BrandBrains

Maybe it’s just early in the morning and maybe I’m just a little punchy, but I laughed so unexpectedly hard from this post that I nearly shot coffee out my nose. Thanks, Jeff.

Euphemism du jour

: Just heard a commercial for Zelnorm promising that it “helps coordinate movement in your GI tract.” In short: It helps you take a dump. It’s your dump coordinator. Whoever came up with that phrase deserves the high salary.

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• Papers Turn to Podcasting, the Newest of Media | NPR
  “Desperate to reach a more mobile audience, some newspapers are turning to podcasting. A growing number now offer Internet radio programs, sending stories from their pages to iPods and other players.”
  (tags: Podcasting Media Newspapers)

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• As RSS Matures Issues Arise: Re-Use Misuse, Full-text Vs. Partial: PaidContent.org
  (tags: RSS Media Measurement Copyright)

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• Collector’s Trove of Podcasts | Wired News
  “Jason Scott, a 34-year-old documentary filmmaker from the Boston area, has saved and cataloged more than 340 GB of online amateur radio since he started in February.”
  (tags: Podcasting History Archives Media Trends)

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