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  • From the Memory Hole: Clinton, Obama return to public eye with new ventures

    08/14/2018 7:50:50 PM PDT · by Steely Tom · 5 replies
    Fox News Politics ^ | 3 May 2017 | Judson Berger
    Only 468 days ago, this interesting story hit the internet, via Fox News. In those early, heady days of Trump Derangement Syndrome, Barack unveiled a model of the "Obama Presidential Center," which was to cover 17 acres of Jackson Park with about 200,000 square feet of office, library, and "communing spaces," and includes a 22-story-tall tower. Mrs. Clinton's "ventures" are a bit less ambitious, and consist mainly of announcing that she's working on a book (probably the one that became What Happened) and that she's available for speaking engagements; the article helpfully includes the name of the speaker's bureau that's...
  • FX channel tries commercial to combat ad-skipping

    09/15/2006 5:44:41 PM PDT · by Dysart · 10 replies · 227+ views
    Yahoo-Reuters ^ | 9-15-06 | wire
    LONDON (Reuters) - Niche men's channel FX plans to show what it calls the first UK advert specially designed to combat viewers using digital recorders to avoid commercials. The advert for its new drama "Brotherhood" will show a single image on the screen for the entire 30-second slot, and therefore retain its "sales message" when viewed even at the 12-times speeds enabled by Sky+ and other digital recorders, also known as personal video recorders, or PVRs.Advertisers have been racing to find ways to get messages through as higher numbers of consumers watch TV programs when they want using such recorders,...