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 Time, CNN Top College Faves 

Annual marketing survey yields weightier results

Advertising Age Advertising Age Dec 1, 08 6:34 AM CST
(Newser) - College students took a break from beer pong to take stock of the world, a study of their favorite brands suggests. Time unseated Cosmopolitan as top magazine among the 1,000 students surveyed, while CNN.com bumped Perez Hilton off the list of top websites, Advertising Age reports. "World peace" became the fourth most desired wish for this election year—though, to be fair, the No. 6 most cherished was the ability to fly. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • college • marketing • Barack Obama supporters • CNN • survey • brands • Time magazine

OPINION


 Time, Here's 
 Your Person 
 of the Year 


National Review National Review Nov 17, 08 4:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin made such a splash in American politics this year that she deserves consideration for Time magazine Person of the Year, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes for the National Review . “They’ve probably long picked The One,” Lopez writes, referring to Barack Obama. But “like Obama, all you had to do was look at her to see that she offered something different on a national ticket.” More »

Almost Famous: Dorky Writer Rolls With Rapper's Posse

Writer hits Miami with rapper and his crew

Time Time Oct 5, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - You can't pick the music, but you won't pay for a thing. Such are the ups and downs of life in a rapper's posse, Joel Stein writes in Time after tagging along with Flo Rida and his crew for a night out. Stein's role? "To be the one who looked really white in case we got pulled over by the cops." More »

More about:  rap music • Entourage • Time magazine • Flo Rida

OPINION

 McCain's 'TMZ Campaign' Is Risky Business

Candidate bets America's celebrity resentment outweighs admiration

Time Time Aug 15, 08 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's attack ads on the "biggest celebrity in the world" depend on Americans loving to hate stars more than they admire them, writes James Poniewozik in Time . If the tactic works, it will shift Barack Obama’s best asset into a Republican secret weapon—but "snark aside, Americans still like celebrities." Obama’s job is now to define what kind of celebrity he is going to be. More »

More about:  John McCain • celebrity • Britney Spears • Democratic National Convention • Denver • Bono • TMZ • Obama-mentum • Brangelina • Time magazine

 Colbert Not World's 
 Most Influential Person 

Despite host's truthy campaign, Time poll honor goes to Wii designer

Time Time Apr 30, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The result of an annual Time poll to name the most influential person in the world didn’t exactly give closure to a heated rivalry between contenders Stephen Colbert and Korean pop star Rain—neither took the top honor. That went to programmer Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Nintendo’s Wii, as well as the Mario, Zelda, and Metroid game franchises. More »

More about:  poll • Nintendo Wii • Stephen Colbert • Larry King • The Colbert Report • Time magazine

'Time' Loses Suharto Lawsuit

Associated Press Associated Press Sep 10, 07 7:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Time must pay former Indonesian dictator Suharto $106 million over a 1999 article that defamed him, that country's highest court ruled today. The ruling, over a story that claimed Suharto stole some $73 billion during his bloody rule that spanned four decades, comes after lower courts twice ruled in Time's favor, the AP reports. More »

More about:  lawsuit • Indonesia • defamation • human rights abuse • embezzlement • Suharto • Time magazine

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