The Power of Us

A set and a commercial star at halftime

A set and a commercial star at halftime

Posted by on Feb 6, 2012 in Advertising, Brands, Technology | 0 comments

Technology and Detroit win the Super Bowl

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Lava lamps won’t save newspapers

Lava lamps won’t save newspapers

Posted by on May 12, 2010 in Advertising, Brands, Innovation, Journalism, Leadership, Social Media, Technology | 2 comments

Google's interest in saving newspapers is all about Google. Keep your friends close and frenemies closer.

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Now playing: The Throwdown Video

Now playing: The Throwdown Video

Posted by on Apr 9, 2010 in Brands, Business, Business Models, Culture, Design, Events, How To, Innovation, Investment, Journalism, Mobile, Skills, Social Media, Technology, WeThink | 0 comments

Charlton Heston channels Moses. Steve Jobs assumes a higher authority. Crazy guys throw down an iPad at batting practice. All this and...

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WeThink

WeThink

Posted by on Mar 23, 2010 in Brands, Business, Business Models, Causes, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design, Do Good, End of Apathy, How To, Innovation, Journalism, Leadership, People, Power & Policy, Science, Skills, Social Media, Top Story, Venture Capital, WeThink | 0 comments

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BBC’s global news chief moves to PR

BBC’s global news chief moves to PR

Posted by on Feb 18, 2010 in Brands, Business, Journalism, People, We Media Miami 2010 | 0 comments

Richard Sambrook, director of BBC Global News since 2004, is saying goodbye to one of the world's most influential jobs in journalism, and hello to, what should I say - the murky, spin-meisterly, lucrative? - world of public relations. Or should that be creative, innovative and transformational?

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Oops, there goes local

Oops, there goes local

Posted by on Jan 26, 2010 in Brands, Community, Innovation, Journalism, Technology | 0 comments

A few months after three, young software architects launched an obscure social networking and microblogging service, students at a rural...

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Social media that sux

Posted by on Jan 26, 2010 in Advertising, Brands | 1 comment

I love this, and my day is now a little less sucky, thanks to an invitation from Blogads founder Henry Copeland (aka @HC): SUXORZ: the worst social media campaigns of '09.

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What Makes A Brand Powerful?

Posted by on Jun 25, 2009 in Brands, Business, Causes | 1 comment

Over on my Fast Company Experts blog, I offered some thoughts on the new Cone Nonprofit Power Brand 100 Study.  Here is how my post...

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When the ad is better than the news

When the ad is better than the news

Posted by on Apr 24, 2009 in Brands, Social Media | 0 comments

Remember when The Times ran those profitable, short “liners,” commercial and personal ads, at the bottom of front-page news...

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Reinventing Advertising: Tools, Youth, and Social Change

Posted by on Feb 27, 2009 in Brands, Business, Causes, Creativity, Culture, We Media Miami 2009 | 0 comments

The first full day of WeMedia presented interesting challenges and opportunities regarding the state of new media, social change, and...

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Old News Organizations Hook the Public With New Media

Posted by on Feb 26, 2009 in Brands, Business, Business Models, Innovation, Journalism, Social Media, We Media Miami 2009 | 0 comments

At a time when newspapers are hemorrhaging employees and questioning their survival, they are adopting a more stable role in the community...

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Podcast: A Conversation with Joe Marchese, SocialVibe

Podcast: A Conversation with Joe Marchese, SocialVibe

Posted by on Jan 28, 2009 in Brands, Causes, Community, Innovation, Podcast, Technology | 0 comments

We’ve recorded another podcast! WeMedia is producing a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with prominent media,...

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What do our search terms say about us?

Posted by on Dec 18, 2008 in Brands, Skills | 0 comments

The annual list of what the world searches for online has been released.  No real surprises — Britney Spears and Barack Obama top...

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Question of the Day: Battle of the Brews

Posted by on Dec 11, 2008 in Brands, Business, Creativity | 0 comments

McDonald’s has decided to pick a fight with Starbucks. In addition to offering espresso drinks to their billions of customers served,...

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Who loves their media? NPRistas

Who loves their media? NPRistas

Posted by on Nov 7, 2008 in Brands, Business Models | 0 comments

NPR News in the US aims to double its online audience – in part by building a closer relationship with people who already love NPR....

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