Thinking of going out for a few drinks in New York City tonight? "For the average person, gaining entry to a Manhattan night club can be an exquisite form of cruelty. There's the velvet rope that separates the hip from the hoi polloi. There's the seething crowd waving worthless invitations and begging for admittance. There's the snooty doorman looking for flaws in your appearance. Once through the front door, there …
When Dogs Fly
from LA Times: Midwest Airlines is focusing on four-footed customers in hopes of wooing more of the two-footed kind. The Midwest Air Group Inc. unit announced a program Monday that gives pets a free round-trip ticket for every three domestic round-trip flights they take with their owners. By contrast, Midwest's human passengers get free round trips at 25,000 miles …
Rock Mag Quibbles Over Truth In Tagline
According to USA Today, The nation's largest Bible publisher, seeking to reach "spiritually intrigued 18- to 34-year-olds," has stumbled over an unexpected rock: Rolling Stone. The magazine rejected Zondervan's Bible ad just weeks before its scheduled run date, citing an unwritten policy against accepting ads containing religious messages. The ad carries the slogan: "Timeless truth. Today's language." And that …
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Content By Design
Writing in the current issue of Communication Arts, Sam McMillan looks at today …
Ads Make Their Way Into RSS
from Silicon Beat: Now that the use of RSS aggregators is really starting to take off, people are peering into the question of market share. Which aggregator is the favorite among users …
Kids Can Do No. 2 (With A Little Help From P&G)
from NY Times: Looking for new ways to expand their businesses, makers of the two top diaper brands, Huggies and Pampers, are both introducing lines of toiletries for babies and small children. Pampers, made by Procter & Gamble, the No. 2 diaper brand in the United States with 30.5 percent of the market, is now rolling out a new line of Kandoo products, including flushable wipes and foaming hand soap, both intended …
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Bayless Buffaloed On National TV
Last night on Food Network's "Iron Chef" Chicago's Rick Bayless of Frontera Grill & Topolobampo, went down hard to Bobby Flay of New Yawk in what many consider to be questionable judging. The secret ingedient for this episode was buffalo, and everyone knows Bayless can cook him some buffalo. Chicagoist for one, was hoping to "see Bayless wipe the floor with Flay's pompous ass." Sadly, it didn't happen that way. …
Wine Generously Poured Into Highly Palatable Film
Sideways, the new film from Alexander Payne, won several Golden Globes last night. I'll leave the artistic judgments to more qualified voices, but allow me to point out how well this film markets wine, and specifically Santa Barbara County wineries like Firestone, Foxen, Fess Parker and Kalyra. Actually, the lead character Miles, an ornery oenophile, disdains Fess Parker, but he adores the others. Fox Searchlight …
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