Archive for September, 2008

A Man in Full Unleashes His Inner Goof


September 30th, 2008

Keith Hernandez is a baseball man having as much fun as possible short of winning the World Series.

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Losing Money, New York Sun Is to Shut Down


September 30th, 2008

The New York Sun, the six-year-old newspaper with a conservative mind-set, announced on Monday that it would close after publishing Tuesday?s issue.

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Advertising: An Advertising Deal With Wachovia, but Suddenly Nothing to Market


September 30th, 2008

Three days after awarding a team of agencies owned by the WPP Group its creative and media assignments, Wachovia suspended the decision when word came out it was being purchased by Citigroup.

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Advertising: Mad Men, Cavemen and Other Denizens of Ad Week


September 29th, 2008

A look back at some of the highlights, lowlights and sidelights of the fifth annual Advertising Week.

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The Media Equation: Daring to Say Loans Made No Sense


September 29th, 2008

A few years ago, Alex Blumberg, a producer at the public radio show ?This American Life,? asked: ?Why are they lending money to people who can?t afford to pay it back??

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SearchDay | Would You Endorse this Web Site?


September 29th, 2008

Today’s search engine marketing news and opinion: Would You Endorse this Web Site?; SEO Reporting: Going Beyond Rankings; Yahoo Planning Home Page Redesign; and more.

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SearchDay | Show Me the Money: Bidding for Profitability


September 29th, 2008

Today’s search engine marketing news and opinion: Show Me the Money: Bidding for Profitability; What Social Media and Electronics Can Teach the Establishment; Concerns Over Google’s Monopolistic Actions; and more.

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Osborn Elliott, Father of Newsweek?s Rebirth, Dies at 83


September 29th, 2008

Mr. Elliott revitalized Newsweek magazine in the 1960s before he went on to serve as a $1-a-year deputy mayor in charge of economic development for a financially desperate New York City.

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Turning to the TV for Explanations and Answers


September 29th, 2008

On every channel, journalists were struggling with questions that were flummoxing the viewers and the best minds on Wall Street and in Washington.

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President Bush Calls It a ?Rescue,? but Others Are Sticking With ?Bailout?


September 29th, 2008

In a stark example of the way language is used as a public relations tactic, government officials have characterized the $700 billion measure in positive terms.

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