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By David Burn
Cell Trade USA is the world's first online community that gets dissatisfied cell phone customers out of their service contract. According to Smart Money: Many folks don't realize that they can drop their cell phone contract without paying a termination fee, which typically runs as much as $150 to $200 per line. All they have to do is find someone willing to take the contract over for its remaining term. Cell Trade …
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By David Burn
Gamespot reports on the latest brand to be swallowed up by the rave scene. A series of postings by club-goers on a forum uncovered by Kotaku reveal that Xbox 360 pills are making the rounds at underground events around the central British city of Northampton. The quality--and precise chemical content--of the Xbox 360 pills was the subject of some heated debate on the forum. However, one entity that won't be joining …
By David Burn
Outdoor gear purveyor, The North Face, is delving deep into content. According to Media Buyer Planner: The North Face and Pace Communications have launched a new online publication, Epic, penned by world-renowned climbers, alpinists, long-distance runners, skiers, snowboarders and others. Epic unites the adventure-sports industry across multiple disciplines, featuring advice, trends and coverage of events and …
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By David Burn
Ad Age reports on Dan Rather's imminent return to broadcast news, albeit on a satellite channel with a scant 3 million subscribers. Only three weeks after his bitter break with CBS, Mr. Rather and HDNet announced that he will produce and host a weekly news program, "Dan Rather Reports," beginning in October. "As a team player I intend to give Mark and HDNet all of the hard work, loyalty and fearless, high-quality …
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By David Burn
In his column today, Lewis Lazare, examines the short six-month tenure of Michael Folino as DDB/Chicago's Chief Creative Officer. According to Lazare, Folino is moving to Wieden + Kennedy, where he will be a copywriter. Folino's early departure also is sure to cast a dark shadow over Anderson and Scarpelli, who opted to go with an agency outsider in hiring Folino, a risky move at a creative department not used to …
By David Burn
According to Ad Age, the big guys are recognizing the need for content, not advertising. Branded-entertainment veteran Doug Scott is moving to Ogilvy & Mather North America, where he'll develop the agency's content offering. His mandate is to bring together the wide variety of Ogilvy's disciplines, from ads to promotion and PR, to develop and execute nontraditional ideas across a wide range of media. Mr. Scott's hire …
By David Burn
Great Place To Work Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management named The Integer Group 9th best medium size company to work for. They also named Bridge Worldwide 9th best small company to work for. Matt Bergantino, a contributing writer here, and a friend, works for Bridge. I used to work for Integer, twice. The old Battleship on 6th Ave. First, allow me to congratulate Matt for working at a great …
By David Burn
Jim Scheinman, Bebo's "deal guy," now has a story he can tell his grandkids someday. For he just left $552 million U.S. dollars on the table. TechCrunch says the MySpace look-a-like (okay, Bebo looks a little better) rejected the offer from a British Telecom a few weeks ago. Bebo has 25 million registered users and 3 billion monthly page views. Myspace, for comparison, has 70+ million users and nearly 30 billion …
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