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Wall Street Journal
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Jan 14, 08 6:14 AM CST
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The new owners of record company titan EMI are cleaning house, starting with the elimination of 2,000 jobs—a third of its workforce—in a restructuring that could also include dumping artists, reports the Wall Street Journal . The layoffs come as new owner, Terra Firma Capital, tries to rejuvenate the fourth-place company during an industry skid that saw album sales drop 15% last year.
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ComputerWorld
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Jan 12, 08 9:00 AM CST
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This spring will see the debut of a curious new green tech innovation: the floating data center. As an alternative to typical off-site computer backups, a startup plans to build its server networks inside shipping containers stored on cargo ships. International Data Security will open the first at San Francisco’s Pier 50 in April, ComputerWorld reports.
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Slate
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Jan 11, 08 10:36 AM CST
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The day of the New Hampshire primary was a big deal for CNN—so big that network honchos apparently couldn't resist forcing on-air talent to repeat their marketing slogan—“the best political team on television”—more than 50 times, by Jack Shafer's count. The cranky Slate media critic says the mind-numbing repetition damaged CNN's credibility, insulted its audience, and annoyed him to no end.
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New York Times
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Jan 10, 08 9:23 AM CST
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Televisions were all over the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, including some of the biggest, thinnest ones around, showing the crispest pictures ever, the New York Times reports. But exhibitors' focus was much more on what viewers will be seeing on those TVs, with several manufacturers unveiling deals with media and Internet outlets to put content on its sets.
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Chicago Tribune
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Jan 9, 08 6:06 PM CST
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Basketball's most iconic shoe turns 23 this year, a number any sports lover worth his Air Jordans knows means a little something extra—and Nike isn't missing the significance, the Chicago Tribune reports. Neither Nike nor Jordan—who wore No. 23—will squelch rumors that this is the final incarnation of the shoe, which debuted in 1985 and was initially banned by the NBA for violating design rules; Nike picked up Jordan's $5,000 per-game fine.
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Wall Street Journal
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Jan 9, 08 3:57 PM CST
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The broadcast industry hopes 2008 is the year listeners finally tune into HD Radio—and conditions are right for a turnaround, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ford and other automakers are on board, and receiver prices have dropped. It's the nifty new features, though—you can, for example, "tag" a song for future download from iTunes—that may finally sway consumers.
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Associated Press
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Jan 6, 08 2:41 PM CST
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At-home female entrepreneurs are ditching Mary Kay for Tasers, but they're keeping the pink. Taser International is marketing its user-friendly C2 "personal protector" to the public, and women with an interest in self-defense are holding independent Taser parties in states where the stun gun is legal. "It's a girl power kind of thing," said one woman. Critics, however, aren't so sure.
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Wall Street Journal
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Jan 5, 08 6:59 AM CST
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Warner Bros. will release new high-def films exclusively in Blu-ray format, the Wall Street Journal reports. The decision marks a major setback for the embattled rival HD DVD format—now adopted by only two studios, Universal and Paramount—and could be a tipping point in the ongoing format war that has discouraged consumers from buying high-def discs. Sony, Disney, and Fox are also committed to Blu-ray.
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Newsday
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Jan 4, 08 4:49 PM CST
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A sex tape featuring onetime “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher is a bestseller, Newsday reports, and she's promoting it even though it wasn’t her idea. Husband Louis Bellera sold the tape as revenge after Fisher reignited her relationship with Joey Buttafuoco—but she decided to accept a six-figure payout rather than try to have it pulled from the internet.
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CNN
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Jan 3, 08 4:57 PM CST
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Americans looking to get cosmetic surgery are eschewing expensive procedures at home and opting for "medical tourism," traveling abroad for cheaper procedures—that sometime come with exotic vacation perks. Countries including South Africa, Argentina, Thailand, Brazil and Singapore are marketing their health services to Americans with the promise of lower prices—and, CNN reports, a vacation getaway.
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USA Today
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Jan 1, 08 8:28 PM CST
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The best ad of 2007 cost 12 bucks to make. The winner of the Doritos Super Bowl commercial contest took best ad honors in USA Today 's poll of ad pros and couch potatoes. And that wasn't even the most authentic or irreverent item on the list. The winners are: Best Ad: Doritos Best Viral Video: Dove's Evolution
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Associated Press
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Jan 1, 08 7:50 PM CST
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With the mobile Internet and GPS location-based services expanding, marketers and mobile phone companies are anxious to tap into a new level of targeted advertising. But, the AP reports, carriers are proceeding with caution in implementing the ads because they don’t want the perception of a privacy invasion to spook customers.
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