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Kia Rio (Oct 09 2003 23:22 GMT) - KIA Rio worse than my '82 Acadian |
MediaSavvy
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More demographic pointlessness (Oct 09 2003 23:21 GMT) - Advertising.com tells us that the best click-through rates can be found in New Mexico, West Virginia, Arkansas, and Montana. Top Five US States for Click-Through Rate New Mexico 116 West Virgina 114 Arkansas 113 Montara 108 Wyoming 108 Source: Advertising.com,... |
MediaSavvy
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Newspapers' local Web markets are vulnerable (Oct 09 2003 23:21 GMT) - According to ComScore Media Metrix, monopoly newspaper penetration of their home markets ranges from 4% of Web users in Philadelphia to 16.6% in Atlanta. I left off a couple of nonmonopoly markets and the Washington Times from the bottom, and... |
MediaSavvy
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Despite Yahoo's push for fees, ads still drive its growth (Oct 09 2003 23:21 GMT) - Yahoo's revenues are up to $356 million from $249 million. What's especially interesting is that despite Yahoo's stated desire to increase subscription and user fee revenue, advertising is driving this growth: Marketing services grew 48 percent to $245 million. Yahoo's... |
Amish Tech Support
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In the village (Oct 09 2003 23:21 GMT) - It looks like the new number two wants to resign: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei reportedly has told Palestinian President Yasser Arafat he wants to resign over Arafat's refusal to permit a Qurei appointment to join the government. In an... |
Buzzstuff
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Quintessential Burn (Oct 09 2003 23:20 GMT) - Oh my god! I totally forgot to mention the last two CDs that I got for the Quintessential Burn CD Swap that Brian ran for us. **Hold on** Crap! I was just getting ready to tell you all how forgetful I can be, when Pat says "I smell burning". So I ran into the kitchen and, yep, sure enough, I had forgotten to turn down the stove and I charred dinner! |
Sweet and Sour
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Ray of Light - Translucent Sky (Oct 09 2003 23:19 GMT) - Going Thailand In the upcoming Raya festival, there wil be a week of holiday, and to fill the time, have decided to go to Thailand. Well, this is what Northern Malaysian do when they have spare time... hehe... just... |
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
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SunnComm Says Pointing to Shift Key 'Possible Felony' (Oct 09 2003 23:18 GMT) - A couple of weeks ago BMG released an audio CD with a new type of DRM. Earlier this week, a computer science graduate student at Princeton wrote a report showing the DRM was ineffective - it could easily be defeated by use of the 'shift' key. The stock of the DRM company (SunnComm) has since fallen by 20%. Now, SunnComm plans to sue the student under the DMCA and claim that SunnComm's reputation has been falsely damaged. [Slashdot] A few hours ago I linked to a joke article, but asserted that the joke was on us, in that the joke could come true. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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More free time (Oct 09 2003 23:18 GMT) - There's plenty of pressure to run a leaner organization. You're being asked to squeeze every bit of productivity out of your team. Tell them to take half a day each week to "play". |
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