIF" as the word of the year. The year when "Gangnam Style" became the most-viewed YouTube video ever. The year when "Sesame Street's" Cookie Monster starred in a parody of "Call Me Maybe." The year when someone invented a way to replace babies with bacon in your Facebook feed. [...] more>>

  Jeff Bercovici,Forbes Staff

• Think The State Of Privacy Is Bad Here? Take A Trip To Baku, Azerbaijan.

  When I first got an email inviting me to be on a panel at an oil and gas conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, I thought the all-expenses-paid offer was of the “These Nigerian riches could be yours!” variety. [...] more>>

  Kashmir Hill,Forbes Staff

• Rihanna's 777 Tour: Celeb PR Gone Wild?

  Is the disillusionment coming from people on Rihanna's 777 plane a case of First World Problems, or a good example of the fact that there really can be too much of a good thing? [...] more>>

  Dina Gachman,Contributor

• America, Meet Azerbaijan

  America, Meet Azerbaijan By Hilary Kramer   When the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, Americans were suddenly forced to add a host of newly independent countries to their global awareness. Some countries became a part of our lexicon more quickly than others (Ukraine and Georgia, for example). But few of these post-Soviet countries [...] [...] more>>

  Hilary Kramer,Contributor

• Start A Rumor About Apple Entering A Business, And Watch The Competitor's Stock Collapse

  

  Apple’s (AAPL) Internet radio service is bludgeoning music streamer Pandora Media (P) even before any official confirmation that the product exists. Pandora trading was halted on Thursday amid a flurry [...] more>>

  YCharts,Contributor

• Mila Kunis Is Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive. Will It Help Her Career?

  Kunis is building a career on being smart and funny. [...] more>>

  Dorothy Pomerantz,Forbes Staff

• Is Psy The Next Justin Bieber Or The Next Rebecca Black?

  Everyone love 'Gangnam Style' but is it enough to turn the Korean rapper into an international pop star? [...] more>>

  Dorothy Pomerantz,Forbes Staff

• How Sean Paul's iPad Helped Him Make His New Album

  Over the past few years, Sean Paul has been using the popular Apple product as a sort of melodic sketchpad, tapping out beats while traveling on planes, trains and automobiles and later refining them in the studio. One such song, "Roll wid di Don," appears on his new album, Tomahawk Technique, released today. [...] more>>

  Zack O'Malley Greenburg,Forbes Staff

• Keeping the 'M' in MTV: MTV's Amy Doyle on Maintaining the Network's Musical Relevance

  

  From the very beginning, MTV has been laser-focused on changing the way we access popular music. In my recent interview with Kristin Frank, MTV's General Manager of Digital Media, we talked about how [...] more>>

  Leslie Bradshaw,Contributor

• Hicks: Beyonce signs $50 million deal with Pepsi

  1937: Italy announced it was withdrawing from the League of Nations. 1941: Germany and Italy declared war on the United States; the U.S. responded in kind. 1961: A U.S. aircraft carrier carrying Army helicopters arrived in Saigon -- the first direct American [...] more>>

• Hicks: Rihanna and Chris Brown have weekend spat

  sent out several angry tweets over the weekend after Chris Brown spent time with an ex-girlfriend. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Rihanna and Chris Brown had a spat over the weekend. Rihanna is angry that Brown partied with his ex-girlfriend, model Karrueche Tran, [...] more>>

• Miley Cyrus dances with strippers: Wildest pop star ever?

  on Twitter, while Lady Gaga is usually either naked or in her underwear during her videos and stage shows. Then there’s Katy Perry who got her segment banned from “Sesame Street” thanks to a revealing performance. And Christina Aguilera went as far as having [...] more>>

• While you were working ...

  America on an extended "Believe" tour. [ NYDN ] The Rolling Stones' set in New Jersey this weekend just recruited some younger talent. The Stones will be joined by Lady Gaga and The Black Keys. [ MTV ] Rihanna's still not wearing clothes. [ Us Weekly ] [...] more>>

• Miley Cyrus can’t be tamed, dances with a stripper

  album will drop in 2013. May Mickey have mercy on us all. Read more: Miley Cyrus has her cake and smears it all over herself too in new music video ‘Two and a Half Men’ react: Miley Cyrus brings sexy back VMA Fashion Face-Off: Miley Cyrus vs. Rihanna [...] more>>

• Beyoncé signs 'unique' multi-million pound brand ambassador deal with Pepsi

  it’s Rihanna hollering “Everybody say HTC! Say Budweiser! River Island!” during her recent 777 tour or the hosts at last night’s Jingle Bells Ball getting the crowds at the 02 Arena to cheer louder for BlackBerry than for Girls Aloud or The Wanted, brands [...] more>>

• Rihanna poses nude for a photoshoot

  R&B; star Rihanna has posed for a series of pictures for photographer friend Melissa Forde sans her knickers, wearing just a furry hat. The fancy shoot was for no apparent reason, with Forde simply posting the snaps on Twitter, reported Mirror online. In [...] more>>