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In A Sea Of Free Standing Inserts
Remember CD-ROM? According to The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News does. The paper will begin to distribute CD-ROM copies of Hollywood Previews magazine in certain Sunday issues. In the 1990's, CD-ROM's were seen as a viable new venue for media, but they never flourished. Hollywood Previews, produced by iMedia International, began appearing in 2001, but this is its first permanent partnership with a …
Izod’s Lacoste’s U.S. Sales Up Over 1000% In Last Five Years
Philippe Lacoste, grandson of Izod Lacoste founder René Lacoste, spoke to Business Week recently. What's the story behind that alligator, logo? It was the nickname of my grandfather, René Lacoste, who was a tennis champion who won three French Opens, two Wimbledons, and two U.S. Open titles. In 1927 my grandfather made a bet with the captain of the French Davis Cup team, after they both saw a suitcase made from …
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You Know We Know You Know
Alex Bouldergusky talks to a guy with a camera at Future Marketing Summit in New York City last week. [via Random Culture] …
At $1795 Per Person, One Needs A Sponsor
If I was a rainmaker, I'd go to Chicago next month and back slap at IEG's 23rd annual Sponsorship Conference. It looks to be a client-side festival of some magnitude. Here's one session, I'd attend. Spreading the Wealth: The Strategy Behind ConAgra’s Shift to Multi-brand Sponsorships Mike Hargrave, Vice President, Sponsorship and Event Marketing, ConAgra Foods, Inc. The packaged goods giant’s new sponsorship focus …
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Sharks Will Eat Your Lunch
Dallas-based, Moroch, created a new web site for McDonald’s. WWW.FILETOFISH.COM encourages visitors to play an interactive game to save their Filet-O-Fish Sandwich from swimming sharks. The top 50 player’s scores from around the country will be displayed ongoing while game “codes” to circumvent levels can be accessed by passing the link along to friends, taking a survey or through successfully completing …
IPG Ponies Up
Adweek reports that Stacey Lynn Koerner, evp, director of global research integration at Interpublic Group's Initiative, has been named president of the Consumer Experience Practice, a newly formed unit within IPG Media. "Consumers are moving fluidly and dynamically through media and content today," Koerner said in a statement. "Our challenge is to create brand experiences that move with them in ways that heighten …
Mergers And Acquisitions
Blog Media, Inc. has acquired The Blog Herad from Australian entrepreneur and blogger, Duncan Riley. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. BlogMedia, Inc., headquartered in Minnesota, is a privately owned online publisher of a unique variety of content. Jack of all Blogs, ProBlogging, BloggerJobs and Major League Blog are some of their other properties. An earlier deal for that would have paid Riley $76,000 …