Daily Archives: Thursday, July 22, 2004

Coming soon

Coming soon: The rexblog has learned that Hollywood is rushing out a film “loosely based” on “khaki-pants-gate” called National Treasure: The Sandy Berger Story starring Nicholas Cage. In the Jon Turteltaub-directed film, Berger breaks into the National Archives in order … Continue reading

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Set the TiVo

Set the TiVo: Friend Jeff Jarvis is scheduled to appear on Aaron Brown’s program at 10 p.m. eastern. He thinks he’ll be on around 10:30. He’s appearing as one of the 9/11 survivors and relatives a journalist-analyst with his response … Continue reading

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His go-to running back may be gone

His go-to running back may be gone: But the good news for Steve McNair is that he’s probably going to save money on his auto insurance.

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Slowing down a fast company

Slowing down a fast company: Adage.com is reporting that Gruner+Jahr USA is shutting down its magazine development arm. Quote: “A building must have a solid foundation before adding more stories,” said new G&J chief executive officer Russell Denson in an … Continue reading

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I don’t know

I don’t know: While I’m all for citizen’s-people’s-hyperlocal-media, there’s something about the people-produced open-source-community-news-bloglike-web-based publication in Northwest Bakersfield that makes me think it’s actually produced by the folks at The Onion.

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This just in

This just in: A new study reveals that decisions made by new moms are most heavily influenced by advice from, get this, other moms. Gee. Who would have thought: markets are conversations. (via mediapost.com by way of adrants.)

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The tidbit that will launch a thousand newspaper blogs

The tidbit that will launch a thousand newspaper blogs: Rafat Ali points to “an interesting little tidbit” on Poynter’s e-media tidbits weblog regarding the $79,000 in blogvertising in the pipeline for the weblogs run by the Spokane Spokesman-Review.

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Custom publishing update

Custom publishing update: While I don’t know many small-to-medium size business owners and managers who could wade through an entire magazine “designed to help (them) understand how Cisco technology can allow them to be more efficient and profitable,” I still … Continue reading

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Predicting the demise of print (yet again)

Predicting the demise of print (yet again): According to Brian Steinberg of the WSJ, some experts are saying that advertisers may not return to print (paid reg. required)…while other experts say they will. Quote: Doomsayers have been predicting the demise … Continue reading

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Whoa nellie

Whoa, nellie: While not exactly news, a report today from DM News announces the launch by People Media Group of HorsePeople, a controlled-circulation magazine for Californians passionate about horses. Quote: The magazine…targets California households with homes worth more than $750,000 … Continue reading

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