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Butterfinger to Reveal End-of-the-World Facts

Posted on May 28, 2012 | No Comments
It’s the end of the world as Butterfinger knows it! Counting down the days to the Mayan prophecy predicted for December 21, 2012, Butterfinger embarked on a nationwide (U.S.) tour with the Butterfinger BARmageddon News Network (BBNN) news van. Built to collect evidence, the BBNN...
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Watching Movies on Your Desktop Theatres

Posted on April 5, 2012 | No Comments
After proving their inevitability in the film production processes, now digital technologies are all set to transform the movie distribution business. Normally, in the current system, a top movie is released on about 3,000 or 4,000 theatre screens. However, a new project, Cybergeddon, has the...
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Talking Baby Ad to Help Investors Plan for Future

Posted on February 4, 2012 | No Comments
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) has announced that E*TRADE Securities LLC has unveiled a new 30-second “Talking Baby” advertisement which will run during the NBC television network broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI. The Super Bowl spot, entitled “Fatherhood,” features the E*TRADE Baby reassuring a nervous...
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Yahoo! Boss Jerry Yang Resigns

Posted on January 18, 2012 | No Comments
Yahoo!, a leading digital media company, has announced that Jerry Yang has resigned from its Board of Directors and all other positions with the company, effective Tuesday, Jan. 17. In addition, Yang resigned from the Boards of Yahoo Japan Corporation and Alibaba Group Holding Limited,...
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S&P Issues 12 Internet Predictions for 2012

Posted on January 12, 2012 | No Comments
Calling the Internet one of the most dynamic, interesting, and seemingly unpredictable areas within global economies and markets, the technology equity analysts at S&P Capital IQ have published their Internet predictions for the next twelve months. “We are always keen to produce our yearly Internet...
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Will You Enter the Cutting Edge Haunted House?

Posted on January 10, 2012 | No Comments
You can get a sneak preview this Friday 13th of the 2012 Cutting Edge Haunted House. Cutting Edge is a two-time Guinness World Record Winner for “World’s Largest Haunted House.” Cutting Edge Haunted House is stated to be one of the top haunts in the...
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Yahoo! Socializes with Facebook for More Sites

Posted on December 21, 2011 | No Comments
Leading digital media company Yahoo! says it has extended the Facebook integration launched at f8 in September, the news activity feature, to 26 additional Yahoo! sites worldwide, including U.S.-based entertainment experiences omg!, Yahoo! TV, Yahoo! Movies, and Yahoo! Games. A new social feature, Notifications, has...
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Yahoo!, Microsoft, AOL in New Display Ad Agreements

Posted on November 9, 2011 | No Comments
Yahoo!, Microsoft Corp. and AOL have announced new agreements aimed to improve the process of buying and selling premium online display inventory. The agreements will allow ad networks operated by Yahoo!, Microsoft and AOL to offer each other’s premium nonreserved online display inventory to their...
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Yahoo! Screen to Show You Video on the Web

Posted on October 10, 2011 | No Comments
Digital media company Yahoo! has introduced its first full slate of original, premium, TV-quality web shows in tandem with the beta of its re-vamped video destination, Yahoo! Screen (http://screen.yahoo.com). Yahoo!’s new original shows star top Hollywood talent including Judy Greer (The Descendants, Arrested Development), Niecy...
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Facebook Friends as Social Editors of Yahoo! News

Posted on September 25, 2011 | No Comments
Yahoo!, the leading digital media company, has announced a new way to discover and connect with the content on both Yahoo! and Facebook. Beginning with Yahoo! News in the U.S. and IntoNow from Yahoo!, the mobile app to discover and discuss TV shows, Yahoo! is...
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Timothy Morse to Replace Carol Bartz as Yahoo! CEO

Posted on September 7, 2011 | No Comments
Yahoo!, the leading digital media company, has announced a leadership reorganization under which the Board of Directors has appointed Timothy Morse interim chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately, replacing Carol Bartz (pictured above), who has been removed by the Board from her role as CEO....
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Second Act from Yahoo! News Eyeing Emmy Award

Posted on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
Second Act from Yahoo! News has been nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award in the category “New approaches to news and documentary programming: arts, lifestyle and culture.” A Yahoo! Studios original series featuring real life stories celebrating life, passion and reinvention, Second Act...
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