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A former Saline County chief deputy accused of sexual assault was in court Friday.
Todd Fort is accused of nearly two dozen charges which involved sexual assault and official misconduct charges. He is accused of committing sexual acts with a 17-year-old girl.
The judge asked both sides Friday if they are ready to go to trial and both answered yes.
Fort's trial is set for Sept. 19 at 9 a.m. for the sexual assault count and official misconduct charges.
Fort was re-arrested back in September 2010. Court documents allege Fort violated a court order. State police originally arrested Fort in July 2010. Theft was indicted on theft charges in January.
Fort worked for the sheriff's department for 21 years. He was also president of the Harrisburg School Board. He later resigned from that position.
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Officials have identify the suspected Purdue University shooter as 23-year-old Cody M. Cousins. Police believe Cousins shot and killed 21-year-old Andrew Boldt. Cousins has a Warsaw address along with an Ohio one. Although police say they have an address for him in Warsaw, the Superintendent of Warsaw Community Schools tells FOX28, Cousins was not a student in their school corporation.
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A Smith County father who fired a warning shot to scare his son off his property was arrested early Tuesday morning.
Steve Ray Swindle, 52, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and booked into the Smith County Jail at 12:45 a.m., Tuesday.
Just after 7:10 p.m. Monday, deputies from the Smith County Sheriff's Department responded to a caller reporting a disturbance in the 15,000 block of County Road 2223 between a father and a son of the son's alleged refusal to leave the father's property.
The father allegedly fired warning shots to scare the son off the property, with one of the shots reportedly ricocheting and hitting the son in the foot.
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Locatis is the Energy Department's chief information officer and has been in that position since October 2010.
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Locatis becomes the second-highest-profile federal technology executive to join NPPD over the last four months. John Streufert, the former State Department chief information security officer, joined DHS as the new director of the National Cybersecurity Division in January.
"Mike brings a wealth of experience and an understanding of information management, cybersecurity and public safety communications within the interconnected Federal, state and local governments," said Rand Beers, DHS undersecretary for NPPD, in an email to employees obtained by Federal News Radio.
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In an online simul-streamed announcement, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Eden of the East director Kenji Kamiyama revealed that his next project is an update of Shintaro Inshonomori's team of fugitives sci-fi, Cyborg 009. The 3D film, titled 009 Re:Cyborg is scheduled to hit Japanese theaters in 2012.
Shotaro Ishinomori's seminal Cyborg 009 featured a team of people, kidnapped from across the globe for human experimentation, who escape and turn their new super powers against their former captors. Kamiyama's mentor, Ghost in the Shell movie director Mamoru Oshii, previously produced a 3D Cyborg 009 anime for Panasonic, while Kamiyama used the characters in a Pepsi promo short.
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Production I.G announces the production of a new animated feature film, 009 RE:CYBORG, based on the Cyborg 009 characters created by Shotaro Ishinomori and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, the world-acclaimed director of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series and Eden of the East. The full-CG, stereoscopic 3D movie will be theatrically distributed in Japan in fall 2012 by Production I.G and T-Joy. Kenji Kamiyama himself is writing the script for the new film, which is going to be set in the present days. The main staff gathered around the project includes some of Japan's top creators who have already collaborated with Kamiyama in his previous works. Gato Aso (Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit) is in charge of character design duties, the score will be composed by Kenji Kawai (Eden of the East), while the background art will be by Yusuke Takeda (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit). The animation is produced in collaboration with Sanzigen, one of Japan's up-and-coming CG studios.
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009 RE:CYBORG is based on the Cyborg 009 characters created in 1964 by Japanese comic artist Shotaro Ishinomori. In the original comic, nine regular humans from different parts of the world are kidnapped by the evil Black Ghost organization, and transformed into cyborgs with astounding powers for the purpose of being used as weapons. The nine cyborgs rebel and start to fight against their creators, while struggling for their own self redemption. Ishinomori continued to write Cyborg 009 until 1985 in eight different story arcs. As the first superpowered hero team ever created in Japanese comics, Cyborg 009 proved to be a greatly influential forerunner for the generations to come, and received three animated TV series and three movie adaptations, distributed in many countries of the world.
Ishinomori (1938 - 1998) is considered one of the most representative and influential Japanese comic artists. His opera omnia, encompassing an astoundingly broad variety of themes, includes 770 works collected into 500 volumes for a total of 128,000 pages, making him the Guinnes World Record-holder for the "most comics published by one author." He received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, the Japan Cartoonists Association Award and the Minister of Education Award for his work. He also received the special Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for his long lasting contributions to the manga medium.
Born in Saitama Prefecture on March 20, 1966. In 1985 he joined the background atelier Studio Fuga. A rare example of a background artist shifting to directorial roles, Kamiyama worked as animation director in Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999) and wrote the script for Blood: The Last Vampire (2000), then debuted as director in MiniPato (2002). International attention eventually arrived with the TV series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002, Excellence Prize winner, Japan Media Arts Festival 2002) and its second season, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig (2004), followed by the feature-length Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006, Jury Recommended Work at the 10th Japan Media Arts Festival, Jury Prize at the 21st Digital Content Grand Prix). In 2007, after almost 6 years spent in the world of Ghost in the Shell, Kamiyama directed the high-fantasy TV series Guardian of the Spirit (Jury Recommended Work at the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival) followed in 2009 by Eden of the East (2009, Best TV Animation at the 14th Animation Kobe), Kamiyama's highly anticipated fully original TV series. In 2006 he 'acted' as a superlivemation digital puppet in Mamoru Oshii's Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters, in the role of Manager Kamiyama. 2011 has seen the theatrical release of the stereoscopic 3D version of his multiple award-winning Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society, of which Kamiyama personally supervised the 3D conversion.
