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Category: Reality Bytes

‘Memphis Rocks,’ but Mid-South publisher’s marketing stinks

‘Memphis Rocks,’ but Mid-South publisher’s marketing stinks

| November 11, 2014 | Reply

In online marketing, there can be a fine line between parody and deceptive advertising. The key is in the presentation.

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Stupid spammer tricks: Do people actually fall for this stuff?

Stupid spammer tricks: Do people actually fall for this stuff?

| July 31, 2014 | Reply

The stupidity of some spammers never fails to amaze me. Of course neither does the stupidity of some people who buy into their scams.

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Storms batter Kentucky, Tennessee (raw weather video)

Storms batter Kentucky, Tennessee (raw weather video)

| July 28, 2014 | Reply

Summer storms battered the Mid-South yesterday, damaging and destroying homes in Kentucky and Tennessee.

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ICYMI: LinkedIn acquired Rapportive (and ruined it)

ICYMI: LinkedIn acquired Rapportive (and ruined it)

| July 27, 2014 | Reply

LinkedIn bought Gmail social CRM add-on Rapportive in 2012 and has been systematically destroying it ever since. On July 31, it gets worse.

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Wilford Brimley’s not dead (but you can buy his ranch, anyway)

Wilford Brimley’s not dead (but you can buy his ranch, anyway)

| July 25, 2014 | Reply

Actor, diabeetus spokesman and cockfighting enthusiast Wilford Brimley is selling his Wyoming Horse Ranch (despite the fact he’s very much still alive).

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‘Lou Grant’ plane crash episode: Life imitates art in ‘Obituary’

‘Lou Grant’ plane crash episode: Life imitates art in ‘Obituary’

| July 22, 2014 | Reply

Nine months after the “Lou Grant” fifth-season episode “Obituary” aired in 1982, an airplane used in the production crashed in an eerie case of life imitating art.

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The Louisville Courier-Journal: Then and Now

| August 26, 2013 | Reply

When Louisville’s Bingham family owned The Courier-Journal, they might continue paying an employee after they died. Gannett? Not so much.

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How big is Kentucky’s 2014 Senate race? Big enough for McClatchy to hire an extra reporter

How big is Kentucky’s 2014 Senate race? Big enough for McClatchy to hire an extra reporter

| August 17, 2013 | Reply

How big is Kentucky’s 2014 U.S. Senate race expected to be? Big enough for McClatchy’s Lexington Herald-Leader to hire another reporter, that’s how big.

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How I spent my Friday night was ‘Strictly Sexual’ (and I liked it)

How I spent my Friday night was ‘Strictly Sexual’ (and I liked it)

| July 21, 2013 | Reply

I review the 2008 movie “Strictly Sexual,” a romantic comedy directed by Joel Viertel and starring Amber Benson, Kristen Kerr, Johann Urb and Stevie Long.

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What’s good for the goose is good for the gasser

What’s good for the goose is good for the gasser

| July 15, 2013 | 1 Reply

Chattanooga State PR flap illustrates why euthanasia should only be used as a last resort in controlling Canada goose population problems.

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