[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQwLmGR6bPA] Lego Man has gone into Space! In early January, two Canadian students launched a Lego Man into space using a weather balloon and a small video camera. The Lego Man holds the Canadian flag all the way through the mission. It is captivating video! In 5 days since it was posted on YouTube, the video [...]
Trend for Lady Gaga in the Last 12 Months Google Trends is mana from research heaven. It might be addictive fun for research types, but for radio, in the all-important daily ritual of remaining relevant and topical it is a great health check for content programming. Whether you do Newscasts, or content throughout the morning or day, finding what is [...]
Clear Channel is on the move. They announced today that they are rebranding the company name from Clear Channel RADIO, to CLEAR CHANNEL MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT. CEO Bob Pittman says, "I've watched as CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO has pushed beyond the traditional boundaries of radio to reach more Americans every month ... through an unmatched combination of broadcast, satellite, online and [...]
Encouraging news that Clear Channel's iHeartradio platform has accepted broadcast competitors Cumulus, and most recently this week Greater Media stations to the listening choices. The list of stations on iHeartradio is rapidly growing and is making strides to become a more unified platform for listening. As of yesterday, one other nugget came from the Clear Channel camp: [...]
While RIM fights to remain relevant in the smartphone war, it made a great move that should pump some life back into their brand—BlackBerry 7.1 in the Curve models 9360 & 9370 will have the FM chip so you can listen to the radio on your speaker phone. If you already have either BB model you can update your software to 7.1 [...]
Here are some "new world innovators" that see the world differently: Nick Vujicic [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HGQHgeFE&w=560&h=315] Clay Marzo [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mMLSFVuZQE&w=420&h=315] Jackie Chan [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI1AwZN4ZYg&w=420&h=315] Jeb Corliss [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgKiAooWfsU&w=560&h=315] Steve Jobs [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc&w=420&h=315]
