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fraterslibertas.com - 12/31/2008

This Is What It Sounds Like When The Sponge Cries

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In Fee Battle With Time Warner, Viacom Enlists Cartoons (WSJ-sub req): Tapping emotional images such as a weeping Dora the Explorer and a distraught SpongeBob, Viacom Inc. is launching a marketing blitz Wednesday aimed at demonizing Time Warner Cable over a television-programming contract ...

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/25/2008

The Sounds

— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Today Pandora told me I might like “Ego” by The Sounds. And I did! Apparently this came... out in 2006, but it was the first I’d heard of it. Here’s a video: My half-formed ability to make aesthetic judgments is ... (more) The Sounds

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Viacom offers a galaxy of weeping stars to battle Time Warner
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... lucrative for spending advertising revenue, especially in this economy.  They’re cutting off their nose to spite their face. They’re not going to get much sympathy from parents by exploiting these cartoon characters, either.  Families in a tough economy are not going to make the expensive investment in satellite dishes just to get Nickelodeon back.  Instead, they’ll find other outlets for entertainment for their children, perhaps permanently.  One parent, my friend Chad the Elder at Fraters Libertas , notes the hard sell currently under way: This morning, Nikelodeon has been ...