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Nielsen sells Billboard, Hollywood Reporter
Pluribus Capital was founded this year by James Finkelstein, George Green and Matthew Doull “to focus on acquiring and managing industry leading media properties with high growth potential, particularly those with strong brand recognition across multiple platforms including digital, print and events,” says BusinessInsider . And it’s now the owner of Billboard and the Hollywood Reporter —- —- not to mention Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek, The Clio Awards, Backstage and Film Journal International, says the story, quoting a Nielsen Business Media exec as saying: “As a result of these decisions, many of our friends and colleagues within these businesses will be leaving the company or will begin to transition to the new ownership immediately. These venerable brands have long been an important part of our Business Media family, and we are pleased that e5 will continue to capitalize on the brands’ potential.
Continue reading »Cocaine – legal in New Zealand
You can buy Cocaine in New Zealand without getting arrested. It’s a ‘dietary supplement’ and it’s “Like Red Bull or Rockstar Energy Drinks x10!!” – boasts the pusher who, according to FoodWeek , states in a New Zealand outdoor ad »»» Warning: This message is for people who are too stupid to recognize the obvious. This product does not contain the drug cocaine (duh).
Continue reading »BC cops get ‘directed acoustic device’
“What makes the LRAD product unique is its ability to transmit your message with exceptional voice intelligibility and tonal clarity in a highly directional beam, even with significant ambient noise,” says the text accompanying the pic on the right. It goes on: “The directionality of the LRAD device reduces the risk of exposing nearby personnel or peripheral bystanders to harmful audio levels.” LRAD is short for long-range hailing and warning, directed acoustic device. Clearly, “reduces the risk” of exposure to “to harmful audio levels” means the risk does exist.
Continue reading »Pot is dangerous for young brains: study
Smoking dope can turn you into a, well, dope. So says Nils Stenström of Sweden’s National Institute of Public Health (Statens folkhälsoinstitut), as quoted by The Local . “New research indicates that even very modest use can cause a lot of damage,” it has him saying.
Continue reading »Dyslexia isn’t real
If you think you have dyslexia, you don’t Because it isn’t real. At least, that’s what a Swedish scool principal reckons. In the Spegeln newspaper in a Malmö suburb, “Gert Åkesson, principal of the Sundsgymnasiet high school in nearby Vellinge, opines about the way in which Sweden seems to create public agencies in response to media coverage of perceived problems in society,” says The Local , going on »»» In making his case, the principal makes fun of a number of illnesses and handicaps by comparing them to made-up diseases featured in television comedy sketches.
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