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Oct. 5, 2011, 3:19 p.m. CST
judging by the look on the guys face
by Grace_Panda
Damn it, I got a pair of identical Real Dolls last year......... This is the worst birthday ever
Oct. 5, 2011, 3:35 p.m. CST
Man, that headline is a DOOZY
by 3D-Man
Had to read it five times to figure out if it was something worth clicking on. Not blaming you Mr. Green, but Japanese titles sure are wacky sometimes.
Oct. 5, 2011, 3:38 p.m. CST
Can't they just make their own X-MEN adaptations?
by TopHat
Do the legal restraints of comic book adaptation ownership extend to foreign countries? Can't other countries adapt their own versions of properties like X-Men? Can't they make an X-Men film and just set in Japan or something like that? If they can't, then that's fucked up. I want to see NEW X-Men adaptations. I'm sick of the eleven-year-old Singer/Donner X-Men. The Japanese could probably make an incredible X-Men movie.
Oct. 5, 2011, 4:04 p.m. CST
re: Can't they just make their own X-MEN adaptations?
by ScottGreen
There is a Madhouse (the studio that did Ninja Scroll) adaptation of X-Men. It's playing on G4 starting in a couple weeks http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2011/09/14-1/madhouses-x-men-anime-debuts-on-g4-in-october It's alright, but not terribly inspired
Oct. 5, 2011, 5:15 p.m. CST
You lost me at Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Director to Helm 3D Animated Movie Based on Japan's Answers to the X-Men, Cyborg 009
by kidicarus
Oct. 5, 2011, 5:15 p.m. CST
Yeah they should have left well enough alone
by DOGSOUP
They should have just given Wolverine and the X-Men a second season.
Oct. 5, 2011, 5:19 p.m. CST
Based On Japan's Answers To The X-Men????
by Edshugeo The GodMoor
Oct. 5, 2011, 5:25 p.m. CST
Great ...
by Jason
Now make it dark and make it good. And keep Ratner as far away from this production as possible!!
Oct. 5, 2011, 5:28 p.m. CST
In the mid 60s the X-Men hardly rated an answer
by Edshugeo The GodMoor
That title is probably just an attempt to generate hits, but it's a lie. I did notice some minor similarities back around 1980 when the show aired on UHF to the newer international version written by Claremont, not knowing the show's history. I like these new designs (and not just the Black guy - who was problematic back in the eighties and before), and hope this turns out okay.
Oct. 5, 2011, 5:39 p.m. CST
love how the black guy just stands there
by gk1
at least he's not breakdancing or a giant strong guy with big pink lips.
Oct. 5, 2011, 6:31 p.m. CST
can there be some more anime where:
by zom-bot.com
liquid / pebbles / debris /mechanical scrap levitates off the ground or hovers around someone as they charge up or give their revenge/how they came to be/how foolish someone is speech. 'cause we have not yet had enough of that.
Oct. 5, 2011, 7 p.m. CST
Steve Jobs has died
by teddy_duchamp
Oct. 5, 2011, 7:08 p.m. CST
Tech world lost a great man today
by batzilla
RIP Steve Jobs
Oct. 5, 2011, 7:17 p.m. CST
AICN - You really need to post about Steve Jobs.
by wierdo27
Oct. 5, 2011, 7:25 p.m. CST
I hope one day we'll get a Gatchaman movie!
by HollywoodHellraiser
Too bad the latest was never completed because of financial reasons.
Oct. 5, 2011, 7:29 p.m. CST
So sudden
by paulloch
you thought it might take months, but wow. So much sicker than he led on. This seems like a Jim Henson kind of deal. If he took better care of himself, didn't work so hard, and do regular checkups, this might have been caught sooner, and though we might have to wait for the next iwhatever, he'd still be around kicking and innovating. RIP Steve Jobs. He didn't invent any technology. Icon OS, Mice, Touchscreens, PDA, MP3 players, Tablets all came years before he did them best. He instead designed technology. The first and best ever at designing technology, the way Versace and Ralph Lauren designed fashion, the way IM Pei and Frank LLoyd Wright designed houses. Steve Jobs designed technology, he was the first to do it, and the best, and arguably noone will do it better. When everyone thought inventing the better mouse trap was enough. He knew designing the better mousetrap was more important.
Oct. 5, 2011, 7:42 p.m. CST
He was the guy behind Pixar too
by Margot Tenenbaum
So, he's on-topic @ AICN
Oct. 5, 2011, 7:50 p.m. CST
Looks effin great. And yes, The X-Men Anime series is OK and nothing more.
by Stalkeye
IMO The Blade Anime was actually more entertaining.
Oct. 6, 2011, 5:28 a.m. CST
A retro '60's icon hits the new age...the digital age
by Shub-Wankalot
Hmm back in the '60'a this was in black-and-white before going color, and was on par with Kimba the White Lion, Gigantor, Marine Boy, Prince Planet, and other anime of its time. I've seen other revamps of this series, but Kenji Kamiyama seems to have taken a different tack with his approach, and the this brief clip seems very promising, retaining the familiarity of the old and yet pushing the envelope of the new.
