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Shut Up, Twitter
Longest Tweet Ever Sucks Up to Boss
Exploiting a loophole in Twitter's gateway for external software, a Forbes reporter posted what the magazine claims is the longest tweet ever. What did fearless Taylor Buley do with all 247 characters? Buttered up publisher Steve Forbes, of course. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by snugbug: Yep. It's official. I can't take this anymore and am officially hereby resigning. (Don't cry for me, Argentina.) The nuevo... 8 Responses | Other threads
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advertising
Burger King Will Regret Posing Hindu Goddess on Ham Sandwich
Burger King is constantly getting tons of free publicity for its outrageous offensive (and wacky!) ads, which it sometimes apologizes for afterward. Could this be a purposeful strategy? Of course! But now they're fucking with the goddess Lakshmi. Bad move. More »
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Comment by aMagnificentBasterd: All Hindus are vegetarians? Who the hell is serving me the Pork Vindaloo? 8 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
iPhone Porn Makes Long-Awaited App Debut
It's been a full year since Time magazine dubbed porn "The iPhone's Next Frontier," and only now has an application publisher dared to distribute a truly adult application: An app called Hottest Girls was updated to include naked pictures. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by kneetoe: And if I do the right thing with my fingers, I can get her from vertical to horizontal. 6 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Newspaper Parodies Grow Ever Less Amusing
National Lampoon parodied a newspaper back in the 70s, and The Onion was founded in 1988, and last year there was that mildly interesting fake New York Times, but the latest spoof paper is indistinguishable from an earnest lefty, arguing. More »
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Comment by Nice Beaver: This is better than the September 12, 2001 issue of PETA Times that led with the headline "100% of Dead... 5 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Che's Granddaughter Just Like Che: Naked, Covered in Produce
Che Guevara's granddaughter Lydia has graciously decided to start a "vegetarian revolution" by posing for PETA with "the torso naked, covered only by a sling loaded with carrots as bullets." Good for her! As Che himself once said:
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Comment by I_b_meh: Why the fuck does anyone celebrate Che Guevara? Happy happy joy joy the stupidity has another generation. I hate humanity... 40 Responses | Other threads
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foreign affairs
Fidel Castro's Son Tricked Into Flirting With Man on Normal Day on the Internet
A guy in Miami made up a fake woman's online profile and lured Fidel Castro's son into sexy internet chats. Big news, or just like every other unintentionally male-on-male sexy internet chat? More » -
public relations
Stephen Colbert Issues Saucy Quote Re: Wacky Newsweek Stunt
Newsweek has enlisted Stephen Colbert as a guest editor in a desperate attempt for "buzz." It's totally working! Because we have obtained, via a publicist, via Newsweek's marketing team, a direct (outrageous!) quote from Colbert about his upcoming fake editorialism: More » -
publicity stunts
Wake Us When Wolfram Alpha Can Solve an Actual Problem
British physicist Stephen Wolfram today officially launched his new, massively-hyped search engine, Wolfram Alpha. Now for the inevitable letdown; and for the hard questions more journalists should have been asking weeks ago. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Matt Pirog: The journalistic prowess of the Valleywag contributors never ceases to amaze me. This is a fantastic tool for the scientific... 9 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Anna Wintour Getting Ready For Her 60 Minutes Close Up
This coming Sunday CBS's 60 Minutes will air its last show before going on summer hiatus. Presumably that means the profile it's been preparing on Vogue editor Anna Wintour will finally air. More »
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Comment by LoveHerFace: Si Newhouse is going to bring in the current French Vogue editor to replace Anna Wintour?? Gasp! How very Devil... 1 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
James Frey Implies He Knows Oprah's Big Secret
He was once a national pariah, a fraud. Then James Frey scored a $1.5 million advance for his first novel, which sold briskly. Now Frey wants another mint, off the paperback, so he's targeting Oprah.
