News Corp. continues to lead the media conglomorate pack when it comes to smart acquisitions and new media possibilities. MySpace, an approximately $550 million investment, has already proven to be a smart move (especially given the recent $900 million search partnership with google). Announced today, News Corp. purchased a 51% stake in Jamba, a mobile [...]
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Rupert Murdoch is Indeed Tech Savvy: Mobile is Medium
Posted by Lee on September 13, 2006
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2006/09/13/rupert-murdoch-is-indeed-tech-savvy-mobile-is-medium/
NYTimes Mobile Websites: A Review
A new Windows Mobile version of the New York Times site was launched last week. Previous mobile versions of the NYTimes have been been limited to text-only articles in a much smaller format. Moreover, the new NYTimes site will now allow visitors to browser or search articles from all sections of the paper. For the [...]
Posted by Lee on September 10, 2006
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2006/09/10/nytimes-mobile-websites-a-review/
iTunes Radio Stations
I listen to online radio via iTunes almost everyday. I will typically start with one of the Ambient or Classical channels in the morning, then switch to Rock or Reggae in the afternoon. I have discovered many songs and bands that I love through the iTunes internet radio aggregator. With the exception of a few [...]
Posted by Lee on August 30, 2006
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2006/08/30/itunes-radio-stations/
Mobile Friendly Websites
Below are some great websites (updated 8/30/06) designed specifically for your blackberry, pda, or mobile phone web browser: TechCrunch – Thanks to Dave Weiner for making this possible. TechCrunch is one of my favorite sites and I am happy to have a mobile version. Marketing.FM – the mobile version Yomoblog – enables mobile blog posting [...]
Posted by Lee on August 30, 2006
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2006/08/30/mobile-friendly-websites/
Eons = MySpace For Old People?
Jeff Taylor, CEO and Founder of Monster.com recently launched EONS, a social networking site for 50+ users. According to AdAge, the site will be a community resource for health & wellness, retirement, romance, and news & obituaries. My initial reaction to this news was: it doesn’t make much sense to target anyone over 30 for [...]
Posted by Lee on August 11, 2006
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2006/08/11/eons-myspace-for-old-people/
Consumer Generated Advertising & ViTrue Inc.
What is consumer generated advertising? Checkout this ad for sony created by a “fan” Ads generated by consumers have been around for awhile now and ViTrue has been trying to capatalize on this new market. ViTrue is essentially a company that allows passionate consumers to work with their clients to form advertising created by the [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on August 7, 2006
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2006/08/07/consumer-generated-advertising-vitrue-inc/
Marketing.fm Blog Chat via Meebo (meebome)
I recently installed a new chat widget (located at the right hand side) where you can chat with either author of Marketing.fm (Lee or Eric). You can load the widget on your own page at meebome.com I am not sure if this idea will catch on, but in the effort of continuing the conversation we [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on August 4, 2006
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2006/08/04/marketingfm-blog-chat-via-meebo-meebome/
FIFA World Cup: An Advertisers Dream Event?
Or so says ESPN. (adage link – sub required) John Skipper, who handles ESPN’s mega marketing machine, thinks that this has been a big opportunity for marketers. What has been staged as the “super bowl for the world” the world cup is a chance for multi-national campaigns to break through the normal “clutter” and perhaps [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on June 23, 2006
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2006/06/23/fifa-world-cup-an-advertisers-dream-event/
The LAPD now has a blog
On May 11th 2006 theLAPD Blog had its first post. Welcome to the blogosphere! My initial thoughts; wow, comments are turned on. tech used is typepad, feedburner, and as far as I can tell typepad for stats too. This blog may very well be around forever, and be a new task for an officer or [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on May 19, 2006
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2006/05/19/the-lapd-is-blogging/
McDonald’s Getting a Facelift
…please hold the cheese this time. After what seems like an eternity of being stuck in a 70′s design, McDonalds is finally getting a makeover. It looks as though the “less is more” and sleek design will be the new focus of interior and exterior architecture plans for McDonalds. According to Business Week’s article: McDonalds [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on May 9, 2006
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2006/05/09/mcdonalds-getting-a-facelift/
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