Oct. 6, 2011, 5:55 a.m. CST
X-Men reference seems odd since the Cyborg 009 series has been around since the mid 1960a
by Shub-Wankalot
Oct. 6, 2011, 3:52 p.m. CST
Anybody remember the Toonami version of 009? Awesome sauce!
by textual
The most awesome scene is the suicide dive with the villain into a nuclear reactor. Though Cartoon Network never did air the last episode. Didn't make it to DVD either and no Japanese DVDs exist either.
Oct. 6, 2011, 11:30 p.m. CST
:( no subtitles for the Kamiyama vid? that's a shame
by T 1000 xp professional
Anybody here seen Eden of the East or Guardian of the Spirit? Stand Alone Complex is probably up there for my favorite anime series, but I haven't checked out those other two yet.
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OK, so maybe itŌĆÖs not so new, but have you noticed in the last year or so how the pace has changed? I donŌĆÖt care if you write for a monthly or even a quarterly magazineŌĆöonline all the deadlines are daily.
My first job was as an editor of a bi-weekly print newsletter (a nearly defunct business model these days). Most of the editors were recent colleges graduates, working on their own weekly or bi-weekly newsletters. However, the company did offer a daily e-mail newsletterŌĆöcutting edge back thenŌĆöcalled ŌĆ£Media DailyŌĆØ written by two editors who were there well before 9 and long after 5. We soft print editors would shake our heads in awe at the pace.
That seems almost laughable today, when putting out a daily newsletter is just part of the package and a 10-hour workday seems like early dismissal. Last January, the CNNMoney.com site redesigned to incorporate exclusive online content from Fortune, Money, Business 2.0 and Fortune Small Business. A team of 35 journalists focuses solely on creating content and today the site publishes nearly 100 stories per day, more than triple the number it posted a year ago, according to executive editor and vice president Chris Peacock. ŌĆ£The formula is volume and velocity,ŌĆØ says Peacock. ŌĆ£This is obviously a challenge for smaller publishers but itŌĆÖs not insurmountable.ŌĆØ Peacock cites Business 2.0 which has a ŌĆ£small staffŌĆØ [small at least by Fortune standards] in which every staffer, including editor Josh Quittner, writes a blog and posts at least two items per day.
The push for ŌĆ£community contentŌĆØ is also changing the editorŌĆÖs role. IDG EntertainmentŌĆÖs GamePro.com re-launched last spring with an emphasis on communityŌĆöand user submissions have swelled from an average of 155 user submissions per day to 2,650 per day, according to marketing director Simon Tonner. ŌĆ£You have to be in touch with these users all the time,ŌĆØ says Tonner. ŌĆ£You may come in the morning and think you have four stories to write but you might open up the forums and see if thereŌĆÖs a topic being discussed that completely changes your focus. You have to have that flexibility, and that might be a completely different work environment than what youŌĆÖre used to do.ŌĆØ
But ultimately, volume doesnŌĆÖt necessarily equal quality. The role of the editor online isnŌĆÖt just to keep the content assembly line moving but maintaining quality control. ŌĆ£With the volume of content going online and the rush to publish, an online editor needs to be fluent with the software skills but needs to be a good copy editor as well,ŌĆØ says Wyatt Kash, editorial director at Government Computer News.
How are you managing the editorial workflow online?
IŌĆÖm writing a story for the February issue on writerŌĆÖs contracts and how magazine editors are setting them up in light of onlineŌĆÖs growing influence. Contracts, and how the magazineŌĆÖs ŌĆō or Web siteŌĆÖs ŌĆō use of content plays out are an interesting reflection of where the industry is pursuing their product opportunities ŌĆō or should be. The models are varied ŌĆō some publishers have retained separate online content producers, while others combine print and online editorial production teams. Consider MacWorld, which test-drives some if its content online before it makes it into the print title. (Kind of like what IŌĆÖm doing here, to a lesser degree, for a story thatŌĆÖs scheduled for February.)
But itŌĆÖs more than that. ŌĆØYou canŌĆÖt even say online,ŌĆØ says Erik Sherman, freelance writer and chair, American Society of Journalists and Authors contracts committee. ŌĆ£How about television? How about radio? What happens if your story gets turned into a movie, which gets turned into a Broadway musical? How about book rights?ŌĆØ
The New York Times on Sunday pointed out how magazines are serializing their office life as reality TV fodder, and content is regularly being turned into Webcast material. How this is all represented in a contract is getting increasingly complicated. But as publishers navigate the rights issues, the progressive ones are thinking beyond first publication and all electronic to what they think the content will ultimately be used for and representing that in their agreements with the content creator.
Whatever the right formula is for attracting and keeping a fickle teenage audience, Teen Vogue seems to have found it. At a time when teenagers are turning to the Web for most of their news and information, Teen Vogue continues to find success with both readers and advertisers.
According to the latest Publishers Information Bureau statistics, Teen Vogue increased ad revenues in 2006 by 31.1 percent to just under $101.83 million, up from $77.67 million in 2005. Pages-in-book for the teen title increased 22.3 percent to 1,223.44, from 1,000.36 in 2005.
The publication, which turns four in February, also increased its rate base in October of last year from 850,000 to 900,000 ŌĆō its third rate base increase since its launch. And its total paid and verified circulation has climbed from 850,000 in 2005 to just under a million.
