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Motorsports Blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
JEGS DELAWARE, Ohio (Dec. 2) Eight years ago, four-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. helped carry the Olympic flame to the Salt Lake City Winter Games. In 2010, he plans to help his friends with USA Bobsledding mine some...
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HTMF: Prince Rupert's Website (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Canada's Olympic experience is officially underway, as the Olympic torch touched down in Victoria at 8:45 this morning. The flame which made the journey from Greece to Victoria, by way of Iceland (refuelling has its importance you know) now begins its journey across Canada... (from the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article http://atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html#2208681420033121735...
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Stereogum (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
A couple of days ago Frog Eyes frontman/Swan Lake member Carey Mercer sent us a link to an article in the Edmonton Journal that discussed a clause in the contracts signed by performers at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics that barred them from speaking negatively about the Games or the Olympic organizing committee. Since this gag order impacts a number of musicians, and Carey is a Vancouver-based...
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ScribeMedia (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
As part of a cross platform package, NBC is selling online Olympics ad inventory @ $45 CPM, versus the typical $10 - $20 CPM for a network show. Sponsors cannot buy an online only package. They have to buy the cross platform mix (TV, online, mobile).
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
I know personally, from both successful and tragic Olympic experiences, that once the Games are over, no matter what the outcome, there's always a feeling of being able to finally exhale.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Modeling the games after soccer’s World CupEditor, The Times:Thank you for your series of articles on the Olympics [“Olympic business stays in the ‘family,’ ” page one, Nov. 17].Unfortunately, it is disheartening to see how the Olympic ticket sales are being managed, and the price gouging occurring within package sales. I think the Vancouver Organizing Committee and the International...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... Chicago , after less than a year on the job and leaders of the national governing bodies of Olympic sports openly revolted. Tagliabue, the N.F.L. commissioner from 1989 to 2006, will lead a committee that is charged with assessing the “size, structure and operating practices of the U.S.O.C. board,” according to a news release. In a conference call Wednesday, the board also agreed to publish...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
You want the Olympic experience but don't want the Olympic hassle? Visit Vancouver before the Winter Games (Feb. 12-28). Here's why: