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Weekend Brunch: Apple’s new gadgets and Lego overtakes Barbie

Huffington Post's Ben Walsh and NY Mag's Jessica Pressler round up the week in news.

This week, Lizzie O’Leary sits down for brunch with New York Magazine contributing editor Jessica Pressler and Huffington Post’s Ben Walsh.

 

This weekend’s reading list:

 

Washington Post: After ‘Songs of Innocence,’ how Apple adopted U2 

Quartz: U2’s Apple deal shows why musicians don’t sell music anymore

 

The Atlantic: Why Would Anybody Buy an Apple Watch?

 

Mashable: Requiem for an iPod Classic

 

Gallup: U.S. Banks Have Positive Image for First Time Since 2007

 

Bloomberg: Is Everybody Single? More Than Half the U.S. Now, Up From 37% in ’76

 

Fortune: Barbie, Schmarbie – Lego is now the world’s top toymaker

 

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Weekend Brunch: Apple’s new gadgets and Lego overtakes Barbie