But other teen titles have struggled. Teen People and ElleGirl folded their print publications last year, but maintain a Web presence. Cosmogirl, which has a lower market share than Teen Vogue, enjoyed growth last year in its ad revenues, up 12.2 percent to just under $81.1 million, but its pages in book grew by just 3 percent to 794.33 from 771.36.
Seventeen, the oldest of the teen bunch, saw its pages in book dip 3.7 percent last year to 936.65 from 972.30 in 2005. Its revenues grew just 2.5 percent to $101.87 million from $99.3 million in 2005.
Whether Teen Vogue continues to be successful remains to be seen. One thing's for sure though. While other teen magazines focus a lot of attention on celebrities and/or sex, much to the disappointment of parents, Teen Vogue focuses almost entirely on fashion and that could be the key to its success. Maybe.
Being the reality-TV junkie I am, I couldnŌĆÖt help but notice the abundance of cable TV programs that have partnerships with consumer magazines. Networks like Bravo, which teams up with Cooking Light and Conde NastŌĆÖs ELLE for hit reality shows ŌĆ£Top ChefŌĆØ and ŌĆ£Project Runway,ŌĆØ generate unprecedented PR for the magazines that are featured on the programs.
ŌĆ£The Hills,ŌĆØ an MTV reality spin-off of the hugely popular ŌĆ£Laguna Beach,ŌĆØ follows the life of main ŌĆ£characterŌĆØ Lauren Conrad as she interns at Teen Vogue in Los Angeles. And the networkŌĆÖs latest reality installment, which debuted last Sunday, ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm From Rolling Stone,ŌĆØ has Yann WennerŌĆÖs face on overdrive across numerous ads and promotions.
Using successful (though sometimes cheesy) reality TV as a branding outlet to reach consumers is genius. These cable networks allow the marketers at these publications to reach their demographic from an entirely different angle and there is no better way to build buzz and credibility around a brand. Bravo! More...
Just got back from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Normally, IŌĆÖd say that the CES event is a bit far afield for Folio: Magazine, what with all the booths offering iPod aftermarket products and so on.
But Aspire MediaŌĆÖs Clay Hall, a magazine-industry CEO with vision, convened a group of enthusiast and b-to-b publishers to discuss exactly what the CES represents for our future as print publishers.
I have to tell you: The show itself was totally overwhelming. Both of two convention centers were packed with exhibits. ItŌĆÖs really several shows in one. Everything from geeky computer technology to plastic gadgets to camera gear was represented. There were toys, and ubiquitous cell-phone items. They offered TV on cell phones, TV on computers. Computers on cell phones. And on and on.
Vegas was, of course, Vegas. I like the place and I donŌĆÖt even gamble.
But the real value was a rich two days of discussions of the future of magazine publishing in the face of the electronic tide. The participants were fabulous, starting with Ken Bronfin, president of Hearst Interactive Media. Ken offered an eye-opening overview of electronic paper, which Hearst has invested in heavily and which is already gaining commercial traction in books and newspapers. For Bronfin, itŌĆÖs only a matter of a couple of years before e-paper is a significant force in magazines. Compare it to digital musicŌĆöand how it revolutionized the music industry, he says.
Other participants were Terry Snow, CEO of World Publications, Michela OŌĆÖConnor Abrams, president and publisher of Dwell, Mark Edmiston, Managing Director of AdMedia Partners, Don Nicholas, Managing Director of The Mequoda Group, Don Peschke, CEO of August Home Publishing, Dan Wiesner, CEO of Wiesner Publishing and Steve Lalibeerte, president of iProduction, a St. Paul, Minnesota, e-publishing solutions provider.
In an all-star cast, Peschke stood out. August Home Publishing, a largely reader-driven company, stands out for its success in generating reader revenue, for brand extensions, for moving into e-media and for how Peschke, who started the Des Moines, Iowa-based company in 1978, approaches management and leadership. ŌĆ£The role of a manager is not to supervise other people,ŌĆØ Peschke says on the companyŌĆÖs Web site. ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs to help other people, including our customers, be successful.ŌĆØ
Look for more from Peschke and the rest of the participants in a special roundtable in the March issue of Folio:.
Private equity investors are chomping at the bit for more M&A action in 2007 after making headlines in 2006 as the new media M&A rainmakers. Indeed, private equity players are making a splash across many markets, not just magazines and media. Even as small to mid-sized companies are bought out and rolled up into operating platforms, large public companies are taking advantage of the active market to go private ŌĆō to find relief from Sarbanes-Oxley, among other motivators.
But even as the reporting continues to examine private equityŌĆÖs boom, thereŌĆÖs a building undercurrent of speculation on when the good times will end. At ABMŌĆÖs Top Management Meeting in Chicago last November, bankers were marveling out one side of their mouths at private equityŌĆÖs rise over the last 12 months while wondering out the other side when economic conditions would put the breaks on the whole thing. For now, no one is willing to get too specific. The stars have aligned: publishers have generally built up their event divisions, whether organically or via acquisition, and have moved aggressively into e-media with nary a glass of Kool-Aid in sight. And thereŌĆÖs a hungry pack of buyers ready to get going.
