Chocolate News & Updates

Heidi Klum’s chocolate-flavoured lips:
The German supermodel often longs for chocolate cake from her homeland, but has discovered a secret weapon to curb her desires. She is quoted as saying (read more)

Tainted chocolate turns up in Oshawa, Niagara Falls”
Tainted Hershey’s chocolate has been discovered in Oshawa and Niagara Falls, just days after federal inspectors removed 640 pieces of the candy from five …(read more)

Chocolate: Treat or Trick?
Chocolate is the food of the gods, according to the ancient Mayans, and a favorite of Halloween trick-or-treaters. But do these sweets come with an environmental price? (read more)

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A Magazine Pilgrimage

The New York Times has an interesting article about a magazine store in Berlin called “Do You Read Me?”

Considering the amount we spend on magazines almost rivals the amount we spend on gas, this looks like the kind of place a magazine junkie has to go when you’re in Germany.

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Cachaca Watch: Cabana Cachaca

We’ve seen ads for Cabana Cachaca all over the place, in magazines, online, and in newspapers, and they definitely are eye-catching. But is this latest entry in the Cachaca Wars up to the task? We’d like to hear from you.

…and not about the tastefulness of their ad campaign, which is an ongoing subject of debate. The Huffington Post reported that one racy buildboard had been removed from in Chicago. And when we say ‘removed,’ we mean blacklisted and blacked out.

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Speaker Bio: Sarah Wambold, Museum of Contemporary Art

Speaker Bio – New Media and The Arts Forum
October 10, 2008
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Sarah Wambold, Museum of Contemporary Art

Sarah Wambold is Media Relations Coordinator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, and is responsible for promoting exhibitions, performances, and events to the public through the media, including maintaining content on the MCA’s website. Prior to working at the MCA, she worked as a graphic designer for L Magazine, a development assistant at ThreeWalls gallery, and as the Collections Manager at [C]Spaces, where she also served on the curatorial review board. She has taught graphic and web design at several colleges and universities in the Midwest, including the University of Nebraska, Midland College, and Columbia College. She graduated cum laude from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she studied journalism, and recently completed her coursework for a Masters of Arts Management from Columbia College.

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Speaker Bio: Lynne d Johnson, FastCompany.com

Speaker Bio – New Media and The Arts Forum
October 10, 2008
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Lynne d Johnson, FastCompany.com

Lynne d Johnson is the Director, Social Media for FastCompany.com, a leading website and community for people passionate about business ideas that also offers the complete content of Fast Company magazine. She also writes Digital Media Diva, a technology blog following web, media, and consumer trends for FastCompany.com, and has also recently contributed to TheDailyVoice, techPresident, Black Web 2.0, and Rushmore Drive. As a consultant Lynne works with technology and Web clients in the areas of content, community, and brand strategy. Lynne also serves on the Board of Directors of the Literary Freedom Project, a nonprofit arts organization, which seeks to empower communities of color through literature, creative thinking, and new media. Prior to joining Fast Company, she was the General Manager, New Media for VIBE, SPIN, and VIBE Vixen where she managed marketing, editorial, production, business development, and sales operations for the magazines’ websites and mobile properties. Her personal blog, Lynne d Johnson || music, media, my life, which launched in July 2001, is the recipient of the 2006 Black Weblog Awards Black Blogger Achievement Award.

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Speaker Bio: Pete Burgeson, crowdSPRING

Speaker Bio – New Media and The Arts Forum
October 10, 2008
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Pete Burgeson, crowdSPRING

Pete Burgeson is the Director of Marketing at crowdSPRING and is the lead equipment manager for the company’s championship ping pong team.

Pete has over a decade of experience in building and marketing companies, both large and small. While at Leo Burnett in Chicago, Pete launched and managed national print, direct, radio and TV campaigns for Marlboro, Coca-Cola, Altoids and Delta Air Lines. He left Burnett to launch his own online businesses where he oversaw the development, branding and marketing of three online graphic design and printing businesses, which eventually became some of the largest printing sites on the internet.

Most recently, Pete was Director of Marketing for 1-800-GOT-JUNK? in Vancouver where, after starting as the only person in marketing, he built the marketing department and led the startup’s international expansion to three continents and helped take the organization from $12M in revenue to over $160M in just three years.

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