Friday's Top 100 Media & Advertising News & Stories
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Slit scan photography is an old-school technique for generating celestial special effects -- think 2001: A Space Odyssey or Star Trek 's Enterprise at warp speed. It was also especially useful in deciding the winner of horse race photo-f...
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The Daily News is downsizing again, as we reported earlier in Capital's morning media newsletter. Multiple sources told Capital that buyouts have recently been offered to some employees and that layoffs are being enacted today.
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For Jon Stewart, the most surprising part of Sarah Palin's recent Facebook video wasn't her call for President Obama's impeachment, but a certain analogy she used to justify it. After Palin compared herself (or America?) to a "battered w...
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Stephen Colbert took on the issue of US child immigration and border security on Thursday night by reporting it just like his favorite news source, Fox News. Colbert said that, like his Fox News counterparts, he too has "a deep love for ...
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President Barack Obama will deliver a statement Friday on the situation in Ukraine. A Malaysian airliner was downed Thursday by what U.S. officials said they suspect was a sophisticated surface-to-air missile fired by Ukrainian separatis...
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The world has watched with horror as the news of the Malaysian plane that crashed in Ukraine continues to unfold. The plane, which was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed near the border between Ukraine and Russia on Thursda...
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Months ago, PlayCollective and the Children's Media Association produced an exchange between industry executives and academics on "bridging the gap" between these fields, toward incorporating research insights into media content for kids...
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“The goal is to change the student’s mindset to a mastery orientation—to promote motivation, engagement, active learning—and to cultivate 21st century skills like collaboration, problem solving, creativity and systems thinking.&#...
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NEW YORK -- CNN has removed correspondent Diana Magnay from covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after she tweeted that Israelis who were cheering the bombing of Gaza, and who had allegedly threatened her, were “scum.” “After being ...
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Another Russia Today anchor has resigned from her post at the Kremlin-funded TV network. I resigned from RT today. I have huge respect for many in the team, but I'm for the truth. pic.twitter.com/mZ1g0R7N0D — Sara Firth (@Sara__Firth) Ju...
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Yuly, an 18-year old woman in Colombia, has been deaf since birth. She's never heard her mother's voice, the chatter of her family or the noises of her neighborhood in Bogota. After a lifetime of silence, Yuly's family is hopeful that Th...
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There have been many reports about Jill Abramson's firing from the New York Times, but the former executive editor did not want to discuss them in her recent interview with Katie Couric. Abramson sat down with Couric on Thursday for one ...
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Ever feel like US news shows are a more of hotbed for wild, gaffe-filled drama than a place where you get information? Well, guess what: it's not just an American thing. The yelling, hitting, falling, misspeaking, and abrupt exits happen...
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There is only one way to celebrate Wendy Williams' 50th birthday: wigs -- lots and lots of wigs. With her own wig line and an award-winning "wigologist" on staff , it's unsurprising that the talk show host is basically the end-all, be-al...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Committee to Protect Journalists says Ethiopia's government has charged nine journalists with terrorism and inciting violence. The watchdog group said the journalists include six bloggers from Zone 9, an indepe...
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New research follows the soap being censured for airing scenes before the watershed of a character being pushed under a train Hollyoaks has overtaken EastEnders as the most violent soap on British TV, according to new research that said ...
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Stuart Dredge / Guardian : Nokia MixRadio spins out of Microsoft as standalone streaming music service — Personal radio app will still be preloaded on Windows Phones, but now has scope to launch on iOS and Android too&...
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BBC : US Supreme Court rejects Sherlock copyright case — The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an emergency petition from the heirs of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who are trying to stop the publication of a book based o...
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Co-authored with Lynne Perri President Obama’s visit earlier this month to 1776, the startup hub in downtown Washington, D.C., shined a spotlight on entrepreneurship and innovative thinking nationwide. It was a good location because the ...
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Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be a mix of MediaShift-produced events and other events. If we’re missing any major events, please use our Contact Form ...
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Despite low revenue, hyperlocal publishers are optimistic for the future and determined to grow, report finds
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's chief business officer, one of Chief Executive Officer Larry Page's key lieutenants and the company's main liaison to Wall Street, is leaving the Internet search company, the latest high-ranking exe...
