Is it me or has this week dragged on like a dog with an itchy ass when he/she drags it across your nice new Persian rug? Yeah like that. Must have been that whole four day week we’re just getting out of. Or maybe it’s all the bad news we keep hearing. Either way, here’s some of the news we didn’t write more than a sentence about.
— WPP bought into another company. This one is in South Africa. link
— Cash4Gold will represent during the Super Bowl. They’re bringing back MC Hammer and Ed McMahon. Shillerific! link
— Spoiler Alert! The online ad business sucks, too. link
— TiVo admits that they kinda screwed the advertising industry, and urges you all to get your ducks in a row. link
— NetFlix isn’t the only techesque company that’s having a ball in this damned economy. WTF is admob? Read it. link
— More reasons why the Big 3 avoided the SuperBowl (other than the obvious ones). link
— Adman turned art muse befuddles us all. All, I say! link
— Bob Dylan is renting his 1963 hit “Blowin’ in the Wind” to the Co-operative for commercial use. Homie’s gotta eat. link
— Ian Schafer talks about a fancy new application called FaceBook Connect that could save the facebook app market. Gawd, no. link
— Some nerd-os hacked a road sign and made people think there were zombies ahead. Great, now what happens if there’s real zombies? Dilemma! link
— Don’t. Buy. Houses. Or do and hope to God that they don’t lose anymore value. link