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Clay Aiken (PeekYou profile here) — best known as the 2nd place finisher of American Idol‘s second season — may soon join the ranks of Gopher from The Love Boat and Cooter from The Dukes of Hazzard, as an entertainer who found a second life in the legislative branch of the U.S. Government.
Federal Reserve vice-chairman, Janet Yellen (PeekYou profile here), has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate — with a vote of 56 to 26 in her favor — to succeed Ben Bernanke as the Fed’s head honcho when his second term wraps up at the end of this month.
Throwing our hat into the “year end reviews” ring, for at least the first time, we offer you this; our survey of many of 2013’s biggest headline grabbers, sorted by the degrees to which they’re each prominent, influential, active, and/or making an impact in cyberspace.
Time Magazine announced today that Pope Francis is their selection for 2013’s Person of the Year. See how his PeekScore compares to those of Time‘s other candidates for the distinction here, and how his score compares to the most prominent living past honorees here.
Mary Barra (PeekYou profile here), the now former Executive Vice President of Global Product Development for General Motors, has just been named the American automotive giant’s brand new CEO.
Nelson Mandela was far too great a man for us to do his extraordinary life even a modicum of justice on our little blog here. We wanted to, however, acknowledge that he passed away today.
We’ve taken Time Magazine’s shortlist of candidates for 2013’s Person of the Year, and did our PeekScore thing with them all; seeing how they size up and shake out when it comes to online prominence, influence, and impact. Check it out here.
In 1927, Time Magazine selected transatlantic aviator Charles Lindbergh as their first ever “Man of the Year” (a distinction later made less blatantly politically wrong and renamed “Person of the Year”).
Luke Harding (PeekYou profile here) is a northern British lad who went out drinking the other evening for what was a reportedly uneventful time with his mates. The next day, however, was a great deal more compelling as Luke came to not in his own bed, but in a bathroom at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport; not entirely sure of how he came to be there.