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LONDON/MILAN/FRANKFURT, July 18 (Reuters) - BSkyB's plan to buy Rupert Murdoch's pay-TV assets in Italy and Germany for perhaps as much as 10 billion euros is a bold bet on long-term growth at the expense of short-term profit, but the pi...
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* BSkyB in talks to buy Fox's German and Italian units * Italian business hit by macro economic pressure * German market constrained by strong free offering * Analysts put price between 7-10 bln euros By Kate Holton, Danilo Masoni and Ha...
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Watch a video preview of tonight's (July 18) Coronation Street episode.
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Quantum and Woody takes the most nominations ahead of Saga and Hawkeye .
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The athlete and husband Andy Hill became parents to a baby boy on Thursday.
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Quantum Break "blurs the line between gaming and TV".
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The singer has yet to confirm a date of release for her second studio album.
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The X Factor is undoubtedly a nerve-wracking experience for those auditioning, but for the 40 involved in the final round it could be even worse as they all have to be squeezed into one day. The reason? Well, the Sun reports that those h...
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Five journalists in Myanmar (formerly Burma) have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for "disclosing state secrets" after their newspaper reported on the building of an alleged chemical weapons factory. Their trial began in F...
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The Broadchurch creator says he is "relatively relaxed" about backlash.
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Our roundup of the day's media stories, including James Murdoch back in public and BBC criticised for playing safe If you are viewing this on the web and would like to get our email every morning, please click here Continue reading...
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Nearly 200 managers at Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's mobile division have voluntarily returned a quarter of their first-half bonuses, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said, with the firm poised to post its wo...
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SEOUL, July 18 (Reuters) - Nearly 200 managers at Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's mobile division have voluntarily returned a quarter of their first-half bonuses, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said, with the firm poised to po...
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A proposed media law under consideration in East Timor is regarded as a threat to press freedom, reports Human Rights Watch (HRW). The country's appeal court is now reviewing the law's constitutionality in response to a request by the pr...
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“The easy tropes and practiced banter, the reliable fulfilling of a sitcom’s tasks, contributed to a sense of permanence. … Here was a world void of dread, danger, and anxiety, a place in which work and play were indist...
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Priyanka Chopra and Abhishek Bachchan were among the stars offering condolences.
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Freedom Is… uses hundreds of Instagram submissions from across the world.
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Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica : ESPN dips its cleats into the e-sports pool with Dota 2 partnership — ESPN2 will preview The International's “final match,” more to stream online. — On Thur...
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Sex education in India, birthday greetings for Angela Merkel, Kristen Stewart becomes one of the guys and Peter Capaldi He's back! Doctor Who returns to BBC1 screens on 23 August with Peter Capaldi taking the leading role. To get you in ...
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The actor will star in Ayan Mukerji's mythological film.
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OSLO, July 18 (Reuters) - Norwegian publishing company Schibsted ASA reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Friday and said margins for its traditional media business would remain under pressure while some classified ad...
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Ranaut said she chooses films where her tole is equal to the male lead.
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Partners with DC Electronics for international sporting competition
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The comedian was sharing his views on Twitter about the situation in the Gaza Strip.
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July 18 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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The actress said that she has no concerns about being overshadowed by Salman.
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NEW YORK, July 18 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch looks to have been canny in his $80 billion takeover approach to Time Warner Inc, cornering the media giant at a time when potential "white knight" bidders are busy absorbing their own large d...
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How this guy managed to keep a straight face is beyond us.
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The DSP dedicated to Mobile A DSP is a trading platform upon which advertisers and media agencies can bid on digital ad spaces for their ad media via a single interface. Thanks to the underlying real-time bidding technology, this booking...
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Colgate and Y&R Puerto Rico joined forces to send a message to candy consumers by reprogramming a vending machines. Each time someone purchased a candy bar, the machine automatically dished out a free sample of toot...
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Magnum Mini has created a series of film-themed idents for its seven-figure sponsorship of the 9pm daily movie on Film4.
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LONDON, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The US markets on Thursday, July 17, 2014 ended on a negative note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 16,976.81, down 0.94% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,363.45, down 1.41%. The S...
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DALLAS, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- European TV Production: Market Profile and Forecast 2014 research report is a June 2014 publication of of 129 pages profiling companies like All3Media, Banijay Entertainment, Endemol, Eyeworks, Frema...
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MANHASSET, N.Y., July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning band Train took center stage Wednesday evening in Oyster Bay, NY for a private benefit concert supporting The Feinstein Institute for Medi...
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Interpublic Group's net income more than tripled in the first half of the year, thanks to solid revenue and earnings growth in the second quarter. Second quarter net income grew 24 percent to $99.4 million, from $...
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LONDON, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Show organisers announce 10,000 attendees and 7% increase in seniority of attendees at this year's exhibition. Facilities Show has celebrated its 15th year in style, with a 16% increase in stan...
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MIAMI, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond Private Equity Group Limited announced today that its "portfolio company", National Med Care Ltd, a Salt Lake City Utah, based pharmaceutical marketing firm has entered into an agreement...
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MAITLAND, Fla., July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The mission of Ted Naman's new book, Revelation Through My Eyes ($19.49, paperback, 9781629528496; $9.99, e-book, 9781629528502) is two-fold. It describes Jesus Christ in His majesty a...
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BOSTON, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a recent move into new company headquarters in downtown Boston, Panorama Education, the fast-growing education technology firm, announced two key executive appointments bringing its to...
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CINCINNATI, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Co. (NYSE: SSP) will report second-quarter operating results before New York Stock Exchange trading begins on Friday, Aug. 8. A telephone conference call with members of the comp...
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. and DALLAS, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung), have teamed up on the next installment of ...
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When big news breaks, like the Malaysian airline plane crash in eastern Ukraine on Thursday afternoon, news organizations can't say much that's not confirmed. So they, along with hungry news consumers, turn to user-generated content for ...
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Mark Lund, a managing partner at Now, is leaving the agency he helped found to join McCann Worldgroup UK as its chief executive.
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Belvita, the Mondelez-owned breakfast bar brand, has hired Droga5 Europe to handle its pan-European advertising account.
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BEIJING, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Leju Holdings Limited ("Leju" or the "Company") (NYSE: LEJU), a leading online-to-offline ("O2O") real estate services provider in China, today announced that it has signed strategic agreements with...
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One night, while scanning my name on Google, I discovered a hyperlink to a free download of my writing book, Basic Magazine Writing (Writer’s Digest Books). I own the book’s copyright. I hadn’t sold the e-rights. The discovery triggered ...
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Davis has been named Operations Manager for the Greenville and Asheville markets. He will also continue to serve as Program Director for 99.9 Kiss Country (WKSF) in Asheville. Davis has 30 years in the radio business, for the past 15 he'...
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Not surprisingly the $349 special rate for the 2015 Country Radio Seminar has sold out. The rate was made available to the first 349 registrants or through August 15, whichever came first. As of today, July 17, the 349-registrant limit w...
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The station is owned by Alpha in San Antonio and Cortez hosts afternoon drive at the station. PD Mark Landis said, "Tony's experience both here at KTFM and in the market, make him the obvious choice for this position to help us get to th...
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Art Everywhere, the campaign that fills outdoor advertising sites with famous artwork, returns on Monday for a six-week run.
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Nike has made it to the top spot of this week's Campaign Viral Chart with a celeb-packed 90-second spot featuring Jay-Z, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordon.
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It used to be the case that journalists would proudly go to prison rather than give up a source. Today (with three journalists in prison for phone-hacking and many more set to face trial) it seems that protection of sources has slipped ...
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During CNN's 2014 Upfronts , president Jeff Zucker vowed that the network would be focus on its digital presence and creating new opportunities for advertisers. Three months later, the net's Web-first production company, CNN...
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LONG ISLAND, N.Y., July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- American Pop Art, Inc. is delighted to announce new developments four years following the death of American pop artist Steve Alan Kaufman (SAK), former assistant to Andy Warhol, and a...
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LONDON, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A 7 day journey with 7 illustrators from 7 different countries to discover the essence of the 7 beautiful Canary Islands The illustrators will share their journey on the onthedraw.travel websi...
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BRUSSELS, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for France declined 0.2 percent in May to 118.2 (2004 = 100), following a 0.1 percent increase in April, and a 0.4 percent increase in March....
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BEIJING, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Changyou.com Limited ("Changyou" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: CYOU), a leading online game developer and operator in China, today announced that Ms. Rucia Ren has joined Changyou as finance director a...
