4 September 2010, 6:42 am
BANGKOK: Thailand on Saturday defended the promotion of a senior police officer facing criminal charges in connection with the disappearance of a Saudi Arabian businessman in Bangkok 10 years ago, res...... Read More »
3 September 2010, 3:38 pm
The Associated Press didn't need any help from a bunch of unshowered bloggers pecking away at their keyboards from the basement offices in which they play "reporter," thank you very much. Now it knows better. At the AP's 2009 annual meeting, Chairman Dean Singleton reminded his audience ( read the s... Read More »
3 September 2010, 1:51 pm
Fast Company's Adam L. Penenberg tweets the breaking news about a verdict against Ford in the death of rising Mets star Brian Cole. As reporters lagged behind on the story, Penenberg discovered a new media use for the 140-character format. When a rural Mississippi jury awarded $131 million to the fa... Read More »
3 September 2010, 11:32 am
Following in the tracks of Amtrak, New Jersey Transit is looking for a private company to install Wi-Fi on its trains and in stations.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 11:02 am
Philips keeps rolling out new gadgets at IFA 2010 in Berlin this week, continuing on with the PicoPix PC pocket pico projector series.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 11:02 am
Sharp has toted along more than 30 LCD TVs to IFA 2010 in Berlin this week, including the Aquos series that sports Quattron technology.... Read More »
2 September 2010, 7:06 pm
Australia’s media agencies are contemplating starting their own staff superannuation fund. The plan is on the list of the Media Federation of Australia’s forthcoming priorities. In an interview with Mumbrella, new MFA president Henry Tajer told Mumbrella that the plan would potentially see the f... Read More »
2 September 2010, 6:06 pm
Australia’s media agencies are set to lead a major project which would see many functions of media buying become fully automated. Henry Tajer, the newly installed president of the Media Federation of Australia, told Mumbrella that the project – which would be more advanced than in any other glob... Read More »
2 September 2010, 5:36 pm
In this weeks Mumbrellacast: Henry Tajer, newly appointed president of the Media Federation of Australia, talks to Mumbrella editor Tim Burrowes about making print publishers more accountable; the irony of the lack of transparency in online media buying; the MFA’s new priorities. Tajer is also cha... Read More »
2 September 2010, 4:06 pm
Brands need to be beware of “bullshit” from agencies that claim to be able to lead social media efforts without having the rights skills, the Mumbrella Question Time audience was warned. After a question from PHD boss Mark Holden about where social media should sit, Stuart Gregor, owner of speci... Read More »