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More than a song
Twenty-seven years after MTV aired its first music video , the network's phenomenal rise still haunts the music industry. Record company executives treated the fledgling network like a radio station, supplying free videos in the hope that the airpla...
Smart Brief Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:50:47 CDT

Media companies joining YouTube and profiting
After years of regarding pirated video on YouTube as a threat, some major media companies are having a change of heart, treating it instead as an advertising opportunity. In the last few months, CBS, Universal Music, Lionsgate, Electronic Arts...
Smart Brief Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:43:47 CDT

Advertising: Olympics Draw High Percentage of Women Viewers, and Ads Intended for Them
The large female viewership for the Olympics and the spate of spots intended for women are anomalies in TV sports.
The New York Times Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:49:40 GMT

Whatever your style, there's a honeymoon | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Whatever your style, there's a honeymoon BY JAY CLARKE • MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE • August 17, 2008 Print this page E-mail this article Share this art...
Smart Brief Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:35:47 CDT

Central Florida theme parks add new attractions | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
SPECIAL SECTION | FLORIDA Central Florida theme parks add new attractions BY TRAVIS REED • ASSOCIATED PRESS • August 17, 2008 Print this page E-mail this article ...
Smart Brief Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:35:47 CDT

McCain, Obama Use Olympic Ads To Highlight Image
Barack Obama and John McCain are running campaign ads during the Olympics. Evan Tracey, president of Campaign Media Analysis Group, says Obama is highlighting his image as a different kind of politician. McCain is using the games as a stage to attract new voters.
NPR Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:29:00 -0400

Kuwait Telecom selects Leo Burnett
Leo Burnett Kuwait was recently awarded the creative account for the Kuwait Telecom Company - the newest telecommunications company in the Gulf state. The creative account, which will begin with the company's launch, comes in addition to the successful ongoing partnership between Leo Burnett in Saudi Arabia and KTC's mother company Saudi Telecom Company.
AME Info Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:56:46 +0400

Olympic Star Is Sidelined. Will His Ads Be, as Well?
When China's star hurdler, Liu Xiang, limped off the field late Monday morning, it dealt a blow to the marketing plans of some marquee brands.
The New York Times Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:29:55 GMT

Baby Boomer Women Making Noise on the Internet
Rosie Horner, Beverly Mahone and Eileen Williams are baby boomer women bloggers who on the move and making a difference on the Internet. Their blogs have been selected among the 100 Awesome Self Impr... [WebWire - Tuesday, August 19, 2008]
Webwire Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EST

Sizzling summer deal from the Enlightened Wealth Institute founder.
One of the founders, Robert G. Allen of the enlightened wealth institute is offering a sizzling summer deal by offering up a FREE copy of his number one bestselling book, "Nothing Down for the 2000s".... [WebWire - Tuesday, August 19, 2008]
Webwire Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EST

Floods in West Africa raise major health risks
GENEVA -- Rising flood waters across West Africa are intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis. International aid is needed as heavy rains for... [WebWire - Tuesday, August 19, 2008]
Webwire Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EST

The Christian Response to Homosexuality
On Oct. 25, 2008, Logos Ministry Institute President, Juanita Price will conduct a 1-day seminar at Princeton Theological addressing what the Christian response should be towards Homosexuality. - - S... [WebWire - Monday, August 18, 2008]
Webwire Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EST

Magazine Misses Memo On 'Potter' Postponement
Warner Bros. announced last week that it's postponing the release of the sixth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The news apparently didn't reach the offices of Entertainment Weekly in time for its fall preview issue, which features the star of the film on the cover and a six-page spread on the movie.
NPR Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:03:00 -0400

SRMG sets up editorial board
Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) has announced the creation and appointment of an independent board of trustees, tasked to guard its publications' editorial independence. The media group is the first Arab media group to have such a board. The board will also evaluate editors performance and their commitment to SRMG editorial policies.
AME Info Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:00:42 +0400

State-Run Press Downplays Cold-War Tensions
The conflict between Russia and Georgia has the media in the United States talking about a new Cold War. For a view from the Russian media, Robert Smith turns to Masha Lipman, the editor of the Pro et Contra journal, published by Carnegie Moscow Center.
NPR Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:05:22 -0400

Towell launches ad agency in Oman
Bahrain-based Blacksheep Advertising and Oman's W. J. Towell Group has joined to set up a new advertising agency, Blacksheep-Mazoon, focusing primarily on the Omani market.
AME Info Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:59:54 +0400

Beijing's 'O-Lipsync' Games
More than 2 billion people watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing. NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr muses on the fakery — from fireworks to a stand-in for seven-year-old singer — employed by a China obsessed with a picture-perfect representation.
NPR Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0400

