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How To Get Attention For Your Celebrity Brand Overnight (Without Using Your Naked Body)
Picture this. You have a friend. He’s a brilliant, award-winning artist. He’s no stranger to disaster and loss. Maybe his difficult past explains his talent–and perverted tendencies. More than two decades ago, when your friend was in his… Read more
Twitter Archiving Can Minimize The Business Risk of Social Media
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Yahoo to End Search Submit Pro after Microsoft Merger
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RIP, Geocities
Geocities, Yahoo’s free hosting service that divided (mostly tacky) homepages into (perplexing) neighborhoods, was officially put to today. Computerworld (via Gizmodo) has more: The shuttering of GeoCities has both historical and… Read more
After Controversy, Disney Issues Baby Einstein Recall
Image: The Reading Nook Disney is offering a DVD upgrade or moneyback guarantee to everyone who purchased a Baby Einstein DVD between June 5, 2004 and September 4, 2009 (the day the notice was put out). The recall, if you want to call it… Read more
This Week’s Weird Jobs
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Microsoft Stock (MSFT) Up 7-8% After Earnings Release Drastically Outperforms Estimates
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This Week’s Links
Consumerist on how to identify astroturfers and front groups. The Weakonomist on what insider trading is, and why it’s illegal (via Steadfast Finances). Politico on Matt Drudge and the dollar’s decline. Keith Ferrazzi on who to know so… Read more
Business Advice 2.0: An Interview with Bizmore’s Alice Hill and Jeff Davis
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Business Notes
Former mistress Joslyn James has released more than 100 Tiger Woods text messages in a sexting transcript. Read at your own peril.
Sony has unveiled its new PlayStation Move, a motion control system that promises to change the way you interact with video games.
EMO Music CEO Elio Leoni-Sceti has unexpectedly departed the company after about 2 years on the job.
Two flavors of Pringles chips have been recalled for salmonella contamination risk.
Northrop and EADS have withdrawn their bids for a $50 million US defense contract.
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