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BlackBerry is Truly Over - Shelly Palmer

I very rarely call the "time of death" of a company. It's really not my place. But, after my customer service experience with RIM (Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry smart devices) the other day, I think it's safe to say that BlackBerry has passed on! RIM is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you weren't holding it in your hand it'd be pushing up the daisies! Its metabolic processes are now history! It's off the twig! It has kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! This is an ex-Parrot! Err, um ... smartphone.

Kitty & Kelly & Zoey - Kristy Carruba

Friday's Trivia Question: When all else fails, and I can't think of a good trivia question...I go with FRIENDS! In Chandler and Joey's apartment there is a children's toy that has a different picture on it in every episode. Name the toy.

The Online Video Continuum - Adam Kleinberg-Traction

Now that I've got that out of my system, let me focus on the talk I'll be giving. It's called "Leaning Back while Leaning Forward" and in it, I'll be introducing a diagram that I call The Online Video Continuum.

Upfront Update: Questions of the Week: Second Pass - Simon Applebaum

Here we are, end of the 2012 upfront event season. Before we move forward to other things, including the season of upfront advertising commitments, let's review the questions posed in this column before last week's record-shattering number of events and learn how many of them were answered when the dust settled.

What We Learned From the Upfronts - Michael Kassan

As always, upfront week served up a heady mix of the sublime and the ridiculous. Actually, we should call this "upfronts month," since it starts in late April now that every platform except sidewalk chalk drawings holds its own version of the broadcasters' annual gathering.

Latino Television Networks Muy Caliente at Upfronts - Hillary Atkin

Last week's television upfronts in New York featured an overwhelmingly Latin flavor and marked a coming out for a new entry in the Spanish-language TV universe, MundoFox. Univision and Telemundo have long joined other networks, including NBC, Fox, ABC, ESPN, Turner, CBS and the CW in making presentations of new programming in order to sell upfront advertising.

Rewind Revenge! I Need To Watch It Again! - Kristy Carruba

Thursday's Trivia Question: Janet Carroll who played Tom Cruise's Mom, in the movie RISKY BUSINESS, passed away yesterday at the age of 71. What was her character's name in the movie?

The Silliness of Facebook 'Likes' - Uwe Hook

According to some brands, agencies and consultants, that simple interaction turned both of us into 'fans' of the May 16, 2012 sunset. The company that created the May 16 sunset just acquired two valuable 'brand ambassadors' that have an influence on the bottom line of 'May 16, 2012 Inc.'.

Shattering Scatter - Don Seaman-TVB

There's some institutional lunacy that defines the national television buying marketplace. What other buyer/seller dynamic exists where if sellers set their demands too high for a buyer's liking, the buyers walk away, only to come back to the same sellers later in the year— and usually will be paying more?

IP is the Wealth of the Shift Age - David Houle

I have been writing and speaking that IP is the wealth of the Shift Age for the last six years. And over the last six years, this reality has become ever more apparent. Recent headlines make this crystal clear.