June 2012
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Nordstrom to Open First Full-Line Store in NYC
NEW YORK, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Nordstrom, Inc. has finalized an agreement with Extell Development Company to build Nordstrom’s first full-line store in New York City. This new flagship store will open along Manhattan’s bustling 57th Street corridor at 225 West 57th Street, between Broadway and Seventh Avenue, in the Columbus Circle area of Manhattan. The 285,000...
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Two-Thirds of Americans Think Obama Is Better...
National Geographic Channel Measures the Pulse of America in National Survey on UFOs and Alien Existence as New Series CHASING UFOs Premieres Friday, June 29, at 9 & 10 p.m. ET/PT
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — According to a new U.S. extraterrestrial survey from National Geographic Channel (NGC), more than 80 million Americans are certain that UFOs exist. In...
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Comedy Central to Roast Roseanne Barr
NEW YORK, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — COMEDY CENTRAL is rolling out the red carpet for one of America’s most outspoken and pioneering comedians. The network announced today that Roseanne Barr will be the next Roastee. The “COMEDY CENTRAL Roast Of Roseanne” (#RoseanneRoast) will tape in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 4. The Roast will premiere on COMEDY CENTRAL on...
Watchfuturejournalismproject:
An App to Build Your Own Newscast
Knight News Challenge winner Watchup is a curatorial iPad app that allows users to build their own newscasts by self-selecting a series of news stories. Think along the lines of Pulse News but with video.
via Nieman Lab:
Pick 10 stories from 10 channels, then lean back with your morning coffee and watch as the stories roll past...
“YouTube users upload 48 hours of video, Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of...”
– How Much Data is Created Every Minute? (via infoneer-pulse)
Wow! … and here’s one more tumblr post!
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Thomas Pynchon's Full Backlist to Be Published in...
NEW YORK, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Ann Godoff today announced that The Penguin Press will publish Thomas Pynchon’s full backlist in e-Book editions for the very first time. These new editions of Pynchon’s seven novels and one story collection—V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity’s Rainbow, Slow Learner, Vineland, Mason & Dixon, Against the Day, and Inherent Vice—will...
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Miles Davis and Edith Piaf Stamps on Sale Today
NEW YORK , June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Music speaks an international language, crossing borders and oceans. Today, the United States Postal Service and La Poste of France celebrate a lively conversation between continents with the issuance of the Miles Davis and Edith Piaf stamps. The U.S. version of the stamps, issued as Forever stamps, go on sale today at Post Offices...
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Philadelphia Takes Top Spot in Annual...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Philadelphia has won the dubious title of most bedbug-infested U.S. city, according to the annual Most Bedbug-Infested Cities ranking, released today by Terminix, the world’s largest pest control provider and a division of the ServiceMaster Company.
Philadelphia took the top spot from New York City, which held the title...
WordPress Integrates Tumblr to Compliment, Not... →
shortformblog:
curiousontheroad:
WordPress is finally integrating its blogging platform more closely with social networking sites. A new publicize feature allows users to link various social media accounts to their WordPress blogs. Previously, users had plugins they could install that allowed them to cross-post their articles.
daniscalifornia wonders, however:
do you have a distinct use...
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First Annual Central Coast Oyster Festival
Hip new event features hot bands, top shelf tipples, and famously sumptuous oysters
MORRO BAY, Calif., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The first annual Central Coast Oyster Festival will be held Saturday, June 16 at the Morro Bay Golf Course from 12 P.M. to 8 P.M.
This refreshingly contemporary, zero waste event will celebrate the world-renowned oysters...
