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December 22nd, 2008 | Natalie Zmuda | Advertising Age

Marketers Can Get on the Menu at JetBlue's Terminal Five

JetBlue’s Terminal Five at New York’s JFK has already garnered plenty of attention, and now it’s looking to let advertisers in on the action. 

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December 21st, 2008 | Helen Gao | San Diego Union-Tribune

Cities Look to Partners for Help

The city has offered the program since 1999, and it has generated more than $16 million in cash, services and goods. It will become even more critical as the city’s $54 million budget deficit looms for next year.

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December 21st, 2008 | Theresa Howard | USA Today

Microsoft Wants You to Throw a Party for its Xbox

On a recent Saturday, about 1,000 women across the country moonlighted as marketers for Microsoft’s newest Xbox services.

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December 21st, 2008 | Stephanie Clifford | The New York Times

Montel’s Back, and Does He Have a Deal for You

This was not a television show. It was an infomercial, “Living Well With Montel,” and Mr. Williams is being paid depending on how well the products sell.

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December 18th, 2008 | Andrew Hampp | Advertising Age

In Store on TBS Sitcom: Hellmann's Mayo, Vaseline

The common thread for all these real-life products is Unilever, the package-goods company that has partnered with Turner Entertainment’s sales and marketing group through the years on a series of commercial-busting branded-entertainment projects, including “10 Items” integrations and short-form series such as 2006’s “Love Bites” for Sunsilk hair products. 

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