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Loser, Litigious Ad Agency Folds

The litigious and arrogant New York advertising agency, Warren Kremer Paino Advertising, which sued the Maine blogger for exercising free speech, has done far more than drop its case: it has folded, says MediaPost.

UPDATE/CLARIFICATION:

I should’ve read more carefully beyond the sensational MediaPost headline, "Puzzling Lawsuit Brings Down Agency," which I linked to above.… Read the rest

A Story About Internet Memes Is Trapped Behind A Paid Wall

AdAge today has a story on Internet memes, which Wikipedia (as of May 8, 2006 at 12:41am) defines as: 

An Internet phenomenon (sometimes called an Internet meme) occurs when something relatively unknown becomes increasingly popular, often quite suddenly, through the mass propagation of media content made feasible by the Internet; however, the popularity of the phenomenon usually wanes as rapidly as it was acquired: the Internet’s lack of physical boundaries leads to a much faster and wider spread of information and ideas, especially when the subject is based around humor or curiosity.

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Someone Has to Pay for TV. But Who? And How?

 

“Someone Has to Pay for TV. But Who? And How?” is the title of a good column in the Sunday NYTimes by Randall Stross about the changing model of television programming and advertising in the age of digital-video recorders (DVRs) and viewer propensity to skip ads.… Read the rest