Google Play Music All Access Review: It’s Not a Spotify Competitor After All

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Let’s get this out of the way: Google Play Music All Access is a terrible name, rolling off the tongue like a mouthful of marbles. I’m not sure what Google was thinking here, adopting such a clunky moniker for a fledgling streaming music service whose media-decreed rivals go by punchier handles like Pandora, Spotify, Rdio and Grooveshark. Why not something simpler like Google Music, leaving “All Access” to describe one of the subscription tiers? Even the name Google Play sounds catchier … [Read more...]

Mentorship: Pass It On

Mentorship- Pass It On

In the last few months we've been inundated with stories by and about high-achieving strong women in media and technology - how they got there, how they feel about it and how other women can succeed on their own terms in a world still dominated by male leaders. As a woman in digital media who has achieved at least some level of success, I feel like I should have my own stories to tell of triumph over adversity, showing those men a thing or two about how to lead woman-style. Smashing a glass … [Read more...]

Marketers, Don’t Just Publish; Be a Publisher

Marketers, Don't Just Publish; Be a Publisher

If you want to be a successful marketer today, you need to be part data analyst and part publisher. We hear a lot about the former, but the latter is critical too. We’re all publishers (that includes me and our own marketing and sales site, of course) but many companies are only starting to come to terms with what that actually means in terms of talent and processes. Anyone who’s a marketing leader in a large organization should watch this video. Robert Tas, managing director and head of … [Read more...]

Pinterest update cleaner, easier to manage

Pinterest update cleaner, easier to manage

NEW YORK — Don’t worry, Pinterest fans: Your sprawling virtual pegboards of wedding dresses, handmade jewelry, craft projects and food ideas haven’t changed dramatically. They’re just easier to manage. The popular link- and photo-sharing website has rolled out an update, one offering people simpler navigation and new ways to arrange their boards to fit their needs. Although the haphazard spirit of Pinterest remains, the site is much less overwhelming. I wasn’t a Pinterest user … [Read more...]

The Entrepreneurial Skin

The Entrepreneurial Skin

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately talking with young entrepreneurs; more than normal, actually. I’ve been finding 15 minutes on my schedule to sit down for coffee, 5 minutes for a phone call, 10 minutes for a quick visit to VaynerMedia, and more interestingly I’ve met quite a few of them through my Q&A 365 series that I’ve been doing this year. Through all these meetings, there’s something that I’m only recently starting to notice about myself. Not that I’ve been taking … [Read more...]

News flash: Twitter doesn’t have to hire journalists to be a powerful media competitor

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Twitter says it doesn’t have any interest in hiring reporters or performing other journalistic functions — but regardless of whether it does so, it is still a powerful media entity and one that grows stronger by the day. When Twitter recently posted a job listing for a “head of news and journalism,” it sparked a rash of posts and commentary about how the company was becoming a media entity — until Twitter staffer Mark Luckie tossed cold water on that idea with an interview in … [Read more...]

City of Boston drops Microsoft Exchange for Gmail

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It's another win for Google -- Boston city employees make the switch to some of the search giant's business services. As Google gears up for its big week in the spotlight, it's making another notch in its business software belt. The city of Boston has decided to switch the e-mail provider of its 20,000 employees from Microsoft to Google, The Boston Globe reported Friday. In addition to using Gmail instead of Microsoft Exchange, Boston will also swap in Google Docs for word processing … [Read more...]

Are Ignorant Customers Your Best Customers?

Are Ignorant Customers Your Best Customers?

Businesses like to say their best customers are educated ones. But that doesn't necessarily apply to the timeshare industry. After you hear Mike Seldin's story, you might be forgiven for thinking that industry's best customers are ignorant ones. And you might wonder which other businesses prefer to keep their customers in the dark. Seldin and his wife attended a timeshare presentation in Las Vegas recently and purchased a trial membership that failed to deliver on its promises. But don't … [Read more...]

PepsiCo drops rapper Lil Wayne over controversial lyric

Rapper Lil Wayne sings during the seventh inning stretch in Game 6 of the MLB NLCS playoff baseball series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco

(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc severed ties with rapper Lil Wayne on Friday over a graphic reference to slain U.S. civil rights figure Emmett Till in a song. Lil Wayne, 30, had been the face of the PepsiCo drink Mountain Dew's "Deweezy" campaign, a play on the rapper's "Weezy" nickname. "We do not plan any additional work with Lil Wayne moving forward," a Mountain Dew representative said in a statement. "His offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon does not reflect the values of our … [Read more...]

Justin Bieber, Obama election campaign headline Webby winners

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(Reuters) - Campaigns for pop stars Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga joined comedian Jerry Seinfeld and the team behind President Barack Obama's 2012 social media election strategy on Tuesday in winning Webby Awards, the annual honors for excellence on the Internet. R&B singer Frank Ocean, fake news website, The Onion, and humor website Funny or Die also picked up awards. The Webby Awards recognizes websites, online video, social media and apps and interactive advertising. Judges praised … [Read more...]

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