'Late Show's' Biff Henderson falls off stage and into hospital after David Letterman throws him ball

Imitating Super Bowl hero Drew Brees, rifle-armed David Letterman fired a pass to his show's stage manager Monday that sent him to the hospital.

Source: NYDailyNews.com - Tv

More digital power for London - from Radio Today

London will be the first place in the UK to benefit from improvements to the DAB digtial radio transmission system.Known as the London Update Plan, it will aim to accelerate digital take up by extending coverage into those areas where digital services are currently unavailable as well as increasing the strength of existing digital signals.

Source: Media UK: Radio news

Rentrak Wants Every Market To Resemble Columbus

As Rentrak looks to expand its ratings service for local TV, CEO Bill Livek indicated that a strategy is inking a deal with a station group in a market, and then persuading competitors to follow.

Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews

FCC Okays More Body Scanners

Action adds more time, more quantities to 2006 waiver
Just two weeks after affirming a 2006 waiver for body-scanning security devices, the FCC has now extended that waiver by another year and upped the allowable sales by another 200 units.
The action coincides with news reports that the Transportation Safety Administration is increasing the numbers of body scanners at U.S. airports in response to security threats, including an individual who allegedly smuggled explosives aboard a U.S. aircraft in his clothing last Christmas.
Read the FCC’s order here.

Source: CommLawBlog

Undercover Lew

By Jerry Del Colliano After the Super Bowl on CBS Sunday night was a new show called Undercover Boss where corporate CEOs get into the trenches with their employees to find out what working for their company is really like. It was the most-watched post Super Bowl show since 2001 according to the overnight ratings. In episode one, Larry O’Donnell, CEO of Waste Management, went undercover to find out, among other things, what cleaning latrines is like. As The Wall Street Journal put it: “In the pilot episode, the president and chief operating officer of Waste Management, Larry O'Donnell, helps an upbeat, smiling employee as he cleans out port-o-lets at a carnival ground. The third episode shows 7-Eleven Inc. Chief Executive Joe DePinto working on an assembly line making donuts. His voiceover reminds viewers that the convenience store chain has expanded its fresh-food offerings. Mr. DePinto says he saw the series as "an opportunity to showcase our people, our stores and the things we're known for." Now, this isn’t really a reality show. No one gets fired, bitten by a poisonous snake or has a girlfriend named Snooki. And there is no doubt these big firm CEOs wouldn’t subject themselves to...

Source: Inside Music Media

A page is turned

It was the day after Apple unveiled its iPad and Macmillan's John Sargent was heading for the Amazon.com headquarters in Seattle on a hastily arranged visit. The chief...

Source: FT.com - Media

Google's Super Bowl Touchdown: "We're Lovable, Not Evil"

With its simple narrative ad about an American falling in love in Paris, Google struck back at critics who charge it has become too large and...

Source: Media Analysis RSS | BNET Industries

Putting Your Voice on the Internet: Should I Podcast or Stream Internet Radio?

I'm often asked by visitors to this site how to start an Internet radio station. But, often they are over-thinking it. Offering audio on the Internet can be done in many ways and it just keeps getting easier. If you've got something to say and you want others to hear it, what's the best way? Podcast? Internet Radio? The answer may surprise you. Read more. (Graphic © WildVoice)Putting Your Voice on the Internet: Should I Podcast or Stream Internet Radio? originally appeared on About.com Radio on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 00:59:20. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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Chavez hosts new radio show _ at any moment - Washington Post

RIA Novosti Chavez hosts new radio show _ at any moment Washington Post AP CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has launched a new radio program in which he can take to the airwaves at any time of the day or ... Chavez declares "electricity emergency" in VenezuelaReuters Chavez puts Venezuela under 'electricity emergency'Inquirer.net Hugo Chavez orders expropriation of historic buildingsBBC News In Defense of Marxism�-Human Events (blog) all 253 news articles��

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ALL ACCESS ACTION

'JAN JEFFRIES, JEFF NAUMANN, DAVE BOUCHARD, DAVEY SYMONDS, KAREN RITE, ROB MORRIS, KID KELLY, KRISTEN GUARINO, KELLY MAC, MARK DYLAN, NICOLE SELLARS, STEVE WALL, MARIE MCCALLISTER, MARK … more'

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Media General prices bond offering

Media General sold a private offering of senior unsecured notes, due 2017. The offering of $300 million was smaller than the proposed offering announced as

Source: http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/21007.html

Salem Communications Announces Two New General Managers (Marketwire)

Source: Yahoo! Finance: Broadcasting - Radio Industry News

Howard Stern addresses the American Idol rumors: "There's not a better job on the planet"

At least he says there’s not a better job than judging an “f-ing karaoke contest.” Stern tells this morning’s Sirius show “It might be possible. We'll see.” Referring to his current oversized paycheck, Stern says “a hundred million to judge a karaoke contest? Yeah, I think I would do that show for $100 million…What a cush job: $100 million for four months. Who wouldn’t take that?” But then he plays coy, saying he won’t comment on any possible negotiations with Fox, to replace Simon Cowell. There’s more in the MTV/VH1 coverage of Stern, here.

