Daily Archives: Wednesday, December 20, 2006

NBA brawl causes Northwest Airlines to pull in-flight magazine

Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 by Rex Hammock

(via ClickOn Detroit) “Northwest Airlines Corp. has pulled the December issue of its in-flight magazine in the wake of an NBA brawl involving the magazine’s feature subject, Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony.” The company says it doesn’t want to appear … Continue reading →

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What gender is a media company when it/he/she sets up a MySpace account?

Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Recently, when the Nashville TV station WKRN ‘friended me’ on MySpace, I blogged that it caused me to discover that TV stations must be “feminine” as WKRN’s MySpace profile described “her” as a 53-year-old female. Today, I learned (sorry, I … Continue reading →

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Steven Baker’s ‘The Gift of the Richguy”

Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Riffing on the absurdity of Chicago Cubs pitcher Glendon Rusch telling a WSJ reporter he’s going to “surprise” his wife with a $122,000 Aston Martin, BusinessWeek’s Stephen Baker imagines an O Henry ending to the story.

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links for 2006-12-20

Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Stat of the Week | Gregg Easterbrook, ESPN.com Page 2 #1 “Stat of the Week”: Buffalo and Tennessee opened a combined 4-12 and since have gone a combined 10-2. (tags: titans)

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