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Turning an Urban Square Into a Vegetable Garden

Turning an Urban Square Into a Vegetable Garden

One of the last things urban Londoners can normally expect to experience is a rural style "pick your own" field in the heart of the city -- but that's exactly what Heinz created for two days this month in London's fashionable Soho S...
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Coupons Come to The Wall Street Journal

Coupons Come to The Wall Street Journal

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The Wall Street Journal will start delivering coupons inside its Weekend Edition this Saturday, furthering its push to become a full-service newspaper. The appearance of coupons for everyday items might be a bit jarring, however...
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CNBC Creates Chief Revenue Officer Post

CNBC Creates Chief Revenue Officer Post

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In a sign of how technology and consumer patterns are forcing change in traditional media-industry organizations, CNBC said Thursday it had named a chief revenue officer, a new position at the network intended to make money from...
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EMarketer: Facebook Ad Sales to Hit $1.2 Billion This Year

EMarketer: Facebook Ad Sales to Hit $1.2 Billion This Year

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Given its gargantuan membership and privately held status, Facebook's revenue has long been a favorite guessing game for observers from Silicon Valley to Wall Street. But a new estimate from eMarketer says the company will...
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How Much Should We Be Freaked Out About the Whole Google-Verizon Net-Neutrality Thing?

How Much Should We Be Freaked Out About the Whole Google-Verizon Net-Neutrality Thing?

So-called net neutrality -- the notion that all information on the internet should be given the same traffic priority -- has been a buzzy topic lately because of rumors that Google and Verizon have been building some sort of anti-net-neutrality partner...
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How Steve Slater Is Stifling JetBlue’s Social-Media Strategy

How Steve Slater Is Stifling JetBlue’s Social-Media Strategy

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- At a time when every brand wants to master social media, what's a marketer like JetBlue, which is already pretty darn good at it, to do when it's muzzled by lawyers?
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Advertising Gets Dragged Into Ground Zero Mosque Debate

Advertising Gets Dragged Into Ground Zero Mosque Debate

I didn't expect the debate over the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York to go away any time soon, but I was hoping it would carry on over there, well outside the world of advertising. But, no.
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Battle of Sexes Played Out in This Week’s Movie Trailers

Battle of Sexes Played Out in This Week’s Movie Trailers

You have to tip your hat to the latest trailer making the rounds for "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World." This is not just any trailer -- it's an interactive trailer.
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If You Build a Web Series Around It, Will They Come?

If You Build a Web Series Around It, Will They Come?

LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- In the past three years, it seems "Make me a branded web series" has become the new "Make me a viral video" for marketers, with brands as varied as Ikea, Procter & Gamble, Toyota, Kraft Philadelphia Cr...
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Introducing the 2010 Media Vanguard Awards

Introducing the 2010 Media Vanguard Awards

The truth is, thousands of tech/creative/editorial people and hundreds of companies are transforming the media landscape. And some of the most exciting innovations are actually coming from much-maligned "traditional" or "mainstream"...
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