June 2008
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Mortality Monday
I heard “Another One Bites the Dust” play on the radio on my commute to work this morning and as the song ended, the DJ said:
“And to this last weekend, gone FOREVER!”
That actually made me think for awhile. Gone forever. No exchanges, no return policy. History. Buh Bye.
Wow. I’m already paranoid about a near-future apocalypse but this nonchalant quote really makes...
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We Were Promised Jetpacks - “Moving Clocks Run...
So I Was Way Off →
Ok, I’ll admit it. My prediction that Yahoo would eventually succumb to MSN’s bid would have been a lousy bet to lose. I don’t know if the news of the Google and Yahoo agreement (I like to…
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“West Coast” by Jason Schwartzman
Death Cab For Cutie “Cath…”
MSN AND YAHOO ARE OFFICIALLY OVER
Yahoo signed an agreement with Google just hours after its very last talk with MSN this past Thursday <> . With Yahoo’s finally farewell to negotiations with MSN, Google comes out on top (as usual) with the 10 year agreement that will have Yahoo serving its search ads on its portal. This means big bucks in the future for Google who could gain up to $1...
Back to Toyko on the future roadmap.
WORD OF MOUTH MARKETING IS BECOMING MORE MEASURABLE
The IAB Leadership Forum on User-Generated Content & Social Media held in New York on June 2 included an intimate workshop with Jon Gibs, VP of Media Analytics of Nielsen Online and Jeffrey Graham, Executive Director, Customer Insights of The New York Times on the subject of quantifying brand influence in consumer-generated media,...