Obama Tort Reform Initiative Won’t Get Us Far

On September 18, 2009

How Important is Your Brand? That Depends

Interbrand just released its annual list of the world's top brands. What, if anything, does that mean and should you care? Well, that depends. Consumers just look at the list and say, "Hey, Google cracked the top 10!" But if you analyze multiyear trends, you'll have a completely different take.
On September 18, 2009

State AGs Gang Up on Google Book Deal – DoJ May Be Next

A day after Google announced it had bought itself some digital help in its Google Books project by way of reCAPTCHA, reports surfaced of new governmental objections to a settlement the company reached last year with publisher and author groups. The attorneys general of five states have filed a class action objection to the settlement with the U.S. District Court, Southern District, New York.
On September 18, 2009

NYT’s SEC Filing: We Violated Our Exec Incentive Plan

In what had to be an embarrassing filing with the SEC today, The New York Times revealed that it "has discovered that portions of previously-awarded stock option grants to purchase the company's class A common stock were in excess of that permitted to be granted to a single individual during any calendar year under the terms of the company's 1991 executive stock incentive plan, as amended." According to the filing, the annual maximum for options thus allocated is 400,000, but in 2008, President and CEO Janet Robinson was awarded 650,000, and in 2009, Chairman and President Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., was granted 500,000. The executives have agreed to declare the excess options "null and void." In return, the company is awarding...
On September 18, 2009

Palm Washes Hands of WinMo as Losses Mount

It's back to the future for Palm, which is dropping Microsoft's Windows Mobile in favor of its own proprietary platform, webOS, unveiled earlier this year. Palm CEO John Rubinstein reportedly told investors in a conference call on Thursday that the company wants to dedicate all of its future development resources to WebOS evolution.
On September 18, 2009

Liverpool’s Standard Chartered Deal May Be Bigger Than Man. Utd’s Pact With Aon

Here's a tiny factoid that makes you think: Was this deliberate? Liverpool F.C.'s £80 million sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered is actually worth £81 million due to an incremental bonus incentive, The Daily Mail reports. If true, that would give Liverpool ever-so-slightly more money for their shirt than arch-rivals Manchester United got with Aon for theirs.


On September 18, 2009

HOW TO: Make Facebook Your Company Newsroom

Josh Peters is a freelance social media consultant who has been deeply involved in the research and application of social media for several years and is the co-author of TwittFaced. He blogs at Shuaism and would love to connect with you on Facebook, LinkedIn, and/or Twitter. Having an online newsroom for your company is a very [...]


On September 18, 2009

Marketing Karaoke Video Faceoff

A couple of months ago, I ran a contest showing five marketing groups with promotional videos featuring singing employees.  Readers voted pretty strongly for one particular video but... in the spirit of reality television, an unexpected challenger has emerged.  I'm now going to ask you to choose between two actually pretty decent singing performances. CLICK HERE to view the current champion. » I NEED A PLAYBOOK Company: Kadient Singer: Amy Black CLICK HERE to view the surprise challenger. »YOU OUGHTA KNOW (INBOUND MARKETING) Company: HubSpot Singer: Rebecca Corliss CLICK HERE to vote for your favorite. » [poll id="446"]


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