George Parker is the most pissed off ad blogger we know, but Bill Green can get peeved too. Here are some selections from his list of "12 or so things that bothered me this year." 2) Cellphones + drivers. 3) Chillabrations, ‘Fash’-ons and anything blinged, pimped or ‘phat’-ted. 4) No Geico cavemen sitcom. 5) Non-drunk racist celebrities who aren’t really racist. 6) Drunk racist celebrities who aren’t really …
Diggin’ The Details
Bloggers are really going for this "Five Things You Don't Know About Me" meme. I did. Given that interesting people are revealing interesting things, I thought I'd collect some of the responses here. Sean Patrick Ganann says, " I hacked into a government website once." Johnnie Moore says, " I cringe inwardly when people ask me to try something from their plate in restaurants. Please bear this in mind if you eat with …
Angry Gamers Unload On Sony And Zipatoni
Sony launched a fake blog via their promo shop Zipatoni. When will brands and their agencies learn? You simply can't screw with the swarm. Here are some of the comments I pulled from the fake blog: You guys are awful. It's obvious that Sony is resorting to fake publicity like this in an attempt to compensate for their failure of a console. Posers like you shouldn't be allowed to play games. Comment By raven_65 At …
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A Ten Pack From Danny G
Danny G just ripped off ten blog posts in a row. Dude, I've only been traveling for two days! Once again, it's nice to have colleagues you can count on in this, or any, endeavor. …
Nick Denton Back Watch
Om Malik is a playa. A pimp daddy. Online video, gaming, data centers and virtual work - they were part of my larger vision of GigaOM network. Today, we took the next step forward and launched NewTeeVee.com, a site devoted to online video, and other technologies that are reinventing the video experience. The new site has a section called "The Stars", where one can read about an attractive young woman eating a praying …
The Huff Puffs Up
The Huffington Post is using some of its $5 mil in venture capital to become a legitimate news operation, according to The New York Times. Arianna Huffington, who started HuffingtonPost.com, said yesterday that the site had hired Melinda Henneberger, a print journalist most recently with Newsweek magazine, as its political editor. Ms. Huffington said Ms. Henneberger would hire a number of other journalists to begin …
Be Edgy Or Be Damned
PR blogger Steve Rubel has some interesting things to say about Weblogs Inc., now that its founder Jason Calacanis has left the AOL-owned company. Since AOL bought Weblogs Inc I feel it has started to lose that editorial bite it once had. The posts on blogs like TUAW and others have been very informative, but extremely safe. Meanwhile, Gawker Media, Weblogs Inc's chief rival, has been pushing the edge - which is what …
Ad Blog News
Beyond Madison Avenue, a group blog started by Talent Zoo in September 2005 has redesigned and moved to a new content management system (Word Press). In related ad blog news, Adrants has dipped its toe in the group blog waters after a multi-year run as a solo operation. Angela Natividad is Steve Hall's new accomplice. Jayne at BMA calls her "well-versed, pithy, and smart as all-heck. Also, the gal’s a freaking …