400 LED panels to wrap Dubai Mall
Dubai Mall is installing an integrated multimedia that would ensure a 'shopper-tainment' for its customers. A key feature inlcudes the ability to capture 'moments of exclusivity' - a single image projected across the entire mall that will ensure total visitor attention. The mall will have more than 400 high-definition LED displays and over 300 advertising panels including 40 premium panels of size 11m x 4m, located along the mall's main thoroughfares and public atrium spaces.
AME Info Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:09:28 +0400

A message about OJR from USC Annenberg's School of Journalism
By Geoffrey Baum: A message from USC Annenberg Journalism School director Geneva Overholser: Thank you for your interest in OJR. The fast-moving changes in digital media are more compelling every day, and they remain an important area of focus for the USC Annenberg School for Communication. We are committed to keeping the archives of OJR available online and are exploring ways to continue the School's efforts to increase understanding about the revolutionary transformation of news and information.
OJR.org Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:45:00 MST

McClatchy Washington bureau shines as bright example for online journalism
By Robert Niles: The past decade has brought the journalism industry some of its darkest moments. On the business side, management teams that grew used to local monopolies could not react swiftly enough to protect their market share as thousands of online competitors emerged. Revenue tanked, readership declined and layoffs became a seasonal task at many newspapers. On the editorial side, many newsrooms blew or missed one major story after another, from the Whitewater "scandal," hitting the snooze button on the global warming alarm, the emergence of al Qaeda before 9/11, the Bush administration's phony case for war in Iraq, to the abandonment of mortgage lending standards that inflated a housing bubble. But not every news organization blew it. Indeed, as journalism has suffered some of its darkest moments over the past decade, a few news organizations stand apart for their bright triumphs. On the Washington beat, perhaps no single news organization so often has gotten the story right as the McClatchy Washington bureau. From providing one of the few domestic voices to consistently challenge the Bush administration's bogus claims before the Iraq War (The New Yorker being another), to dogging the administration over the politicalization of the U.S. Justice Department, the bureau, and its website, www.mcclatchydc.com have become the must-click destination for readers thirsty for clear, accurate, spin-free reporting. The bureau will publish this weekend an in-depth investigation of the situation at Guantanamo Bay, where the United States has been holding alleged terrorists, in violation of due process rights, according to a Supreme Court ruling this week. I spoke with McClatchy Washington Bureau Web editor Jim Van Nostrand by phone this week, and asked him why McClatchy's had such success, and why the bureau took the unusual step of launching its own, stand-alone website. An edited transcript of our conversations follows.
OJR.org Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:29:00 MST

OJR launches individual reader blogs
By Robert Niles: OJR now allows its registered members to maintain individual blogs on OJR. Just click the "Post Blog Entry" link near the top of the right navigation rail to get started. OJR's editors and I will read all the submissions, then select ones to go on the OJR front page feed. You can find links to all the most recent reader-submitted blog entries under the "Recent Blogs" header on the right rail. You can start a free blog just about anywhere on the Web, from Blogger.com and beyond. And many of you likely already have a blog. So why would you post anything on OJR? It's simple: for the readers. A front-page post on OJR will reach several thousand readers via the website, our e-mail newsletter and RSS feeds. OJR readers aren't your average Web surfers, either. They include editors, entrepreneurs and bloggers at many top newspaper and independent news websites. So, if you want to draw the industry's attention to some really neat new work from your shop, you want to comment on something you've seen in the industry that's bugging you, or you want to rant or rave about a new tool or widget you've tried, we think OJR provides a pretty good platform for you to do that.
OJR.org Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:05:00 MST

It's a lo-o-o-ong way from Lawrence, Kan., to Loudoun County, Va.
By Tom Grubisich: The headline on the Wall Street Journal story about the Washington Post's widely watched venture in local-local journalism on the Web was unambiguous: "Big Daily's Hyperlocal Flop." So how bad actually is LoudounExtra.com? Let's look. On the LoudounExtra homepage, I am greeted with this above-the-fold spread: My squinting eyes try to read the reverse-type blurb, but before I can finish, a new image/blurb is automatically rotated in the space. After figuring out how to retrieve the original blurb, I pull up the story. Big mistake.
OJR.org Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:05:00 MST

MSNBC Changes Prime-Time Lineup
MSNBC is removing the longtime host Dan Abrams - its onetime general manager - from his 9 p.m. program and replacing him with Rachel Maddow.
The New York Times

Mad Dog Is Turned Loose on Sirius XM
On Tuesday, Chris Russo of WFAN became the star, director and executive producer of Mad Dog Radio.
The New York Times

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