Tampa's Creative Loafing is among 24 Florida companies selected by the Florida Venture Forum to present at its 2007 Venture Capital Conference, according to a press release issued by the Forum. The conference, which will be held in February, allows state businesses ripe for equity financing to interact with venture capitalists, investment bankers, and other financial intermediaries. More than 1,200 people attended the 2006 Conference, representing 185 venture capital firms from across the US.
The proliferation of dramatically packaged, high-end liquors have fueled alcohol industry profits, with revenue from liquor sales jumping 21 percent since 2002, the New York Times reports. Superpremium liquor sales alone, meanwhile, have increased more than 60 percent in the last two years. The article notes the role of celebrity associations in driving the high-end drinks boom, as well as the many new flavors hitting the market. "In the last two years, spirits companies have introduced more than 210 varieties of flavored vodkas, rums and tequilas," notes the Times, "and dozens more 'superpremium' varieties priced at an average of $25 a bottle and higher."
Mayoral hopeful Buck Dozier wants to create a $1 billion endowment to generate $75 million in interest that would be funneled directly to the city's schools, an idea first floated in an old Nashville Scene column written by the paper's former editor and co-owner, Bruce Dobie. "If this city can raise enough money to build a symphony hall," asks the daily Tennessean in an editorial promoting Dobie/Dozier's idea, "why can't the same be done for public schools?"
After years of being associated with publishers, RSS feeds are increasingly being used by traditional advertisers, says an Internet advertising executive. "Companies in virtually every industry segment are using feeds to communicate with customers or constituents via RSS," Brent Hill, VP of advertising services at FeedBurner, tells Adotas. Among the advantages of feed advertising, says Hill, is the uncluttered nature of the environment. "An ad appearing with an item in a feed is often the only advertisement on the entire screen. That's not true of many online environments these days."
Automakers, oil firms and even rental-car companies are increasingly conscious of their environmental image, reports MediaBuyerPlanner. The Web site points to recent high-profile "green" promotions by Chevrolet, Ford, and Honda. The latter has unveiled a campaign entitled "Environmentology," which touts Honda as the "most fuel-efficient auto company in America" and the one most "committed to developing environmentally responsible technology."
According to a poll conducted by Leo J. Shapiro & Associates, almost a quarter of shoppers plan to spend more on Christmas this year than last, the highest percentage since 2003. It is thus time "to send out special marketing messages to the frantic folks who are not so happy about shopping," write three ad-industry analysts in Editor & Publisher. "Last minute holiday newspaper shopping ads should be written like efficient memos meant to aid in the decision making process of last-minute shoppers."
"All Things Considered" reporter Howard Berkes last week broadcast a segment based on a story by OC Weekly writer Gustavo Arellano that questioned the motives of local charity "Snowball Express," which brings the families of Iraq war casualties to Disneyland. Arellano found that the charity's organizer, Michael Scott Kerr, owes about $50,000 in child support in Arizona, where there is an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
The McClatchy paper has purchased the two-year-old local news and opinion Web site to better target younger readers, Poynter Online reports. "Purchasing a strong franchise such as Fresno Famous gives The Bee another way in which to reach younger readers with information they seek," said Valerie Bender, vice president of custom publications for The Bee. Fresno Famous founder Jarah Euston will stay on for six months to ease the transition to new management. Poynter reports a mixed reaction to the sale by the site's readers, despite assurances from Euston that the sale will "only improve user experience."
The North Jersey Media Group has pulled the plug on several of its publications, including what a local Web site calls its "faux-alt" weekly. "We at City Belt were never too impressed with Exit," writes Jon Whiten, editor of both City Belt and AltWeeklies.com. "As people who work inside the alternative press, Exit often felt like it was a labor of business, rather than a labor of love. The paper was improving, though -- becoming more substantial. But it looks like, as in so many other cases, business won out."
The Phoenix staff writer is leaving Beantown to become yet another fresh face at the Village Voice, reports the Boston Herald. "Anyone who knows Camille realizes that going to NYC has been a long-time goal. Her exit reminds us of what it means to be bittersweet: glad for her, sad for us," writes Peter Kadzis in an internal Phoenix email, republished by the Herald. Dodero is the second employee to jump from the Boston alt-weekly to Village Voice Media. Former managing editor Bill Jensen recently departed to oversee Web operations for VVM.
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