Lindsay Zoladz, The New York Times
Published: 10 Mar 2021 12:55 PM BdST
Updated: 10 Mar 2021 12:55 PM BdST FILE PHOTO: 2019 Billboard Music Awards- Arrivals - Las Vegas, Nevada, US, May 1, 2019 - Taylor Swift. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
When she was 18, Taylor Swift wrote a song called “Fifteen.” “Back then I swore I was going to marry him someday, but I realised some bigger dreams of mine,” she sang, sounding more like a wizened great-grandmother than a rising senior. );
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“Fifteen” is evocative, if a little sanitised: Nimble mandolin strums mimic the nervous-excited butterflies of the first day of high school, as Swift sings of wide-eyed hope that “one of those senior boys will wink at you and say, ‘You know I haven’t seen you around before.’”
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Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs and Shaquille O’Neal Team for Second SPAC
Forest Road Acquisition Corp II is aimed at media and tech companiesTim Baysinger | February 19, 2021 @ 9:10 AM
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Former Disney executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs are teaming up with Shaquille O’Neal to form a second SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company.
The new company, named Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II, aims to raise $300 million with an eye towards businesses in the technology, media, telecommunications, and consumer (TMTC) space, according to an SEC filing Thursday night. Mayer and Staggs will serve as co-CEOs of this SPAC, with O’Neal as a special advisor.