Just in time for
a looming global credit crisis, WaMu—the bank formerly known as Washington Mutual, and before that known as "the bank that tried to get people in New York to like it by having free ATMs for the first year of its existence here"—has upped its in-venue presence at sheds and arenas in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Anyone holding a card from the bank (credit, debit, and "home equity cards" are eligible, but gift cards aren't) can get access to the VIP area
* as well as parking spaces and, um, "special concession lines." And people who don't have WaMu cards can get socked with the bank's ATM fees—making this deal a clear win-win for everyone.
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Idolator
Advertising Age reports that Pitchfork and The Fader have joined forces, though the degree to which the former is an "exclusive club" is, as always, tediously overstated. (Pitchfork didn't "consider itself too cool to bother reviewing" Black Kids before setting the hype cycle into overdrive in the first place, let's not forget.) The two are getting together for "an extensive advertising and sponsorship relationship across print, online, festivals, events and unique content exchanges," while keeping their advertising and editorial as is.
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