From Lewis Lazare: The newspaper industry is fighting back. Amid repeated claims the Internet is stealing advertising and readership fire-power from newspapers, the Newspaper Association of America, representing more than 2,000 newspapers nationwide, is launching a massive print and online campaign (you were expecting commercials?) this week from the Martin Agency in Richmond, Va., to play up the point that the …
MPAA Sends One Of Their Own To Firing Squad
Derek Powazek wrote a perfect headline—SXSW to MPAA: STFU—for his post on Kori Bernards, the Motion Picture Association of America exec who dared show up for a panel in Austin last week. Powazek describes the "hour-long firing squad, as one audience member after another directed angry questions her way." He said he almost felt sorry for her, until he "remembered all those awful anti-piracy trailers they make us watch …
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Bernie Mac Knows How To Play The Lottery
Chicago Sun Times is reporting the numbers comedian Bernie Mac is being paid to endorse the Illinois Lottery—$500,000 for about 2-1/2 days of work, or $23,000 an hour. "It certainly makes me pause when I hear those kind of numbers for the little amount of work he's doing," said state Rep. Jack Franks (D-Woodstock). "It seems to me we could probably be getting similar results for substantially less …
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Nike + Google = World Branding Domination
From BusinessWeek: Nike (NKE) and Google (GOOG), hoping to take social networking to a new realm, have quietly launched the first invitation-only Web site for soccer-mad fans around the world. Joga.com went live late last week and will soon be running in 140 countries and 14 languages. Joga.com is a free network where members will be able to create Web sites and send e-mail, photos, and video clips, as well as access …
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Federated Media Has Cash On Hand
Forbes reports that Federated Media locked down a round of funding from Panorama Capital, JP Morgan's venture capital arm. Explaining the deal, FM's John Battelle says: Choosing who you partner with, in terms of finances, is really critical to a business. I chose to partner with someone I've had a long history with, who stood behind me at a really dark hour. I figured, all things being equal, go with somebody who …
Elk Herd Strengthened By New Blood
From USA TODAY: There are signs of a small, silent social insurgency sweeping through medium-size boomtown cities and suburbs across the nation: young professionals joining the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a 138-year-old fraternal organization most commonly associated with charitable works, veterans' causes and Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners. Like other fraternal organizations, the Elks have struggled …
