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Conan O’Brien Joins Twitter – 200,000+ Followers in 9 Hours

Gawker became the kind of media news it tends to report on today, with the announcement of the acquisition of CityFile and subsequent replacement of Editor in Chief Gabriel Snyder. Explained in two memos, posted below, the ouster seems to have come as a surprise to Snyder, who has been with Gawker Media for eighteen months. While the reaction he expressed was public and thusly tamed, is new media really doomed to partnerships as short as Snyder seems to think

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Gawker makes first acquisition, ousts EIC

Superbowl ads. They’re like the Superbowl of TV commercials.

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Catch up on the Superbowl ads, quarter by quarter

Air America, which hit the airwaves in 2004 as an answer to conservative talk radio, died today.

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Air America dies, will cease broadcasting tonight

The New York Times has announced that their services will go behind a paywall, however their “pay to read” model won’t go into effect until 2011. They’ve also announced that the system will include a “metered model” which will allow users to read a certain number of articles each month before any charges will be required. New York Times Chairmen Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.

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New York Times Will Implement “Metered” Paywall In 2011

Expected at some point during the next couple of weeks is the announcement by Arthur Sulzberger Jr, Chairman of New York Times, that the illustrious Gray Lady well be retreating to her petticoats of a paywall. As a side note there have been a few who have noted that this is around the same time that Apple is suppose to be unleashing its tablet computer.

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The New York Times to retreat behind a paywall

A controversial new spread in V Magazine ’s “size issue” is being hotly debated all over the internet, due to the lack of airbrushing and skimpy clothes featured in the shots.

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V Mag plus size spread divides readers, is fashion ready for bigger models?

There is no denying that much of the advertising we are assaulted by on a daily basis is pretty boring. Doesn’t matter if they are (questionably) humorous or artsy cute in the end they are boring and two-dimensional. However slowly we are starting to see some really interesting and dare I say it – innovative – types of advertising efforts.

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McDonald’s creative advertising via a Vancouver bus stop

Piracy is killing the movie business – that is the argument that the movie industry is using to try and force draconian copyright laws down our throat on a global level with things like ACTA.

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About that piracy is killing the movie business argument