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Media started talking about the aftermath of the oil disaster. President Obama went in front of the nation talking about the clean up effort and his commitment to the region. The oil gusher is not on the front pages of newspapers anymore. The aftermath? After what? This is like making plans to rebuild a...
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Five large magazine publishers are joining forces to launch an ad campaign that aims to reenergize readers’ and advertiers’ interest in the print magazine media. Ad people have always known that magazines have one of the highest impact and purchase inciting rates among all other media. However, with all the hype around Web 2.0,...
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It was indeed a stunning night at the Grammy’s. Even though I haven’t been following it lately, I think it’s safe to say that Sunday night’s ceremony was one of the better ones. Great entertainment without over the top and shocking adult-only stunts. With exception of the last song where three great rappers got...
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iPad. Really?!? Possibly the most creative company in the world comes up with the possibly the least creative name in their product line. I want to see how many times clients at the Apple store will be offered an iPod instead of an iPad. If iPod was owned by a different company, there would...
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Time for a quick TV review. I just couldn’t resist. I am a big fan of NCIS! Big fan! Now, NCIS: Los Angeles is a whole different story.  I just watched the second episode of its first season (after the first one, I wanted to see one more, just in case it was a...
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Recently I got involved in an online discussion about the importance of “traditional” media and why it’s important to any democratic society. The debate stemmed from a blog article about a speech, given by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges (http://mrmagazine.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/on-the-decline-of-journalism-and-other-words-of-wisdom-from-chris-hedges/#comment-7673). I actually agree with most that Chris said. Here’s my take on...
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Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) suggested earlier this week in an interview with Iowa radio station WMT that AIG executives should follow the old tradition of the disgraced Japanese samurai to commit the ritual suicide (hara-kiri) and rid society of themselves.
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It turns out we didn’t need Jack Bauer after all.   At least not yet.   Reading yesterday’s headlines about the economy, I myself started to think that he could be our last hope. After the day was over, my wife and I went to the grocery store and would you believe it? Everything...
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Panic. One word that can derail even the most resilient financial market anywhere on our planet. It so happens that panic is pretty much everywhere in the global financial system right now. And when panic reigns, everyone suffers. Yet panic could be good – it makes people act. And something clearly has to be done. Something...
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When speculators are in play, things rarely make sense. Take crude oil, for example. Just a few months ago, the upward trend of the price of the greatest commodity in human history seemed unstoppable. After it hit $100, it quickly crossed $110, $125, $140… analysts left and right were fighting to be the first...
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