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Idle Chatter: Newspapers on the Cheap, more
Published 8/4/2008 by Jeff Bercovici at Portfolio.com: Mixed Media
-Newspaper companies have never been cheaper -- and still nobody wants to buy one. [NYT] -Time Warner has finished laying the bookkeeping groundwork necessary to spin off AOL's dial-up business and its content-and-advertising unit. [WSJ] -Mad Men is boosting retailers' sales of 1950s-style suits and dresses and, oddly, Frank O'Hara poetry. [Ad Age] -Paris Hilton's Republican mom said she didn't appreciate John McCain's "Celeb" ad, which compared Barack Obama to Paris and Britney. [MSN] -The ...

Mad Men Dictating Fashion (For Now)
Published 8/4/2008 at Jossip
... , also influences what you’ll wear to work. Thanks to the show, retailers are “offering a refreshing alternative to the flip-flops and baby-doll dresses that had become de rigueur,” says AdAge. Which is all well and good — until 90210 premieres Sept. 2 on The CW, and spring fashions are re-stuffed with gladiator sandals, skooter skirts, and polo shirts. ...

Mad Men serves as fashion muse
Published 8/4/2008 at OH NO!!
... official fashion or retail sponsor of the show, it's likely only a matter of time before new partnerships emerge. Linda Schupack, senior VP-marketing at AMC, said the Bloomingdale's partnership shows that the series can successfully live "off air." "We're so pleased to get the fashion coverage because it's just another way into 'Mad Men.' And it's an important way in," Ms. Schupack said. "It's just a furthering of 'Mad Men' being a part of the pop-culture conversation." Source. And my server and DVD player for the images. --- What did you guys ...