Want to know what newspapers will survive? Weeklies will survive. Here, a newspaper box (Sho-Rack brand?) from the Boca Beacon, in Boca Grande, Florida. The box is painted up with a local theme. ALL the content is local, and you can’t get it online. We also read about the importanceMORE HERE
Mrs. Beasley was my favorite doll. Just like Buffy on Family Affair. (Above, Mrs. Beasley sits on a chair as Uncle Bill explains the birds and bees.) I don’t know if Mrs. Beasley was created for the show or if she was a popular doll made more popular by theMORE HERE
If you are in any way connected to the business of the Yellow Pages anywhere in America, we had a frightening thing happen in my neighborhood this week. This Saturday, a white van drove around the neighborhood very slowly and began dropping things on stoops. The white van was droppingMORE HERE
There is a new Time Inc. service called Maghound. With Maghound, you get a subscription to all the Time magazines, and you can pick and choose which ones you like. The logo is cool. While we wish Maghound well, we hope it doesn’t go the way of that other uber-TimeMORE HERE
In this post-racial America, we Americans are mature enough to be able to watch Song of the South again. We have the Song of the South on our new handy dandy Facebook application called 100 Brands to Bring Back from BrandlandUSA. We hope if you are on Facebook, you willMORE HERE
Yes it has, literally and figuratively. The stock is way down; there is not much good news. We found some even worse news in this week’s The New York Observer. It was in a profile of a bicycling pot messenger in New York. It seems that one of his topMORE HERE
We are thinking alot about radio, the recording industry and such. As the radio industry and recording industry evolve, there are lots of new opportunities to think about. A few posts relating to radio include: Saving Network Radio and Westwood One Oldest Releases on Archeophone We’re Lovin’ Remastered Casey KasemMORE HERE
Who would have thought that Westwood One (NYSE: WON) would be in penny stock range, and near de-listing? It’s a shame, as it was once a terribly innovative company; in 2005 its stock was at around $25. It still commands star power. Above, a Paris Hilton interview with Westwood OneMORE HERE
Much of old radio has been forgotten, except for a thriving collector industry that has, with the promise of modest returns, preserved a whole segment of American culture for posterity. One of the better known sellers is the Old Time Radio Catalog. BrandlandUSA caught up with Jon Folk, owner ofMORE HERE
Look to BrandlandUSA.com for ideas on how to save your daily newspaper. Frankly, what is happening to the industry can stop, and we have solutions. Read our story on the main BrandlandUSA.com website. It is called 20 Ways to Save Your Newspaper. It’s about dailies, but weekly publishers can learnMORE HERE