And e-media this year will be a critical dealmaking factor as all of 2006ŌĆÖs must-have features, services and products coalesce into practical (or not) business elements. As if to underscore buyer eagerness and, possibly, the sense that all good things will someday come to an end, the DeSilva + Phillips 2007 M&A Report puts it this way: ŌĆ£In 2006, media executives were still worried that getting it wrong would be more harmful than not acting at all. Yet if there was ever a case of pent-up demand ŌĆō and a growing recognition that now is the time to act decisively ŌĆō look at your watch. ItŌĆÖs time.ŌĆØ
A Folio: and Readex survey conducted last year showed that print remains the dominant revenue stream for publishers. ThatŌĆÖs in spite of the fact that print advertising is declining and both readers and advertisers are flocking to the Web. Much of the problem stems not from a lack of investment in online media, but from a lack of understanding on the part of publishers on how to monetize their Web properties.
The issue is two-fold. For one, setting print advertising rates is second nature in the publishing industry and is often done using a rate base or by using paid or controlled circulation models. But setting advertising rates online is more difficult and publishers often find themselves with the quandary of whether to set rates according to Web traffic or impressions, or according demographics or how much time users actually spend on their sites.
The second issue is a lack of space and creativity in the online ad realm. Publishers need to move beyond the banner ad and the often-ineffective interstitial and find other, more creative ways to allow advertisers to market their products and services. This could be remedied as simply as adding more video, audio, sponsorship and social networking offerings to Web sites. But publishers must also think outside the box to offer advertisers more diverse ways to reach to consumers.
VNU Business Media this week launched a job portal that will combine the resources of its entertainment, advertising and media trade publications on a single Web site. The hope, said VNU eMedia group sales director Jeff Green, is that the portal will allow VNU to take a large bite out of the $50 million employers in the aforementioned three industries spend annually to advertise jobs on major and niche job sites. Because the three different industries often look for employees with similar skill sets, VNU believes theyŌĆÖll have an advantage over their competition by offering a one-stop shop for people working in advertising, entertainment and/or media jobs. And who knows, they just might.
The time has come to not only put in place a quantifiable method for setting ad rates online, but to also look for new and creative ways to make money online. Two-thousand-seven should be the year to monetize the Web. More...
Seventeen has finally found someone to replace Atoosa Rubenstein, the former editor in chief of the Hearst teen mag who quit in November to launch her own teen-centered Web business, write a book and start a consultancy specializing in the youth market. After several months and plenty of gossip surrounding the search for a replacement, CosmoGirl executive editor Ann Shoket has been selected to assume the role of filling RubensteinŌĆÖs shoes.
Although Rubenstein received a lot of flack during her three years as editor for her Today Show-MTV-talking head-My Space enthusiast-Spice Girl image, I think Shoket should strive to be like her predecessor. As the editor of Seventeen magazine, it is ShoketŌĆÖs job to be a role model for her readers, and get herself out there as much as possible to build the brand. Rubenstein became the face of the publication, putting herself on every media outlet to reach her target audience. IsnŌĆÖt that what consumer magazine editorŌĆÖs strive to do every day? More...
Do publishing brands these days seem a little confusing? Maybe itŌĆÖs because of all the consolidation in the marketplace and the need to start fresh. Maybe itŌĆÖs because of the rise in e-publishing and the need to convey a sense of ŌĆ£new media.ŌĆØ
Numbers are big with publishing brands today. From 1105 Media (formerly 101 Communications) to 8020 Publishing, publishers are opting for a number as part of or even in place of a name. WeŌĆÖre no different: the magazine we originally launched to compete with Folio: was called M10 Report and our company name is Red 7 Media.
WhatŌĆÖs the significance of your brand? Many city and regional magazines have taken their telephone area codes as their names, (such as 417 in Missouri). That makes sense, and has an immediate, recognizable significance for their audience. But does 1105 really grab your attention? When we started M10, the first question we always heard was, ŌĆ£WhatŌĆÖs M10?ŌĆØ In a weird way it actually helped, because it started a conversation about who we were and how we were different from Folio:. But donŌĆÖt think we werenŌĆÖt relieved after we bought Folio: and could stop having that same conversation over and over.
After Wasserstein bought out Primedia Business for $385 million in August 2005, the company embarked on a self-described ŌĆ£intense,ŌĆØ months-long decision process for a company name before deciding on ŌĆ£Prism Business Media.ŌĆØ In an e-mail to employees, Primedia Business CEO John French said of the name, ŌĆ£It needs to be MemorableŌĆ"UniqueŌĆ"SustainableŌĆ"PositiveŌĆ"Protectable as a trademark. PrismŌĆölike transmitting or reflecting light, like a ray of light passing through a prism. Prism is a reflection of what we represent within the organization and the industry. . .Carry it positively to the marketplace and avoid the inclination to say ŌĆśwhy didnŌĆÖt we name this or that.ŌĆÖŌĆØ
Of course, in December 2006, shortly after PrismŌĆÖs purchase of Penton Media, Prism switched its name to Penton. ŌĆ£If you think about it, Prism is a newly established brand with a brand new name and Penton has been around,ŌĆØ Reed Phillips, managing partner at M&A broker DeSilva & Phillips, told Folio at the time. ŌĆ£For that reason, it made sense to go with that name. Prism doesnŌĆÖt really have any strong recognition yet in the marketplace.ŌĆØ
CEOs and owners fret long and hard over their company names but ultimately itŌĆÖs their products that establish the brand, not the cute corporate name.
