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The Brand Called Dick

Ok, so this is a little bit on the lite side for the first day back from the holidays, but am I the only person who keeps thinking about Dick Clark's performance on New Year's Rockin' Eve? I found myself watching with that train ...READ»

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How Much Would You Pay for a Celebrity Retweet?

For the rest of the week, eBay is hosting charity auction TwitChange, the first ever celebrity tweet auction, which is raising money for Haiti. But how much influence will it really spread?READ»

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Go, Go, Globalism!

The real sign of how tightly integrated the global economy is isn't offshoring -- or any political organization or multinational structure -- it's the Eurovision Song Contest. And, in a fine parallel to Fast Company's recent feature ...READ»

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"Idol" Empire Shares Fortune

If you weren't one of the 30 million people that typically tune into "American Idol" every week, then maybe you will be pleasantly surprised to hear that the show's executives are giving back some of their good fortune. Finally. For ...READ»

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High Fliers

Two buddies from Long Island came up with the idea of offering (relatively) cheap access to private jets. And with the help of folks like Warren Buffett, Derek Jeter and J. Lo, they turned the Marquis Jet card into one very cool brand.READ»

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American Idol's PR Stumble

Even if you stopped tuning in to 'American Idol' after the unimpressive album sales of its recent winners began to give the show's title a slightly paradoxical quality, you most likely came across Paula Abdul's name in yesterday's ...READ»

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Twitter’s tweet out quickly.

I just read that Neilson Online (www.nielsen-online.com) has found that 60% of people who sign up on Twitter abandon the service.  In fact Twitter’s retention rate is around 40%, which means that only 40% of the people who visited ...READ»