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More People Turn to the Web to Watch TV (NYT)
For two decades, media company executives and advertisers have been talking about creating fully interactive television that would allow viewers to watch exactly what they want, when they want it.

DVD series promises to teach you how to break into hip-hop (MTV)
Struggling to figure out how to break into hip-hop? A DVD series promises to teach you, with advice from producers Rockwilder and Just Blaze, managers Mona Scott and Blue Williams, and video directors Benny Boom and Jessy Terrero. DreamSpring’s how-to series available at DreamSpringEntertainment.com.

Faster Ad Slowdown Seen (NYP)
Advertising spending around the world is slowing down much faster than expected, says a report by ad giant Publicis Groupe SA.

Morissette, Urban, Stone among Gap ‘Favorites’ (Reuters)
Alanis Morissette, Joss Stone, Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams and Keith Urban are among the artists who will appear in clothing retailer Gap Inc.’s fall “Favorites” advertising campaign.

‘Stealth’ crashes on takeoff at U.S. box office (Reuters)
Moviegoers shot down a costly action movie for the second consecutive weekend as the $100 million military film “Stealth” opened at No. 4 with sales of just $13.5 million, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

Now a song from our sponsor: Ad execs rethink music (Reuters)
Music fans may bemoan the crumbling boundary between commercials and song-making, but there’s more to come in an industry turned on its head by portable digital music players like the fast-selling iPod.

PluggedIn:Wireless wallets come closer to reality (Reuters)
Imagine being able to pay for a song on the jukebox, buy a bag of groceries or gain admission to a sports arena by simply waving your phone by a machine.

Oakley sunglasses go digital to lure gadget hounds (Reuters)
Oakley Inc. is jumping into the electronic age with sunglasses that play music and work with cell phones as it targets gadget lovers who want more than just protection from the sun.

ESPN’s New Master of the Offensive Foul (NYT)
If you’re a sports fan - more specifically, a basketball fan - you may already find it hard to avoid Stephen A. Smith. He is the emerging face of hoops talk at ESPN, a fierce, confident, at times bombastic presence whose brash, clamorous style not only punctuates his reporting and analysis but sometimes eclipses them.

A Team and a Company Are Banking on a Coach (NYT)
When he was asked yesterday if the signing of Larry Brown to coach the Knicks, the end of the National Hockey League lockout and the disappearance of the West Side stadium fight offered evidence of brighter times at Madison Square Garden, James L. Dolan offered a one-word response: “Yes.” He uttered it with a self-satisfied smile but with none of the zip of Marv Albert, his least favorite former Knicks announcer.

Sign-and-trade with Hawks would net Johnson $70M (ESPN)
It appears that Joe Johnson’s wish to swap a supporting role in Phoenix for star status in Atlanta is on the verge of being granted.

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