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(from Rich) 
Avid MySpace users will have noticed that site has had some major changes over the last couple weeks. Gone is the clunky unsightly interface now replaced with, dare I say it, a more Facebook style look. Tom Anderson everybody’s first friend and MySpace co-founder has revealed that it is just the first change in […]

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(from Rich) 
Channel 4’s new programme ‘Year Dot’ is using digital media and music in its promotion to great effect. The idea of the programme is that everyone has defining years in their life that really changed them and altered their life. The programme follows a group of fifteen young people as they embark on what […]

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(from Rich)
Instead of wasting time on MySpace or Bebo, Radiohead have gone and made their own social network; Waste Central. Like any social network you can write a blog, customise your page, upload photos and videos and generally hang out. Although relatively young the site already has around 8,000 registered users, and a bunch of […]

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Congratulations to everyone at brand entertainment agency, Cake.  They’ve been acquired by Havas, and will become part of the Havas Media division (which, if I’m not mistaken, includes KLP Entertainment), so expect to see some great examples of brand entertainment popping up in countries I’ve never heard of!

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(from Rich) 
First we had ‘LonelyGirl15′ then we had ‘Kate Modern’, now we have the latest online teen drama, ‘Sofia’s Diary’. It’s the latest attempt to try and communicate with the teen audiences, who are increasingly spending time online rather than in front of the TV. 
The premise of the project is that the lead character, Sofia, […]

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Habbo UK is giving kids the chance to launch their very own online record label to scout and promote talent in the virtual world.
At a time when ther eis much diversification and fragmentation of label services, the Trax Factor competition aims to inspire youngsters to try their hand at creating their own mini-music industry within […]

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This is courtesy of Adverblog.
“I recently received a review copy of Contagious’ report on Social Networking and User Generated Content, and I’d like to share the reading with you…
SN and UGC are definately among the most debated topics of the moment, both online and offline.  As usual, when there’s a lot of buzz about something […]

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MySpace in America has launched an original scripted web series called Roommates, in collaboration with Ford Focus.  Roommates is the company’s first co-development project and the first original web series created specifically for MySpaceTV.
Roommates is an original scripted web series that follows a group of eight former college roommates after graduation, who are invited to […]

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I’ve just signed up to MarCom Professional, a social networking site aimed at people working in marcomms, be interesting to see what comes of it…do people have time for another social networking site or will it fill a gap in the market?  Let’s wait and see…

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I spotted a flyer for the UK B-Boy Championships in a recent Don’t Panic pack, and am rather taken with the use of the Sony Ericsson roundel to say “I Love Breakin’” - check the shot below to see what I mean.  Just looks cute.

Anyway, its funny to see what is essentially one of the […]

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