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By Ryan TateComment by stanhalen: So thats all it takes in our Country to be labeled a "National Pariah"? Offend Oprah's Sensibilities? All the Guy... 14 Responses | Other threads
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daredevils
Man Back on Wire
Phillipe Petit, the flighty Frenchman who walked a wire between the Twin Towers in 1974 and last year starred in Man on Wire, is planning another NYC stunt. Involving wires, again! More » -
videuhoh
Glenn Beck's Scariest Meltdown Yet
It's worth remembering the fictional newsman of the moment, Howard "I'm mad as hell" Beale from Network, was actually mentally ill. Now Beale's closest modern analog is himself stumbling toward insanity. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Richard Lawson: Sometimes when I'm walking down the street and I see one of those flat screen TVs that are mounted onto... 9 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Shadowy Group of Chavs Out to Destroy Banksy
In 2007, NYC had "The Splasher," an anonymous pseudo-intellectual prick who went around defacing street art. Now England has its own pricks who've decided to deface Banksy murals. Unless it's an elaborate hoax. More »
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Comment by Botswana Meat Commission FC: What a weak manifesto. The Dadaists would take you punks to school! 2 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Pseudo.com Founder Josh Harris 'Attacked' at Film Screening
Nothing about Pseudo.com, Josh Harris's '90s-era Internet-broadcasting startup, was ever particularly real. So when Harris was apparently attacked by someone claiming to be a Pseudo fan last night, can you blame his doubters? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by RonMwangaguhunga: Did Pseudo.com spend all that VC funding on those crazy parties at 600 Broadway? 5 Responses | Other threads
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Beautiful Destruction
James Franco Trashes a Room
Here is a clip of your beautiful boyfriend, James Franco, wildly trashing a bedroom. This is allegedly for McSweeney's Wholphin DVD, but it's probably just hidden camera of James Franco being a total psycho. More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: Hmm, you'll need quite a bit more stamina, young man, if you plan on destroying MY room. 4 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Fake FT Shows Strong Future For Newspapers — As Novelties
A group of British volunteers distributed a very slick-looking fake Financial Times in London today in a stunt expressly modeled on that fake New York Times put out by the Yes Men last year. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Almostbanned: People who think capitalism is the problem are either willfully ignorant or have serious mental deficiencies. Bad people are the problem,... 7 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Ed Henry Was Epic Jerk At Obama Presser For Right Reason: Attention
During last night's presidential press conference, CNN's Ed Henry hurled an incoherent barrage of mostly pointless/redundant questions at Barack Obama, including one randomly involving Obama's daughters. Why? Henry helpfully posted his astonishing explanation.
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By Ryan TateComment by crooked_teeth: Sure...attack the pudgy attention-starved CNN reporter. It doesn't change the fact that Barry was pretending to be outraged at the AIG... 3 Responses | Other threads
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excursions
Ruth Madoff Ventures Out In Search of Cheese
Last night, as her husband sat in jail and reporters and photographers continued their stakeout of her home, Ruth Madoff was like, hey, I need some cheese! She went to the grocery store. Just spontaneously. More » -
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Meghan McCain Catfight a Liberal Conspiracy Now
After calling John McCain's daughter "plus-sized,", giving the vapid Daily Beast columnist an excuse to keep talking, Laura Ingraham is now claiming the whole feud was manufactured by "Obama attack dogs." More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Private Hangnail: "Obama attack dogs"? What happened to liberals being limp-wristed dilettantes, champagne socialists addled with guilt and eager to shower WIC... 9 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Arianna Huffington Guest-Edits Metro, Any Other Outlet That Will Have Her
Arianna Huffington is guest-editing the Metro free throwaway newspaper today. It's unclear why, exactly, but the "Arianna Says" commentary bubbles are hilarious. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Aaron Altman: Seeing that grinning face, it's hard not to single in on the words "inspire such outrage", "boggles the mind" and... 3 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Please Do Not Use an Obama Lookalike in Your Crappy Casino Ad
Oh some casino called, quote, "Indiana Live!" thought it would be so cool to have an ad with a fake Barack shilling for their casino, called, again, "Indiana Live!" It was not cool with Barack. More »
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Comment by Better to Eat You With: I saw this today while I was at lunch. They used Clinton and Bush sound-alikes in car dealership radio ads... 5 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Nude Peaches Geldof Tats as Uninspired as You'd Expect
Oh look, Peaches Geldof just happened to bathe topless and to hold various awkward poses while a photographer snapped very clear pictures of her tattoos. The trainwreck hipster heiress must need money. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Mount_Prion: Her tattoos are terrible. Her body is about 6/10. Her personality is nonexistant. She would keep me interested for ~1 month. 14 Responses | Other threads
