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Spike Feresten with Jerry Seinfeld Published: September 11, 2008 at 07:41 PM GMT Last Updated: September 11, 2008 at 07:41 PM GMT By Nina Spezzaferro When 8,000 Americans were surveyed for the JackMyers Emotional Connections Research Study on Late Night Television (2007) , Fox's Talkshow with Spike Feresten was among the top rated Late Night shows across five Emotional Connections measures (based on adults 18 to 49 in multi-channel home). An impressive 47 percent of... Read Full Story

OMG , Gossip Girl is finally back! The season’s premiere titled, “Summer Kind of Wonderful,” was kind of okay. The episode delivered on the show’s unspoken promise to punch up the sex factor, which was subtlety communicated via the recent, scandalous ad campaign. The omnipotent Gossip Girl reminds us that summer is sex, lies and scandal’s busiest season (so is sweeps week). Nate and a mystery blond get hot and heavy in the passenger seat of a car for what seems like hours before it’s revealed... Read Full Story

I’ve always admired Digg for its democratic values. You won’t find editors at Digg; it truly is a website governed by users who have equal access to submit items and Digg what they like. It is fitting that Digg will be using tonight’s Democratic National Convention as a platform to premiere its latest program, Digg Dialogg, a live interview series featuring the most “dugg” questions submitted by users via Digg as well as by videos submitted to CNN ’s iReport.com. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi... Read Full Story

Yesterday I was happy to report that Mad Men ’s characters had joined Twitter , with the help of some fans with a lot of time on their hands. This morning I was disappointed to see "Paul Kinsey," a copywriter on the show,  whose account hadn't yet been deactivated Twittered: “Our days on Twitter are numbered, my friends http://tinyurl.com/5bm8t .” Last night some of the more notable characters’ pages were suspended. VentureBeat reports action was taken by Twitter, not because of spam... Read Full Story

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Paris Hilton Proposes Energy Plan Published: August 8, 2008 at 10:27 AM GMT Last Updated: August 8, 2008 at 10:27 AM GMT By Nina Spezzaferro The Presidential race was largely off my radar ever since last season of Saturday Night Live ended and stopped featuring candidates (actual and parodied, see below for a particularly great one). There was a blip recently when Obama delivered a speech to a captive audience in Germany and McCain retaliated (in what I thought was a... Read Full Story

Apple iPhone Published: August 7, 2008 at 10:54 PM GMT Last Updated: August 7, 2008 at 10:54 PM GMT By Nina Spezzaferro Americans traveling to the Olympics in Beijing and Hong Kong have been struck by the sophistication of Asia's mobile devices. While the Asian mobile market is technologically years ahead of the United States, the cause is likely more cultural differentiation than just a lag in U.S. technology. Tom Burgess , founder and CEO of Third Screen Media... Read Full Story

Published: August 6, 2008 at 12:59 PM GMT Last Updated: August 6, 2008 at 12:59 PM GMT By Nina Spezzaferro Successfully targeted and privacy-centric mobile advertising, while inevitable, could very well be another 18 to 24 months away. Because mobile carriers are the keepers of subscriber information and behavioral data, it falls on the carriers to provide publishers and advertisers with information that enables users to be targeted in the most effective and nonintrusive way... Read Full Story

Product Placement in Chris Brown's "Forever" Music Video Published: July 28, 2008 at 06:53 AM GMT Last Updated: July 29, 2008 at 06:53 AM GMT By Nina Spezzaferro When I first heard the lyrics of Chris Brown’s hit song, "Forever," I though the injection of Doublemint’s jingle, “Double your pleasure. Double your fun” was clever and catchy. Today it was revealed by Wrigley that Chris Brown had been commissioned by the company to write and perform the song as part of its... Read Full Story