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Google Reconsiders Its Aversion to Advertising

J. Frank Wilson on Oct 3, 2008 (Updated: Jan 8, 2019)

Search Giant, Long Reliant on Word-of-Mouth Promotion, Has Held Discussions With Several Madison Avenue Agencies Since its earliest days, Google Inc. …

J. Frank Wilson on Oct 3, 2008

Recycling’s better than sending good paper to the landfill. Even better is not printing in the first place. But there’s still a lot of …

Lauren Banks on Oct 2, 2008 (Updated: Oct 3, 2019)

Since time immemorial, we have imagined what it would be like to climb to the heavens. With the advent of modern rocketry, a few brave souls, and many …

J. Frank Wilson on Oct 2, 2008

Michael Fromwiller, an admitted World of Warcraft (Twitter tag #WoW) addict, was bored. The San Jose State undergrad student and amateur game …

J. Frank Wilson on Oct 1, 2008 (Updated: Feb 3, 2019)

Sometime this month, NBCU will roll out NBC News iCue, a news-themed app designed for Facebook which blends gaming and archival news video NBC …

J. Frank Wilson on Oct 1, 2008

Gone are the days of pushing “premium” food offerings, says the Wall Street Journal— big food manufacturers like Kraft and Campbell are …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 30, 2008 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

Did you purchase any music online from Wal-Mart? Following in the footsteps of Yahoo a few months ago, and in the spirit of Steve Jobs’ …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 30, 2008 (Updated: Jan 12, 2011)

Users Consumed More Than 12 Million Hours Of Digital Beijing Content NBC Universal, which has already touted its 2008 Olympic Games coverage as the …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 28, 2008 (Updated: Mar 30, 2020)

Tina Fey returned to the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live to reprise her impersonation of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 28, 2008 (Updated: Jan 9, 2020)

The NFL and NBC Sports announced today that Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band will perform at the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, FL.

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 26, 2008

Oxygen acquires exclusive cable rights to repeats of The CW reality-competition series from CBS Television Distribution. The full library of …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 25, 2008 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

A Texas couple, who were pulled over for speeding while rushing their chocking dog to an emergency vet clinic, said their pet died after unsympathetic …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 25, 2008 (Updated: Jun 12, 2018)

Wind energy might be the simplest renewable energy to understand. Yet there are misconceptions about what makes the wind industry turn. The United …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 25, 2008

At the tip of a barrier island above the Arctic Circle, a village is melting into the sea. What one town’s struggle for survival means for us …