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LONDON, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Es ist unabdingbar, dass Öl- und Gasunternehmen ein solides Managementsystem für ihre Lieferkette entwickeln, um die zunehmende Komplexität ihrer Geschäftsabläufe, die Risike...
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A look at 'that Kareena Kapoor ad' for Jaguar, one that's caught the attention of the TV viewer and netizen alike..
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A former police constable has been jailed for 18 months for offering to sell a salacious story about a "womanising and bullying" colleague to The Sun. A jury took just over an hour and a half to find ex-Wiltshire Police officer Darren Je...
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ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA: The lawyer for a group of detained Ethiopian bloggers and reporters said he intended filing a civil suit against the country's police for holding them without charge for nearly three months. Read more... | Send to ...
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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y., July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- JMR Graphics, a nationwide vehicle wraps manufacturer, responds to an article published by KSAT.com that may cause controversy due to its cleverness. Photo - http://photos.prnewsw...
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MANAMA, Bahrain, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Alarab News Channel today announced that Laila Al Sheikhly is to join the channel's news team. She will anchor one of the channel's news programmes and brings with her nearly 25 years of exp...
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LONDON, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- It is imperative that oil and gas companies formulate a robust management systems across their supply chain to adapt to the wave of complexities of their business operations, risk and regulation comp...
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LONDRES, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Il est impératif que les sociétés pétrolières et gazières élaborent des systèmes de gestion solides intéressant l'ensemble de leur chaîne logistique...
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Entries are now open for the 2014 AfricaCom Awards, which celebrate the breakthroughs and most influential players shaping the telecommunications and ICT industry in Africa. Read more... | Send to a friend
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If you have one, we want to hear about it. Are you killing it in digital sales, bringing local clients results using all of your digital products? Do your clients look to you as the go-to digital expert in your market? You are a rare bir...
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Information boss plays down 'right-to-be-forgotten'
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Following his on-air attack on Erin Andrews Wednesday morning, WEEI-FM Dennis and Callahan sidekick Kirk Minihane was not on the air yesterday and he will not be on the air today. That, according to Entercom Boston Market Manager Phil Za...
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A character on the Howard Stern show that goes by the name of Captain Janx made himself famous by pranking Television news programs during serious stories and yelling Stern's name. Yesterday during MSNBC's coverage of the Malaysian plane...
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Advertising Agency: TBWA\G1, \Else, TBWA\Paris, France Creative Director: Rudi Anggono Creatives: Fabio Abram , Braulio Kuwabara , Joy Robin , Kiminori Suzuki , Carina Wachsmann Accounts: Ewan Veitch, Tomas Olabarri, Aurélie Crespo, Caro...
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MIAMI, 17 de julio de 2014 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Usando un animado parque de diversiones como telón de fondo, con montaña rusa, noria, carrusel, tobogán de agua, fuegos artificiales, shows de luces, quiosco...
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Smart up your trade, take it online. Advertising Agency: Etuodi, Lagos, Nigeria Creative Director: Uzoma Okoye Deputy Creative Director: Osibajo Abiodun Art Director: Lekan Akinyele Copywriter: Uche Nweke Published: May 2014
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Smart up your trade, take it online. Advertising Agency: Etuodi, Lagos, Nigeria Creative Director: Uzoma Okoye Deputy Creative Director: Osibajo Abiodun Art Director: Lekan Akinyele Copywriter: Uche Nweke Published: May 2014
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Smart up your trade, take it online. Advertising Agency: Etuodi, Lagos, Nigeria Creative Director: Uzoma Okoye Deputy Creative Director: Osibajo Abiodun Art Director: Lekan Akinyele Copywriter: Uche Nweke Published: May 2014
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For the second straight year, fewer viewers tuned into ESPN’s annual ESPY Awards. The 2014 ESPY Awards earned 2.2 million viewers on ESPN Wednesday night, down 3% from last year (2.3M), down 9% from 2012 […]
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Advertising Agency: Yellow, Mumbai, India Creative Director / Art Director / Illustrator: Shrey Doshi Copywriter: Aakanksha Doshi Published: June 2014
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Advertising Agency: Yellow, Mumbai, India Creative Director / Art Director / Illustrator: Shrey Doshi Copywriter: Aakanksha Doshi Published: June 2014
