BedJump.com is an odd little blog. It's creator, a Canadian named Chris, also has several other hotel blogs looking closely at hotel bathrooms, pools, etc. …
Location, Location, Turkey No Mayo
Startup Journal looks at one of Subway's better expansion strategies. To maintain its rapid growth as strip malls and spots alongside the freeway fill up with fast-food outlets, Subway Restaurants is increasingly moving into locations where rivals have feared -- or neglected -- to tread. In the past several years, Subway has opened inside a church in upstate New York, a handful of coin-operated laundries in …
NYC Aims To Add Color To Ad Agencies
An eye-opening story in today's New York Times takes a look at minority hiring practices--and salaries--in New York City's ad scene. Finding that just 2 percent of the upper echelon of the advertising industry is black, New York City officials said yesterday that they had reached agreements with several of the nation’s biggest ad firms forcing them to bring more black managers into this crucial sector of the city’s …
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Meet Madison Avenue’s New King Of Crass
Pete Johnson, 31, is a Brooklyn-based copywriter penning comic doodles that poke fun at the industry that pays his rent. On May 12th we took a look at his skewering of bloggers, which was fun. But his "Creative Department Douchebag" series is even better. …
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Bio Teacher Attacks Sexy Champion
A friend told me to check out Sexy Champions, based on the fact I liked his last music recommendation, Deadboy & the Elephantmen. So, I clicked over to their site and found this MTV2 spot mixed in with their indie pop: …
Pimp My Pulp
According to MediaGuardian.co.uk, one best be careful with the word "pimp," or brace for litigation. One of the largest media companies in the world is flexing its muscle to stop anyone using a phrase beginning with the words: "Pimp my ...". Viacom, which owns MTV, the worldwide music channel, has sent threatening legal letters to a website about children' sweets and a shop that sells treats for pets, which it …
Link Requests Are Lame
Satire is one of the greatest literary devices ever conceived. Wired writer, Lore Sjöberg, uses it deftly, in a funny piece on blogging's rising popularity. Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you're about as likely to find someone else interested in it. One popular technique for building readership is to send e-mail to more well-trafficked blogs offering to exchange links with …
How Much Will You Fork Over For “Wanky Juvenile Sounds”?
I've been meaning to put together a post on MySpace's move into the retail music space. But I just couldn't muster the interest. Until George Parker woke me from my slumber with his acerbic wit, that is. The new MySpace Music Store will feature excruciatingly bad MP3 downloads of really fucking awful music from hot band wannabees at prices set by the individual bands, and can you believe this… There will be 3 million …
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