interesting things
The problem with Facebook and other social media is that they were not designed to carry advertising.
via Advertising Age – Homepage http://adage.com/article/rance-crain/buzz-social-media-users-interested-ads/234842/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+adage%2Fhomepage+%28Advertising+Age+-+Homepage%29
While the broad consensus among digital marketers is that Google+ is an empty city where the masses go to set up a profile but then seldom return, Google is continuing to double down on the investment.
via Advertising Age – Homepage http://adage.com/article/digital/google-a-ghost-town-brands-decamp-pinterest/234867/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+adage%2Fhomepage+%28Advertising+Age+-+Homepage%29
The deal, which underscores China’s dealmaking firepower amid a flagging US economy, will create the world’s largest cinema operator
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Remember
No.
337, the intrepid penguin that escaped from the Tokyo Sea Life Park
a couple of months ago? It has been spotted in Tokyo Bay looking none
the worse for wear:
A Sea Life Park official identified it as the escapee, recognising
a distinctive ring round a flipper.“It looks like it’s been living quite happily,” Kazuhiro
Sakamoto said.“It didn’t look like it has got thinner over the last two
months – or been without food,” he added.
Nicole “Snooki†Polizzi is facing further headaches in her legal battle with licensing company SRG Ventures over an e-mail sent by her dad describing her…
via NY Post: Page Six http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/snooki_pop_admits_she_hot_RlK3AKHsN6kzr41k0uPQ1M?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Page%20Six
The issue of Obama’s birthplace is flaring up in Arizona after its secretary of state said Mr. Obama might not be on the November ballot there if Hawaii doesn’t verify it has his birth certificate.
via WSJ.com: Today's Most Popular http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304791704577416531430883676.html?mod=rss_Today’s_Most_Popular
@nbj914: .@NYMag goes long on George Romney’s 1968 presidential bid: http://t.co/jvwllWA2
@JamesFallows: Pub Editor today in NYT on just this habit MT @nbj914: there’s no Outside ref in NYT Cab Blnco story tho it clearly leapfrogged on ours
Convention organizers are just starting to tackle one of the trickiest elements — selecting speakers.
via POLITICO Top Stories http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo