Which modern day Mad Man sports the sharpest black turtleneck? ( polls) Hat tip to Bob Hoffman for leading the way to this, and future, Poll Daddy widgets. …
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By David Burn
Which modern day Mad Man sports the sharpest black turtleneck? ( polls) Hat tip to Bob Hoffman for leading the way to this, and future, Poll Daddy widgets. …
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By David Burn
"We desire proprietary, commercially viable products and technologies for our existing categories and for new solutions that will make our products better tasting, better for you, more convenient or more socially responsible." -Kraft Once upon a time, inventors with big ideas had to keep them to themselves, for fear of "losing" them to a large corporation. That is, if the large corporation would even listen. But now …
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By David Burn
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London International Awards recognized The Partners/London for its National Gallery Grand Tour Campaign. According to Creative Match: ...the Grand Tour campaign was an innovative approach to branding that raised awareness of The National Gallery’s permanent collection. To assist The National Gallery in bringing the art to the attention of the busy British public, 44 full size prints were hung around …
By David Burn
Starburst is up to some craziness on the web. According to Media Week, the candy brand underwrote "a unique content distribution deal for the Next New Networks’ series Nite Fite, which resulted in an episode of that show receiving premium placement on YouTube via its top homepage ad placement." Taking another page from the YouTube playbook, Starburst, also teamed with Katers17, a young vlogger with an existing …
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By David Burn
Anthony Michaels of San Diego is bummed. He thought his classmates were trying to reconnect with him. That's what the emails from Classmates.com said. Michaels paid for a premium membership at Classmates.com but he now claims the firm was just fishing for business, and that there were no old friends from school on the other side of the transaction. Sad, for sure. But also illegal, according to Michaels' lawyer, Brian …
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By David Burn
Nick Denton's consumer advocacy site, The Consumerist, is for sale. Economic times being what they are, Gawker must refocus its efforts on its most commercially successful blogs. Which means, yes, The Consumerist is for sale. We seek a new home where our kickass blogging team can continue to thrive and grow. We get 14m+ pageviews according to Sitemeter, and 2m+ uniques according to Quantcast. Direct inquiries to …
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Don't believe a freaking thing you hear on the internet. That's the message being sent by a couple of clowns. According to a story in yesterday's The New York Times, the whole "Palin doesn't know Africa is a continent" jab was a hoax. Untrue. It was among the juicier post-election recriminations: Fox News Channel quoted an unnamed McCain campaign figure as saying that Sarah Palin did not know that Africa was a …
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