The Media Drop

Well, if you’re Time Out New York, you have to be happy about this year’s October 4 “Sex” issue, which dropped a 50% increase on the mag’s average weekly sales. But the quote of the issue wasn’t included, it happened later on in the month, when TONY’s EIC Brian Farnham said to a group of […]

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Political Wire cites a CNN report stating that political ad spending for the 2008 presidential run could be double of that from 2004.
Kevin Drum shares his thoughts on the word from the NY Times‘ public editor, Clark Hoyt, about how Deborah Solomon’s “Questions For” column in the New York Times Magazine is put together.
J. Harvey […]

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Well, I’ve seen great success with other fun link-fests on blogs I’ve written for, and I wanted to make sure I’m bringing that same hustle to TMD, so I’m going to try and do a roundup like this at least once per week of things that I’m reading that I’m thinking you need to read […]

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Jason Kottke continues to be - and I have no vested interest in saying this - one of the smartest and most observant people (forget bloggers for a second) I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. I mean, sure, we can all read this from Krugman and get the drift, but the small stuff is […]

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Wordpress not working properly this morning. Just a test again. And Again.

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WordPress is up and running here at The Media Drop. I’m not getting rid of the old MT archives or anything, but I did import everything over to the WP archives, too.
Still loving MT for quite a bit of things, but I’m finding it easier to use for more “pro” things such as press […]

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Don’t forget to vote for the top ads over at YouTube or AOL!

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As I see the ads, I keep finding more and more favorites, including a really good spot, “Happiness Factory,” from Coca-Cola.

The ad really speaks for itself, but it looks to “take away” a little of the mystery as to what goes on inside a Coca-Cola machine once you insert your money and the bottle […]

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So, I’m sitting in Newark Airport waiting for my flight to St. Louis this morning, and giving Verizon’s Broadband Access a whirl. I know a lot of folks who’ve used it in the past, and I wasn’t sure if I’d be a fan or not, but I’ve got to say that it’s pretty much as […]

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There’s apparently a big huff and puff going on today about Techcrunch’s Mike Arrington “breaking up” with Netflix, apparently frustrated with how “power users” of the service are being treated and that he had issues with his queue - and that he’s gone to the other side, or rather, to Blockbuster’s comparable service.
I’m really surprised […]

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