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peta
Puppies: Racists
So, what are our soy-based friends at PETA doing these days to outrage the world, hmmm? Oh just dressing up like the KKK outside of the Westminster dog show at Madison Square Garden. Normal Monday. More »
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Comment by Astigmatism: These people make me so mad, I want to force grain down their throat with a funnel, fatten them up... 11 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Savvy PR: Love Songs For Journalists
Respect where it's due: an LA adman made an entire YouTube music video for a Valentine's Day song he wrote for an Adweek journalist. Guaranteed press. Extra credit for rhyming with "Eleftheria Parpis." More »
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Comment by lobstr: I guess Diptheria'd Carcass wouldn't fit the tone of the song.. 2 Responses | Other threads
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class warfare
Imbecile Americans Intimidated By Proper English, Says Toby Young
Professional annoying person Toby Young has an oh-so-self-serving theory as to why he is detested as a Top Chef judge: Americans cannot handle a person who speaks in complete, correct sentences. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by registered: He's using rather in the incorrect sense. Also, sounds like a brit-centric noodle dick. 8 Responses | Other threads
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dissent
Anonymous Still Fighting Scientology, With Vaseline
Internet-based anti-Scientology group Anonymous, after absorbing several months of (ongoing) hounding from "Church" officials, is back on the attack! Their goals may be vague, but you have to admire their moxie. And vandalism. More »
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Comment by katastic: Geez. Look, I'm no great fan of Scientology, but a) there are better ways to protest than this and b)... 10 Responses | Other threads
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wtf
Terrifying Pro-Israel Commercial Has Fake Explosions?
The attached ad, ostensibly raising money to help Israelis, aired during MSNBC's Countdown tonight. As a tipster pointed out, one of the explosions looks totally fake. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by azilaw: So your upset it wasn't a real explosion in a Jewish town? It's kind of like peoples clame of the Israeli... 21 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Don't Wager Your Business Success on Dog Balls Before You Know They're There
In an apparent attempt to ingratiate themselves with Page Six's Paula Froelich, some PR firm made a video offering Froelich's dog's stud services for $3,500 per hour. But Karl, the dog, is actually ball-less.
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Comment by eXo: Wow, my weenie dog actual has his nuts and is just as cute. Maybe I can get upwards of... 2 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Brand Name Eyelids
Ad creep, recessionomics, etc: a beauty company will pay you 100 BRITISH POUNDS to plaster their logo on your eyelid. But you have to wink a lot. Stunty! And unique. Click for bigger pic.
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Comment by Bring It On: how much will they pay me to tattoo my penis? that gets a lot more attention than my eyelids. 5 Responses | Other threads
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fashion
Anna Wintour's Princess Leia Dress: Time's Worst Outfit of the Year
Anna Wintour's sequined, seahorse-looking Karl Lagerfeld dress was controversial back when the Vogue ruler wore it to the Costume Institute gala in May. Time's final verdict is another slap to the embattled editor. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by mmstk101: I think Anna needs a "no" person. This person can follow her around and say useful things like: no,... 2 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Why Was It So Easy To Throw Something At the President?
President Bush shrugged off an Iraqi reporter's shoe attack (reaction video after the jump), but the incident raises an obvious question: Who'd imagine it would be so easy to lob things at the president? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by badasscat: The sad thing about this is that Bush apparently hasn't even considered why the guy did this. He lost... 12 Responses | Other threads
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neal boulton
How 'Pansexual' Neal Boulton Pranked His Way To Celebrity
Neal Boulton is reportedly orgasmic. The editor of a magazine for gays and a website for bis signed a book deal (with an agent) and claims to be drowning in reality show offers following a profile in Page Six Magazine. Everyone wants to screw and/or sign the sexual libtertine, supposedly, because of his oh-so-exciting and freewheeling life. But all indications are that his most famous antics were manufactured in the press. Take his alleged macking with Rolling Stone Jann Wenner, for example, Boulton's claim to "pansexual" fame. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): "Pansexual"because of his attraction to goats. Also, did you hear about his wild 7-way? It consisted of him, Rosie Palm,... 7 Responses | Other threads
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sean avery
Suspended Vogue Braggart Just Wanted To Turn You On
It took less than 24 hours for Sean Avery to apologize for saying yesterday that his National Hockey League opponents "fall in love with my sloppy seconds." In fact, he's already flown to New York to grovel before the league commissioner. Although Avery is famous for picking these kinds of fights, it appears the recent Vogue intern's media instincts pushed him way over the line: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by purn: wow, this is fucked up - free speech no? sense of humor, anyone? - fuck bettman and the stars' management,... 10 Responses | Other threads
