Echo Says Bye To Music Marketing
Music marketer Echo, which handles web sites, online communities, and digital marketing for such top tier artists as Kanye West, Keith Urban, Alicia Keys and Dierks Bentley will be winding down operations over the next 60 days. Ticketmaster bought Echo in March of 2007 for a reported $25 million, but found the Nashville based business unprofitable.
Twitter Your Way To A Pizza Hut Internship
While it may look like some kind of prank and serves to continue the “twitterification” of the English language, Pizza Hut is hiring a ‘Twintern’ for the summer.
Google Accused Of UK Tax Avoidance
It’s well known that big corporations employ brilliant accountants in an effort to save money at every turn. Google seems to have been caught doing some less than up-front things, however, as the search giant’s been accused of routing revenue through Ireland in order to avoid a big UK tax bill.
Boss-Bashing 2.0
It’s a lot easier to embarrass one’s boss than it used to be. You can thank the now dreaded internal leak for that. What was once reserved for water cooler gripe sessions, collective bargaining and, if things went really sour, lawsuits and national media coverage is now instantly public and brutally humiliating.
Google Survives Q1 Financial Report
Analysts and investors were ready for just about anything this afternoon, with predictions of what Google’s first quarter would look like ranging from complete failure to yet another blow-’em-out-of-the-water success. The real numbers landed somewhere in between, but – to most people’s relief – rather more on positive side.
Headline Writing In The Digital Age
There are many schools of thought regarding the Art of the Title, and generally this art varies according to purpose, medium, and culture. For better or worse, depending on your viewpoint, the Internet has changed what we expect from headlines, and how we shape them, but it is hardly a static art, especially with the advent of microblogging platforms like Twitter.
Best Buy Getting Into Movie Download Business
It looks like Best Buy is getting into the business of offering movies for download. This could step up competition with the likes of iTunes and Amazon, and even Netflix really.
The concept is a product of Best Buy partnering with CinemaNow, the same company that Blockbuster has dealt with to offer movies through set-top devices. According to Variety:
Google Maps, Google Earth Match Up With Scientists, Webcams
It seems that, before long, Google Maps and Google Earth will be just about everywhere you look. In the past two days, the programs have made inroads with both scientists and civilians, respectively.
Google’s Android Going to Set-Top Boxes
Google is expecting a good year for Android, and it’s got plans for the mobile operating system. The company is planning "significant" products and partnerships.
NY Times Making Cuts To Paper Editions
I know it has everything to do with journalistic integrity and it is the right thing to do but when a newspaper the stature of the New York Times reports on the cuts it must make to its sections to ‘survive’ it’s still sad.