Archive for May, 2008

 How much are you willing to sacrifice for PR?
Ryan McCormick (left), a publicist who is either as a masochist, martyr or insomniac (perhaps all three), will stay up for 50 hours straight in service to his client, the Comic Strip Live comedy club in New York City.
The comedy club intends to break the Guinness World Record for the longest stand up [...]

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NY Video 2.0 Moves Uptown

My favorite Meetup, NY Video 2.0, moves uptown next week. Will the leap “up” from Webster Hall to the Hilton mean that we will see more polished, entertaining presentations? Let’s see. 
NY Video 2.0 has grown to over 1,500 members and 500 are expected to attend Monday’s presentations when five start-ups each get five minutes of [...]

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That’s the question tossed out in Twitterland as Loren, ganza macher of 1938Media, extends a west coast tour of social media hotspots in search of an answer. Here’s the Twitter from Loren yesterday: So I’ll be charging $0.99 for certain content. A couple vids a week. More details tomorrow.
Loren is having big success with his new [...]

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New York One has been a staple for us die hard news junkies for years. At its launch in 1992 it was an audacious experiment - a 24 hour TV channel devoted exclusively to New York City news. What was a pioneer move then now seems obvious - New York is its own news cycle. The city [...]

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