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sean avery
Vogue Intern Disses Celebrity Girlfriend, Gets Suspended
Sean Avery has long relished his role as the National Hockey League's miscreant-in-chief, but the Dallas Stars forward's internship at Vogue seems to have sharpened his instincts for provocation to razor precision. Avery was just suspended indefinitely by the NHL for talking smack about two ex-girlfriends, actress Elisha Cuthbert and model Rachel Hunter, who ended up in the arms of other players. His own team said it would have suspended him had the league not done likewise. The truly insane part of the whole incident is that Avery sought out TV cameras so he could broadcast his self-destructive diss. (UPDATE: Video after the jump.) More »
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By Ryan TateComment by i'm a bottle: I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall... 25 Responses | Other threads
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axl rose
Aging Rock Star Fights Soda Company
In what is sure to be the most consequential piece of legal maneuvering since 50 Cent sued Taco Bell last week, idiot Guns n' Roses frontman Axl Rose had his attorney fire off a scathing letter to the Dr. Pepper corporation regarding the company's recent GnR-related marketing mishaps. It promises to be quite a dustup—rock and roll style!!1! Take, heed, soft drink companies: here's what happens when you try to give out a free soda to everyone in America: More »
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Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: Anyone even remotely involved in the creation and release of Appetite for Destruction is aces in my book. 11 Responses | Other threads
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alan mulally
Ford CEO Forced To Learn How To Drive
Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally is a Ford-drivin' man. The humble CEO, who is forced to feed his family on a mere $1/ year salary, announced that rather than taking a private jet like last time, he's going to catch the carpool fever and drive on down to Washington, DC to beg the government for bailout money. Driving himself, in a Ford hybrid car! Has someone been taking our PR advice? We'll say yes! Reportedly, "The Ford road trip would cost about $29, excluding snacks." Cost of snacks: $25 billion. [NYP]
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Comment by ADismalScience: 9 billion for Ford's bridge loan, who is doing a very interesting thing and splitting from the general bailout request... 7 Responses | Other threads
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gm
Random Dudes To Hop Bus To DC, Save Auto Industry
America's failing auto companies continue to Get The Message Loud And Clear about Making Real Changes that will Make America Strong Again. They just really, really need that $25 billion government bailout first, okay? Seriously. GM has already promised to give up some of its corporate jets and order cheaper pencils. And now, a bunch of auto industry types are doing what GM's execs should have done in the first place: carpooling to Washington! Though it may be, objectively, the lamest car pool ever: More »
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Comment by BullfightsOnAcid: It all sounds nice and responsible until you find out this is the bus they're getting on. 5 Responses | Other threads
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advertising
Jet-Pack Miracle Funded By Advertising
In an era of TiVo and dying print media, advertisers are desperate for honest-to-God focused attention. Sometimes this results in creepy Minority Report-style ads or cell-phone spying, but now it's produced an essential miracle of modern science: A guy flying across a thousand-foot-deep gorge in a jet pack. (Video after the jump.) More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Weegee's bored: Cat lovers AVERT YOUR EYES NOW! + Watch video 14 Responses | Other threads
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Fake New York Times
The Fake Ads Of The Fake New York Times
The actual stories in The Yes Men's fake issue of the New York Times today are a little too earnestly liberal to be funny, though they're still... nifty? (And look, we know earnest liberals are the easiest group to make fun of, even easier than religious psychos, but let's give them some props for pulling the whole thing off okay? Hope, etc.) But the fake ads they put throughout the issue are a little sharper. Dr. Z makes a cameo! After the jump, five of the best ad spoofs, that have corporate America tumbling down as we speak: More »
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Comment by lobstr: Yeah, plopping hundreds of thousands of ladybugs in a farm that might be their unnatural habitat sounds like a great... 2 Responses | Other threads
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starbucks
Starbucks Also Wins Election
Starbucks may be awful at traditional advertising but the company seems to be just ingenious at tricky guerilla marketing campaigns. Witness its big election-day coffee giveaway: It was a massive PR victory for the company. Starbucks spent maybe $350,000 on a single ad during Saturday Night Live, then kicked back and watched as the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Newsweek etc. gave the promotion tons of free press. And the cost of the coffee? Oh that's the best part: It was practically free! Reports Ad Age: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ronniedobbs: I think Starbucks should really consider segregating its customers: 1 line for the actual coffee drinkers; another for the "skinny... 10 Responses | Other threads
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