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People.com to Launch Celebrity Database


People.com

Time Inc.’s People.com will launch a celebrity database as part of an ongoing plan to revamp websites this year.
The database will include updated celebrity profiles and original editorial content, according to Mediaweek. Time Inc. chairman and CEO Ann Moore says that People Inc. will be “our next big business online.”

Meanwhile, Real Simple’s website will also be developed. Moore says that the websites must focus on building interaction with online visitors and developing unique content. With that in mind, Time.com’s newly revamped site includes blogs that encourage reader response, and Life is in talks with Google and Yahoo for ways to monetize its photo archives.

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Sirius XM Shows Restraint, Most Holiday Music Begins Post Thanksgiving

Marketers have unleashed their holiday promotions earlier than ever this year, with many hitting the stores well before Thanksgiving. But Sirius XM isn’t launching most of its 24-hour holiday music channels until turkey day or later.

The newly merged company…

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‘PC Magazine’ Print Edition Dies

PC Magazine will stop publishing a print edition with its January issue. The magazine will shift operations entirely online.

The magazine will be sent via email with a link to the current edition. It will continue to look like the…

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Walgreens Opens Flagship in Times Square, Flaunts 17-Story Signs

Walgreens has returned to 1 Times Square with its new 16,200-square-foot flagship store; the store flaunts signs, made up of 12 million LEDs, on its three sides.

The signs, running above and below the famous news “zipper,” will include diagonal…

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SAG ‘Bizarrely’ Calls for Strike Authorization

Following an inability to agree with studios on payment for shows distributed online, the Screen Actors Guild has decided to pursue strike authorization from its members in a move the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers calls “bizarre.”

Should…

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Journalists Use New Media More than PR Pros Think

Getting real-time, 24/7 online access to company news and reaching responsive and efficient PR representatives still rate high on journalists’ wish-lists, but reporters are increasingly sourcing stories from new forms of media as well, according to research from Bulldog Reporter and TEKgroup…

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Auto Advertising Slips 10% in 1H 08

Through the first half of the year, automakers have slimmed their ad spending by 10% to $6.1 billion, according to Nielsen Monitor Plus.

General Motors slipped 6% to $1.2 billion, while Ford Motor cut ad spend by 22% to $954…

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