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Five Decades of American News Radio History
It's been about ten years since I wrote for AOL's content team, and I'm excited to be back on their roster. Here's the first piece I did for the AOL Radio Blog: Although news reporting had been a regular component of American broadcast radio since its invention, the "news radio" format didn't emerge until the…
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The Secret History of Used Cars
When we lived in Athens, Lori and I had fun times with a couple of used cars: a Honda Civic that my mechanic declared "an impossible perversion of Japanese engineering," and a Pontiac Sunfire that ran great and was almost absolutely a salvage vehicle. I liked the Sunfire, but had to give it up when…
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spinme.com Updates: Social Media, Mailbag
Things are picking back up at the music business blog, now that I’m shifting back from book-writing mode and into blogging mode. Recent headlines: Social Media Tools that Grow Your Audience I hear echoes of what I wrote five years ago in Zach Pentel’s dismissive comments about MySpace Music in this Mashable writeup of music…
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Small Business CRM Updates
December highlights from the Small Business CRM Software Blog: Don’t Sabotage Your CRM Software Project in 2010 Eating CRM Software Leftovers in the New Year Open Source CRM Software: “Tricky,” Impossible, or Troublesome? Is Your CRM System a Hoax?
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PPC Management Offers New Practice-Building Strategy for Attorneys
Advertising has always been a tricky business for legal professionals. While the most storied law firms rely on long-time clients and on personal referrals, new practices often make hard decisions between keeping up appearances or bowing to the pressure of the marketplace. Loud ads on television, in the yellow pages, and on bus stop benches…
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Christmas Eve in Athens, GA: Five Years Later
Five years ago tonight, I posted the original version of this image to my Flickr stream. This is what you see when you drive through the center of town at midnight on Christmas Eve: festive decorations, welcoming shop windows, and no people. I found myself at this intersection on the way home from the hospital,…
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How to Use Wawa: Four Rules for Philadelphia Visitors
A client confirmed for me what anyone who has spent time in Philadelphia knows by heart: Wawa is more than just a convenience store, it’s the nexus for peculiar Philly culture. Philly natives know the drill at Wawa. It’s full of contradictory cultural norms. The Wawa Door Hold. You must hold the door open for…
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Credit Card News Updates
Recent updates from my credit card news blog at CardRatings.com: Fewer card delinquencies expected in 2010. (It could be because we all lost our shirts in 2009.) Choose between higher fees and lower credit scores. Buy that smartphone with your credit card to protect against theft. Bank of America mails Clarity Commitment letters. (Is that…
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Have you been rate jacked by your credit card issuer?
We just posted a new feature to the front page of CardRatings.com: Credit card rate hikes have become a popular strategy for lenders who want to purge their portfolios of less profitable accounts. New federal credit card regulations give consumers the power to reject a credit card rate increase, but only at the expense of…
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First Snow of Winter
Even though it's our second winter back north, it still feels like a surprise to wake up to this. Especially since it was 65 degrees out earlier in the week.
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Credit Card News Updates for October
From my newsblog at CardRatings.com: Shrinking Credit Card Defaults Cheer Issuing Banks RevolutionCard Enlists Fifth Third Bank for Credit Card Security Overhaul Outsourced Credit Card Programs Help Small Banks Attract Customers Capital One Confirms Credit Card Interest Rate Freeze American Express’ New Charge Card Offers Triple Reward Points to Frequent Flyers