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  • March 2008

    • A Brothel Manager's Guidebook

      Slate  |  Mar 12, 08 12:19 PM CDT

      A Brothel Manager's Guidebook

      (Newser) - There are important lessons to be gleaned from Eliot Spitzer’s shenanigans. Namely: how to effectively run a brothel for the well-to-do. Using cached pages from the now-defunct Emperors Club website, Josh Levin lays out a business plan in Slate. Keep out the riff-raff: 92% of the club’s clients were CEOs Peddle the best product: The ladies boasted detailed, degree-laden CVs Set fair prices: A three-diamond prostitute is less talented than a seven-diamond prostitute, but she’s also one-third the price More »

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      Eliot Spitzer  • prostitution  • website  • prostitution ring  • prostitute  • brothel  • Emperors Club  • entrepreneurs  • online crime

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Sir Paul Denies Heart Surgery

      NME  |  Jan 31, 08 4:00 PM CST

      Sir Paul Denies Heart Surgery

      (Newser) - Sir Paul McCartney has publicly denied claims that he was hospitalized for heart surgery, NME reports. Earlier this month, the Sun reported that the legendary former Beatle had undergone a coronary angioplasty. But today, McCartney reassured fans and friends on his website that he had simply been tested for a "minor irregularity," and that he was in fine health. More »

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      heart disease  • heart attack  • website  • Paul McCartney  • Beatles  • false statements  • angioplasty

    • Thailand Axes Anti-Monarchy Website

      Associated Press  |  Jan 6, 08 6:32 PM CST

      Thailand Axes Anti-Monarchy Website

      (Newser) - A Thai ministry has shut down a website critical of the country's monarchy, the AP reports. Postings on Sameskybooks.com questioned news accounts that all citizens mourned the king's sister, who died Wednesday, and criticized officials. "I think we're one of the few sites posting remarks against the monarchy," Thanapol Eiwsakul, who ran the site, told a Thai newspaper. "This is the price we are paying." More »

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      Internet  • politics  • Thailand  • website  • monarchy  • Internet service providers  • freedom of expression  • web hosting

    • Retail Scores Big on Unused Gift Cards

      New York Times  |  Jan 5, 08 8:20 PM CST

      Retail Scores Big on Unused Gift Cards

      (Newser) - Retailers are likely rubbing their hands with glee after shoppers snapped up $97 billion in gift cards this year, up from $83 billion in 2006. Why the excitement? The industry makes billions each year from “breakage," or gift card money that is never spent. Lost, discarded, or under-used cards amounted to $7.8 billion in “free money” last year, the New York Times reports. More »

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      website  • retail  • holiday shopping  • Maine  • gifts  • bills

  • December 2007

    • Standardization Stifling Change: Web Designers

      Wired  |  Dec 20, 07 11:56 PM CST

      Standardization Stifling Change: Web Designers

      (Newser) - The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has been the Web's governing body since the "Wild West" days of the mid-90s. It helped end the Netscape/Explorer "browser wars", but  Web designers today are worried that the body's standards management process has slowed the pace of change down to dial-up speed, Wired reports. More »

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      Internet  • technology  • website  • regulation  • World Wide Web  • Internet browsers  • web standards

    • Penthouse Buys Swinger Social Network Sites

      New York Times  |  Dec 12, 07 9:10 AM CST

      Penthouse Buys Swinger Social Network Sites

      (Newser) - Stung by the blow that free videos have dealt to the sex-related entertainment industry, Penthouse Media Group is investing $500M in social networking sites. Penthouse has acquired Various Inc., whose flagship site, adultfriendfinder, is a self-described personals community for swingers and sex, the New York Times reports. More »

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      social networking  • website  • cybersex  • Maxim  • Penthouse

    • The Trouble With Web Metrics

      Economist  |  Dec 1, 07 4:00 PM CST

      The Trouble With Web Metrics

      (Newser) - Worried about how many hits your blog is getting? Stop. Hits are so 90’s. These days, advertisers care about page views… or is that time spent? [User] sessions? Click-through? The web generates metrics like “a fire-hose shoots water,” a top web-measurement exec told the Economist, leaving advertisers groping for consensus on just how to judge a site’s value. More »

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      Internet  • Internet advertising  • website  • click throughs

  • November 2007

    • Anorexia Blogs Shut Down

      AFP  |  Nov 21, 07 4:59 AM CST

      Anorexia Blogs Shut Down

      (Newser) - Four websites hosted by Microsoft's Spanish division have been shut down for allegedly promoting anorexia and bulimia. The sites were closed following complaints by a Catalan provincial government internet watchdog, Iqua. It's the first time that a host has voluntarily closed websites accused of promoting eating disorders following complaints by the authorities, reports Agence France Presse . More »

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      Microsoft  • website  • anorexia  • bulimia

    • Marvel Takes Superheros Online

      Reuters  |  Nov 14, 07 5:50 AM CST

      Marvel Takes Superheros Online

      (Newser) - Comic giant Marvel will soon launch a website where fans can access thousands of new and vintage titles featuring Spider Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, and other iconic superheroes. The Internet has dealt a heavy blow to newsstand comic sales, and Marvel hopes to recoup some of the loss with $4.99-$9.99 monthly online subscriptions, Reuters reports. More »

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      Internet  • website  • comics  • Spider-Man  • Marvel Comics  • superhero  • X Men

    • NY Romeo Finds His Subway Juliet Online

      Reuters  |  Nov 9, 07 10:28 AM CST

      NY Romeo Finds His Subway Juliet Online

      (Newser) - New Yorkers eagerly took up the cause of Patrick Moberg, who spotted the woman of his dreams across a crowded subway car, lost her in the crowd when they both exited the train, and set up a website dedicated to finding her, Reuters reports. Thanks to a citywide outpouring of interest, the woman has now been identified. More »

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      New York City  • website  • romance  • love  • public transportation  • Brooklyn  • subway

  • October 2007

    • Doubts Arise About Web Traffic Tracking

      New York Times  |  Oct 22, 07 12:42 PM CDT

      Doubts Arise About Web Traffic Tracking

      (Newser) - If you think the internet makes tracking audience numbers any easier, think again. Media companies sometimes report millions more online visitors to their sites than tracking companies like Nielsen—because they use different measurements—and the gap makes online advertisers queasy. It's preventing the industry from growing as quickly as it could, the Times reports. More »

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      Internet  • online advertising  • website  •