Fat Freddy’s Drop let music walk the talk
The News Review:
- Fat Freddy’s Drop let music walk the talk
- Banks eye San Joaquin County, Calif., to branch out.
- Talkback: Think global to sell more local content
- National Security and Intelligence
- German Web Hosting Provider Plans Significant US Expansion
- “Wealthy” Bluebirds Have Stay-at-Home Sons
Fat Freddy’s Drop let music walk the talk
New Zealand Herald – Oct 27, 2005
The band and manager Nicole Duckworth had a clear vision – no marketing. “It’s not that I wanted to do a big marketing campaign, but there are things that you traditionally do with any new release,” Baker said. The band wanted none of them. When Fat Freddy’s released its debut studio album in May there were no street posters, print ads, music video or single. And, Baker recalls, there wasn’t even a definite release date to promote… “We’ve been careful not to market or brand the band as New Zealand,” Duckworth said. “There is little interest, in the European market particularly, in music being from a specific country. “There is a lot of pride here in New Zealand that the music is home grown but, overseas, you really have to put music out there first. ” Fat Freddy Facts: * Release music through their own label – The Drop. * Debut studio album has sold nearly 40,000 copies. * Picked up four New Zealand music awards this month – including best album and best band. Herald Marketplace.
Banks eye San Joaquin County, Calif., to branch out.
Free with registration – The Record – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 27, 2005
“Two-thousand new branches have opened so far this year nationwide. People are going back to brick and mortar,” said John Brooks, chairman of Stockton-based Service 1st Bank. Many of those branches are popping up throughout the area, new banks are entering the market, and home-grown banks are expanding their branch networks both inside and outside the county’s boundaries at a rate not seen in recent years. Lodi banker Kent Steinwert’s Farmers & Merchants Bank, with eight announced projects completed or in the works this year, appears to be the most aggressive, expanding in its market area with new branches from Turlock to Sacramento — and several points in between. “We are in an expansion mode and continue to grow at an above-average pace for the industry,” said Steinwert, president and CEO of F&M Bank, which will celebrate its 90th anniversary next year. “We expect to remain in the expansion mode going forward because we have a positive economic outlook over the next 18 to 24.
Talkback: Think global to sell more local content
New Zealand Herald – Oct 27, 2005
Downsize Me grabbed a 25 per cent share of the 18-49-year-old audience, Inside New Zealand a 23 per cent share and Target 22 per cent. Outrageous Fortune’s outrageous good fortune (a 29 per cent audience share) actually got the champagne corks popping at head office, said MediaWorks chief executive Brent Impey. As the locals enjoy more that is home-grown, it will be interesting to see whether there is also a global appetite for what New Zealanders like. A fresh Radio Bureau survey will soon provide an update on how all-New Zealand music station Kiwi has gone down with the home audience. It has already been tagged a “niche brand” by owner MediaWorks, albeit one operating profitably. But, says Impey, local radio is just a small part of the Kiwi plan. It is being streamed online to an international audience… Outrageous Fortune’s outrageous good fortune (a 29 per cent audience share) actually got the champagne corks popping at head office, said MediaWorks chief executive Brent Impey. As the locals enjoy more that is home-grown, it will be interesting to see whether there is also a global appetite for what New Zealanders like. A fresh Radio Bureau survey will soon provide an update on how all-New Zealand music station Kiwi has gone down with the home audience. It has already been tagged a “niche brand” by owner MediaWorks, albeit one operating profitably. But, says Impey, local radio is just a small part of the Kiwi plan. It is being streamed online to an international audience. “It is being positioned to take advantage of new and developing technology.
National Security and Intelligence
Washington Post – Oct 27, 2005
, Iran has greater access to Iraq. With Iranian anti-west leader spouting off against Israel, are we reaching a tipping point where something must be done to effect change in Iran?Dana Priest: I don’t think it’s a tipping point kind of thing because there is still a strong pro-reform element in Iran. The equation for the U. has always been whether taking direct action against Iran will kill off the home-grown, plodding reform movement. They are the ones to back. Doing nothing is often the best way to support them since anything US is so inflammatory in Iran.
German Web Hosting Provider Plans Significant US Expansion
eWeek – Oct 27, 2005
soon, but I want to be in the top five in two years,” Gauger said. His two-year goal would require doubling 1&1s current customer base of around 250,000 to a half-million. 1&1 has built its success on three key pillars: network and customer-service automation, offering free home-grown Web development and software tools, and its own customized Linux distro that allows the company to pack upward of 25,000 customers on a single machine—compared with an industry standard of around 5,000. This translates into an ability to offer extremely low prices and an abundance of features and still make money. Click here to read PC Magazines review of 1&1s Professional eShop.
“Wealthy” Bluebirds Have Stay-at-Home Sons
National Geographic – Oct 27, 2005
nationalgeographic. But if the parents aren’t wealthy—that is, if they don’t have plenty of food—the sons leave home. html’>Printer Friendly… “Most scientists studying dispersal believe that one sex disperses farther than the other to reduce the likelihood that close relatives will mate with each other,” said Janis Dickinson, a behavioral ecologist at Cornell University and the University of California, Berkeley. “Incest is thought to be costly because it unmasks harmful gene copies,” Dickinson, the study’s lead author, added. But researchers wanted to know why sons sometimes stay home over the winter and sometimes depart. Parental “Wealth”Bluebirds depend on mistletoe berries as their main winter food. Families of birds hold territories with an abundance of the berries. Bluebird pairs are faithful and use the same territories year after year.