Archives: March 2006

Snakes On A Plane: Unquestionably One Of The Greatest Films Of All Time (And It Doesn't Even Exist Yet)

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 31

I know I'm a little late to this party, but bear with me. Let me see if I've got this straight: A movie, which basically doesn't even exist, is already...

Sopranos Product Placement Watch, Season Six, Episode Three

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 30

The intensive care-unit remains a lousy venue for product placement. (Why advertisers would not want to be in the same frame as someone on a breathing machine is almost understandable.)...

Shopping Mag Boomlet: See Ya!

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 28

Conde Nast kills men's shopping title Cargo, or, as we liked to call it, Boy Lucky. Shopping magazines were, until now, one of the next-great magazine categories, alongside the ubiquitous...

The Next Ad Medium

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 24

. . . for the next eight minutes, at least: Taxi receipts....

Grandpa Weighs In On This Newfangled "American Idol" Thing

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 24

I've seen exactly two bits of "American Idol." One was a montage of disastrous failed auditions, the other William Hung's "triumphant" appearance. Both were on the InterWeb. So I happen...

Yes, Well, Kinda, But . . .

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 23

"The Internet, for all its technological dazzle and ambitious individual voices, is still weak on producing revenue." --The Wall Street Journal's Adrian Wooldridge, reviewing Glenn Reynolds' An Army of Davids....

Sopranos Product Placement Watch: Season Six, Episode Two. (Warning: Contains Spoilers.)

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 20

An atypically quiet night for product on the Sopranos. Apparently having a major character in a coma and on a breathing machine throughout the entire episode tends to focus the...

"Use A Computer To Superimpose Your Head Over That Of Bronson Pinchot."

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 16

Is this the next "Lazy Sunday"? Probably not--it's too bizarre. But man, is it great, much funnier than the clip that made Andy Samberg famous. (Not a direct link since...

Sopranos Product Placement Watch: Season Six, Episode One

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 15

I cannot be the only person to notice how many brand names get mentioned, with great frequency and flattery, on the otherwise ad-free Sopranos. I know I'm not the first....

Ridder Agonistes

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 15

Tony Ridder's regrets, as told to the New York Times' Kit Seelye. A big one: the San Jose Mercury News--sort of the hometown paper of both his youthful and mogulish...

And So Begins The Remaking

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 13

McClatchy buys Knight Ridder; will immediately put 12 of Knight Ridder's dailies up for sale. (Interestingly, one of the papers McClatchy will sell is the San Jose Mercury News--the former...

Dick Parsons: The Nightfly

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 10

Last night Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons was interviewed by BusinessWeek's editor-in-chief Steve Adler at New York's 92nd Street Y. To be totally random about this: 1. What is it...

But Enough About Me. What Do You Think About Office Pirates?

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 08

I am currently mulling a column about the new Time Inc. launch Office Pirates, and I want to know what you think about it. Office Pirates is bizarre and freakish...