A new magazine has hit the womenŌĆÖs lifestyle market but this one is exclusively digital. VivMag is a digital magazine led by former editor in chief of Shape, Anne Russel. ItŌĆÖs one thing if an established magazine decides to offer a digital edition, or decides to stop print production but keep a Web site like Elle Girl and Teen People, but launching a new magazine in a strictly digital format could be risky.
Regardless of how good this digital magazine is (I tried to download it to check it out, but after a number attempts were blocked by my computer, I gave up), they might want to tread lightly. Digital magazines are now more than ever being labeled as ancillary and complementary products to print. At the recent Digital Magazine Conference, a number of magazine publishers were skeptical regarding the lack of return on their digital magazine investments.
Digital magazines are a hybrid mediaŌĆötaking the best aspects of print and the Web and joining them together to create an online magazine experience. For established brands, going digital is another investment in the brand, but for a new magazine like this, I wonder if finding an interested audience and equally as interested advertisers might become an issue. More...
Another week has passed and another magazine has closed, more people in publishing lost their jobs, and Time magazine was criticized for an idea it was all too proud of.
Shock shuts
Hachette-FilipacchiŌĆÖs attempt to bring a gory photojournalistic magazine to the newsstands failed. Not a big surprise. The graphic-heavy, text-light publication is much more appealing to ŌĆ£screenagersŌĆØ and very early 20-somethings than to the ŌĆ£olderŌĆØ print-reading set, which is why Hachette will keep the effort going online via its ShockU Web site and scrap the print publication. The effort serves as another reminder that young people want their news and entertainment for free ŌĆ"
Merry Christmas from Time Inc. and VNU
Time Inc. rounded up 27 workers from its consumer marketing division this week like a herd of cattle and told them they were no longer needed. This is second December in row Time Inc. has said happy holidays with a layoff (last year it laid off 105 workers in mid-December), as the struggling company repositions itself for the digital age ŌĆ"
Meanwhile, VNU said this week it will cut 4,000 jobs over the next few months as its new management team positions the company for growth.
While no one would argue that both Time Inc. and VNU need to cut costs and refocus their missions, Ann and Dave could have at least waited for the New Year to lower the boom on their employees ŌĆ"
Disapproval strikes Time magazine's ŌĆ£YouŌĆØ cover
Time magazine caught a lot of flack this week from journalists and bloggers for its selection of ŌĆ£YouŌĆØ as the person of the year. Did Time take the easy way out in not selecting an actual person for the annual honor? Probably. But the idea is not totally misguided, if not also a little self-serving. After all, there wasnŌĆÖt a journalist in the world this year that wasnŌĆÖt a little unnerved by the uprising of so-called citizen journalism.
But just as Andy Warhol famously predicted that everyone would be famous for 15 minutes, he also made the often misused quote to describe the fickle nature of the entertainment-starved public. Translation: Citizen journalism is hot for now, but whether itŌĆÖs hot for good remains to be seen ŌĆ" More...
So yesterday, Perry JuddŌĆÖs was sold. That makes one more in a wave of printer mergers for 2006. It follows the merger of United Litho and Dartmouth Printing into Sheridan Magazine Services (they had been owned by Sheridan alreadyŌĆöthis merger marks the creation of a unified marketing brand. And in November, Donnelley acquired Banta.
This is the continuation of a wave of consolidation that has been occurring for years among printers, but I think itŌĆÖs worth noting the passing of what was once a dominant company. When I started working at Folio: in the early nineties, JuddŌĆÖs Printing was a dominant player. Based in Virginia, it had an image of being a stable player, a trustworthy straight shooter that was going to be there when its clients needed it to be. Its top sales executive, Howard Sullivan, was the perfect personification of this imageŌĆögracious, commanding, a person with quiet authority.
But JuddŌĆÖs was on the back cover of every issue of Folio: in those days and probably well before that. They had an anchor position and spoke to the market with a compelling, simple, consistent message month after month.
When Perry Printing bought JuddŌĆÖs in 1997, that changed. And eventually, the merged Perry-JuddŌĆÖs became a non-entity in this space. I canŌĆÖt remember the last time Perry-JuddŌĆÖs did any advertising. It may be that Perry JuddŌĆÖs continues to be a great printer for its existing customers, and it may be that the company did a lot of innovating. But it frankly was not engaged in the magazine industry. They didnŌĆÖt attend showsŌĆöFolio:ŌĆÖs or others. It didnŌĆÖt exhibit. It didnŌĆÖt run ad schedules. It became invisible.
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I was kidding around with some of the guys at my gym, tossing around the question – would you fight Mike Tyson for $3 million?
One of them joked – I think he heard this on Howard Stern – that he'd fellate Mike Tyson for $3 million. He could spend the first $1 million on mouthwash and retire on the rest.
Then another guy spoke up, a sometime professional heavyweight boxer. (I'm not making this up, he really has boxed, for big money, not too long ago – and has plans to do so again.)
"It's not worth it. Mike would destroy you. There would be no retirement."
He went on to explain what he meant. He knew from experience – this guy had been in the ring. You'd have more than bruises – you'd have concussions, brain injuries, damaged bones and joints. You'd never be the same – and it wouldn't be worth it. You're better off not having $3 million but appreciating the finer things, like being able to walk and talk and think.
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For Sondie Reiff and Don Glickman and many more who love pop music, and pop culture, next February will mark the 50th anniversary of "The day the music died"….when a tragic airplane crash killed a number of top pop singers. For Sondie and Don, next February 17th, may be the day that TV dies.
