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Tuesday, December 30, 2003

WebTV founder Phil Goldman dies. Phil Goldman, the founder and chief executive officer of Mailblocks Inc. and one of the founders of WebTV Networks Inc., has died at age 39, according to a statement released by the company on Sunday. [InfoWorld: Top News]
11:02:37 AM

10 Ads The US Won't See

10 Ads The US Won't See

Posted by Hemos on Monday December 29, @05:53PM
from the it-rots-your-brain-it-does dept.
prostoalex writes "Some ads made by world's leading advertising agencies for well-known brands will never be seen in the United States. The Gucci G-Spot turned out to be too risque, video for Drug-Free America was deemed too disgusting, Internet's favorite Honda "Cog" commercial won't air due to the high prices for a 2-minute spot, and Japanese commercials with American actors have contracts preventing the companies to run the same ads in the US. AdAge provides a link to the pictures and video (Windows Media .ASF format, alas) of the 10 best unaired commercials." I can get the ASFs working under VLC.

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11:00:34 AM

Yahoo! News - FedEx, Clayton to Buy Kinko's - FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX - news) on Tuesday said it and private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Inc. agreed to buy Kinko's, the copy center operator for $2.4 billion in cash to expand in document management services.
8:30:00 AM