‘Memphis Rocks,’ but Mid-South publisher’s marketing stinks
In online marketing, there can be a fine line between parody and deceptive advertising. The key is in the presentation.
Category: Reality Bytes
Stupid spammer tricks: Do people actually fall for this stuff?
The stupidity of some spammers never fails to amaze me. Of course neither does the stupidity of some people who buy into their scams.
Storms batter Kentucky, Tennessee (raw weather video)
Summer storms battered the Mid-South yesterday, damaging and destroying homes in Kentucky and Tennessee.
ICYMI: LinkedIn acquired Rapportive (and ruined it)
LinkedIn bought Gmail social CRM add-on Rapportive in 2012 and has been systematically destroying it ever since. On July 31, it gets worse.
Wilford Brimley’s not dead (but you can buy his ranch, anyway)
Actor, diabeetus spokesman and cockfighting enthusiast Wilford Brimley is selling his Wyoming Horse Ranch (despite the fact he’s very much still alive).
‘Lou Grant’ plane crash episode: Life imitates art in ‘Obituary’
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.
The Louisville Courier-Journal: Then and Now
When Louisville’s Bingham family owned The Courier-Journal, they might continue paying an employee after they died. Gannett? Not so much.
How big is Kentucky’s 2014 Senate race? Big enough for McClatchy to hire an extra reporter
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.
How I spent my Friday night was ‘Strictly Sexual’ (and I liked it)
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.
What’s good for the goose is good for the gasser
Chattanooga State PR flap illustrates why euthanasia should only be used as a last resort in controlling Canada goose population problems.