On that day the recently retired, but very active couple, may not have access to their precious PBS specials, sports events, soap operas and Jeopardy. Tough to imagine considering they have a nice new 40-inch HDTV in their mobile home and their 15-year old, but still clear as ever, 27-inch Panasonic TV in their condo that they keep to be near their grandchildren in New England. These folks don't want cable or satellite TV (because they travel so much), but they still want their basic TV in the condo as well as their mobile home.
That's the day, the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 finally comes into effect mandating that most TV broadcasts must be in a digital format. In the meantime, all U.S. households are eligible to request up to two coupons, worth $40 each, to be used toward the purchase of up to two, digital-to-analog converter boxes which will enable all TVs to receive the digital signals….supposedly a simple solution for the millions of households without cable or satellite.
"There are more than 35 million people who still use terrestrial (over the air signals) to receive TV signals. They're the ones who will be affected by the transition," says a senior research editor at Consumer's Union, the parent company of Consumer Reports. "But I'm not sure the government anticipated all the issues involved in such a massive undertaking."
In addition, many other people who use their non-cable, non-satellite TVs in other rooms in the house or in their mobile or second homes will surely want to participate as soon as they hear and see the post Labor Day media blitz. Here are some of the latest issues facing the largest technology initiative ever undertaken by the federal government for consumers in decades.
According to several industry experts, some transactions go smoothly; many more are having problems: boxes that aren't delivered as promised and/or boxes that are delivered but don't work. "This transition has not been as smooth as trade associations and government officials claim," says Len Wanger, senior technology analyst for William Harris & Co., the Chicago based investment firm. (Read - "CEA Says DTV Transition Looks Healthy")
"People are still confused of which box to buy and whether or not they'll have the right equipment for next February. And some network and local over-the-air broadcasters are jumping the gun and cutting off analog broadcasts early, so folks in those areas without cable boxes or satellite have already lost some of their TV signals," adds Wanger.
Several local Radio Shack managers admitted that they either run out of boxes or when they do have some in stock, there's confusion of which box to pick. "We are at the mercy of the manufacturers, so sometimes we'll have a few older and newer boxes sitting right next to each other and it is hard to tell the consumer what to pick," says a manager who works in several New England Radio Shacks. "Plus they ask why they have to shell out more than the coupons calls for so the process is not that simple."
Not simple and quite confusing for people, retailers, and manufacturers that Electronic House interviewed.Facebook and Twitter.
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Newest Lakers Nick Young stopped by the Fox 11 studios to talk about the upcoming season. On the Fox 11 Friday Sports Special, Young talked with Liz Habib about LeBron James, rebuilding, and challenging the Miami Heat.
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|Chaim Yehuda Reich is a Hasidic Jew. He is probably following the traditions of that branch of Judaism and may be wearing glasses, a full beard, long side hair curls, and black clothing. Reich was last seen in May of 1994 in Union City, New Jersey. He has ties to Argentina and Italy, and may be living in Israel with his wife and four children.
CAUTIONChaim Yehuda Reich operated a business known as Performance Enterprises, Inc. He is wanted for allegedly making false statements on loan applications submitted to a federal credit bank. In March of 1990, Reich and an associate obtained a loan for $500,000 from the Farm Credit Bank of Omaha in order to participate in the growing of turkeys in Nebraska. When the loan went into default and a collection was attempted, it was determined that the two men had allegedly used false names and identification papers when completing the loan application. They had also provided inaccurate and fictitious financial information regarding their ownership in properties and companies which were to serve as collateral for the loan. Although Reich's accomplice has since been arrested and pled guilty to the charges, Reich remains a fugitive.
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At least 50 percent of married couples will get a divorce. Over the years it's been done in the same manner -- two clients and two lawyers. A custody battle, a fight over finances, and anger could make the divorce proceedings extremely nasty. Usually one side loses, perhaps both. But what if both sides could win? The Furneys say they won by taking an alternative route to get a divorce.Anna and Chris Furney play tennis together, have three great kids, and share a busy online calendar. They are not married. They're happily divorced. "It's taken, obviously, many years to get to this," said Chris Furney.They split in 2007 in what they both say started out extremely contentious. "It looked really bad then. I mean, it was, there were some really cloudy days, some really awful days," said Chris.They did finally agree on one thing they didn't want; a Furney family sequel to the 80s black comedy, War of the Roses. The Gurneys re-wrote the script and chucked the traditional divorce lawyer. They went with something more couples are doing; a divorce that is called integrated, innovative, sometimes collaborative. "It's a collaboration, it's not combat," said Anna Furney. Instead of pitting one side against another in a lawyer's office, everyone sits down together. No lawyers are present. Instead, it's a financial planner and a family counselor. They work for both sides to come up with a divorce plan that everyone can live with. "They give you approaches for solving disagreements, just, you know, to try to let the emotion dissipate. And then if we couldn't decide they would have us step back and understand, like, really how important is this to you," said Chris.With no court deadlines, they worked slowly on a plan to figure out what to do with the house, their retirement fund and custody options. Once a plan was formed, they did a test drive."We tried different schedules with the kids changed those up a little bit. We got to practice pick ups and drop offs," said Chris.Bob Bordett is a financial planner who runs Divorce Innovations where the goal is to get divorcing couples to work together. "I have a couple that is just really starting the process. They met the other day and they were talking about certain issues and living arrangements and all of a sudden a light went off, 'Oh, you know what, we can do this and we can do this, and here's how we handle that.' Something they've never thought of," said Bordett.The Furneys say they were never able to save their marriage but this kinder, gentler divorce helped them save their relationship. "And now we're actually able to treat each other with a lot of respect and we've actually become friends again," said Anna.The Furneys say they spent a total of three hours with attorneys to finalize their plan. It was a plan they agreed to. They feel like they saved a lot of money going this route.
