Tancer: The Antonella Effect
Bill Tancer of Time magazine weighed in on the attention ‘American Idol’ season six semi-finalist Antonella Barba has received online in wake of racy images of the 20-year-old being leaked online. Tancer writes, “Fueled by a 9% drop in Chinese stocks, the Dow dropped 416 points last Tuesday, the largest single day drop in over five years. In one day $632 billion dollars in value was erased from the U.S. stock market. News of the precipitous drop dominated cable news and newspaper coverage. It would be fair to guess that searches leading to news sites would focus on the market correction, perhaps the growing unease in Iran or perhaps the pending collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market. To the contrary, news searches last week were completed dominated by one individual: Antonella Barba.” Read more.
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