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Of all the ways to lose a World Cup game, to be victimized by a dive in the final moments of injury time, followed by a successful penalty kick, has got to be the worst. From my vantage point, that's what happened to Australia today in its game against Italy. Fabio Grosso should be known, [...]
Mon, June 26 2006 » Main Page, Minutiae » Comments Off
From the NYT story: Though product placement in movies and on television shows is a fairly standard practice, it is generally accepted that magazine and newspaper articles, and television and radio news programs, do not accept payment for naming products. A recent survey, however, challenges that understanding. An annual poll conducted by PR Week magazine [...]
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This story talks about an explosion in content sites as advertisers frantically look to spend money on online ads. If it's that frantic, do I have to start worrying about the bottom falling out again? An excerpt from the NYT article: THE great eyeball chase is back in full swing. And it does not matter [...]
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CNN president Jonathan Klein promised last year that his network would redouble its efforts on good, old-fashioned reporting. But that lasted until he realized his ranters and emoters were the people bringing in the ratings, argues the NYT's David Carr. An excerpt: “We are not about fomenting an agenda,” he said. That seems to depend [...]
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Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, has written an open letter to critics assailing his paper for publishing a story that the U.S. government has been scouring the records of “terrorism suspects.” Some excerpts: Since September 11, 2001, our government has launched broad and secret anti-terror monitoring programs without seeking authorizing legislation [...]
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