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Five scariest Ravens players of all time
Yesterday was Halloween, but Baltimore Sun blogger and reporter Matt Vensel is still in the spirit of the holiday a day later. Unfortunately, he was at the Ravens practice facility instead of handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, but that got him thinking about the scariest players in Ravens history. In this week's Five for Friday, Vensel has listed five of the scariest Ravens ever. One scared opposing quarterbacks. Another scared Ravens fans when he dropped back to pass. And a couple of them were just downright frightful.
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Ray Lewis, middle linebacker( Patrick McDermott, Getty Images / January 15, 2012 )
With his face all painted up to go along with his signature scowl, Lewis could intimidate solely with his looks. But he also happened to be one of the greatest defenders to ever play the game. Like a horror movie villain, he seemingly came out of nowhere to chase down ballcarriers in a soon-to-be Hall-of-Fame career highlighted by 13 Pro Bowls, two NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards and two Super Bowls.


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Xbox Live Now Allows 'Gay' and Other Orientation Terms in Gamertags, Online ProfilesFour months after allowing Rockstar to launch "The Ballad of Gay Tony" (a downloadable add-on for Grand Theft Auto IV) on Xbox 360, Microsoft has tweaked the "Code of Conduct" for its online Xbox Live service so that users can incorporate terms of "relationship orientation," such as "gay," into their online handles and profiles.
"You may use the following terms to express your relationship orientation in your profile or Gamertag: Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender, Straight," the revision declares.
Under the old policy, use of such phrasing was considered "offensive" and resulted in said accounts being banned from Xbox Live--notable examples include "theGAYERgamer" and "RichardGaywood", the latter being someone's actual legal name--with the ensuing controversy sparking an apology and the eventual change.
"Special thanks to GLAAD [Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation] and Microsoft's LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender] community for guidance on the terms," Xbox Live policy director Stephen Toulouse wrote on Twitter alongside word of the revision, adding "If you try typing in any of the the approved terms into your profile, you should find they are not blocked...[but] we're still sweeping the system for variations of the words so it might not be for a few days that all spellings, phrases, etc are done."
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I am just starting a new job and I'm taking the opportunity to replace my well-worn fast hybrid with a road bike.
I have a budget of about Ł800 and of the 5 or 6 bikes I've sat on/ridden in that price range, the Giant Avail was the one that made me walk away with a grin so I am pretty well sold on something from that range.
The question is, which one? My options are the Avail 3 with the Sora groupset, which would leave me some spare money for pedals etc, or the Avail 2 which is the same bike but with the Tiagra groupset which would eat my entire budget.
The question is, is the Tiagra worth the extra money? Will I notice the difference much? Or should I save the money for some accessories? I am riding mostly for commuting and weekend pleasure-rides with occasional light touring. I don't race and am not training for anything in particular.
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Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad (BBQ)March 10th, 2010 by Aaron Goldfarb | No Comments | Filed in Brewer: Boulevard, Country: America, Grade: A regular, Style: Quadrupel
11.8% ABV from a 750 mL corked and caged (#5517/11248)
I've become a big enthusiast of Boulevard's terrific Smokestack series over the last year or so, and being a completest in all I do, I of course have wanted to try them all and anxiously wait each new release (these boys at Boulevard seem to have a new one on the horizon every other month!). The only problem is, there seems to be no place online to find a complete listing of the Smokestacks. Boulevard's website fucking sucks–no surprise, most brewery websites suck, they all for some reason so obsessed with bad Flash–and is woefully outdated, still only listing their first five releases.
And, since no one else so far as I can tell has taken up the task, I decided to create a helpful repository for other folks to consult. With a little drunken research, as best I can do, here's my in order listing of the Smokestacks. (* denotes I've never had before)
#1 The Sixth Glass
#2 Double Wide IPA
#3 Long Strange Tripel
#4 Saison (retired)
#5 Saison-Brett
#7 Imperial Stout*
#8 Two Jokers Double-Wit
#9 Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale*
#10 Seeyoulator Doppelbock*
#11 Harvest Dance
#12 Collaboration No. 1 Imperial Pilsner*
#13 Rye-on-Rye*
#14 Dark Truth Stout*
Now BBQ is a beer I had long wanted to try and luckily my friend KH came through with a bottle for us to share just recently. BBQ is The Sixth Glass quad fermented with cherries and bourbon which makes for a most unique effort and an initial taste I completely did not expect. At first I thought it too boozy and sour but soon I was love. This is like a suped up St. Bernardus with a nice underlying hint of vanillay bourbon and tart cherries. Still, at this age, it was a tad rough around the edges and I wish I had another bottle to put a few years on. Nevertheless, one of the most interesting and best quads I've had in awhile.
*Soooooooo, if any one can hook me up or help me out in getting these, I'd be your best friend. Or, at least, you could be mine.