Source: Radio-Info News

Ibiquity Updates 2010 Station Pricing

Three payment plans have been setup for broadcasters wanting to install the technology.

Source: Radio

Salem Appoints Two GM's in Chicago and Seattle

Salem Communications appoints two new General Managers at its groups in Chicago and Seattle. Jeff Reisman is named GM for its Chicago cluster, including WYLL-AM and WIND-AM. He replaces David Santrella, who is now President of the company's radio division. For the past 5 years Reisman served as General Sales

Source: RADIO ONLINE News

iBiquity Introduces 2010 Station Pricing for HD Radio

iBiquity Digital, developer of HD Radio technology, announced its 2010 pricing program for station licensing on Monday. The new plan includes reduced license fees and expanded payment options which iBiquity says will simplify radio broadcasters' migration to digital. "HD Radio Technology has enjoyed tremendous

Source: RADIO ONLINE News

Monday's Pile

We have a lot going on this start of the week, so we might as well go on.

Please note: our publishing schedule will still be quite sporadic, and there are days we may not be able to be here. We'll try to keep our Twitter feed going whenever possible...

THE 3001 EUCLID SHUFFLE: If this is February 8th, it must be time for the 3001 Euclid Anchor Shuffle.

More than any station in the Cleveland TV market, Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5 keeps rotating its anchors in and out, trying new combinations, or generally "seeing what works".

The station has its first permanent anchor schedule since long-time anchor Ted Henry left the building nearly 9 months ago, and here it is:

Noon: Leon Bibb (solo)
5 PM/Live on Five: Danita Harris and Lee Jordan
6 PM: Leon Bibb and Lee Jordan
11 PM: Danita Harris (solo)

"Good Morning Cleveland" - with anchors Pete Kenworthy and Kimberly Gill - is unaffected.

At most stations, there's at least a "main anchor team" doing either 5 and 11 PM, or 6 and 11 PM, or all three newscasts. WEWS appears to want to mix it up.

With the 11 PM anchor slot solo, Danita Harris becomes the second African-American female solo anchor in the market...with Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3's Romona Robinson the first, of course...

INCOMING?: OMW hears that Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8" is looking to fill the opening left behind when popular Melissa Mack headed for Boston, and a gig at CBS O&O WBZ/4.

A Northeast Ohio native, who currently toils in the Grand Rapids MI market, was spotted at South Marginal auditioning for the role over the weekend. (We'll assume she, or whichever weathercaster WJW hires, will take her place as a part of "Fox 8 News in the Morning", and cover similar duties.)

Stay tuned...

FIRST UP: ...to occupy the vacated Clear Channel talk WKBN/570 Youngstown morning drive chair this week is Mike Romigh.

Yes, that's the long-time former host at CBS Radio news/talk KDKA/1020 Pittsburgh, where now-former WKBN morning drive host Robert Mangino has landed in the evening slot.

Since leaving "KD", a quick Google search tells us that Romigh has been working for a Beaver County PA congressman, and for an economic development group based in the suburban Pittsburgh county.

OMW hears that Romigh is among those who are "up for the job", and no final decision has been made...and we don't know who will be heard in the WKBN morning slot after him...

PIONEER PASSES: There's actually a long history of Spanish-language radio in the Cleveland market, though only two non-commercial rimshot stations (Painesville's WHWN/88.3 and out-past-Lorain's WNZN/89.1) broadcast in the language full time. A number of local educational and non-commercial stations, and even commercial stations, have had such programs on weekends.

A pioneer in Latino-focused broadcasting in Cleveland has passed away.

The Plain Dealer's Cleveland.com carries the obituary for Daniel "Junior" Vargas, who died last month at the age of 71:

Junior was Cleveland's finest voice of Latino Radio on WZAK & WCSB for over 40 years. Your music will play forever!

An OMW reader tells us that Mario Ivan Benavides succeded "Junior", and that he now broadcasts "Latino International" on WCSB...

NYLA FOUND: OMW hears out of South Marginal that an apparently well-liked former presence on WJW's "Fox 8 News in the Morning" has a broadcast home.

After some time out of the media light, "Nyla" is now heard on Radio One talk/brokered WERE/1490 Cleveland Heights "NewsTalk 1490" Sunday evenings from 6-10 PM, on a program the station's schedule calls "Healing The Hurt Gospel With Miss Nyla And Daniel".

(The schedule actually has the show running until 2 AM Monday mornings, which we presume is a repeat of the live 6-10 PM airing.)

We hear that Nyla still gets E-mails at South Marginal, wondering what happened to her, so there you go...

Source: Ohio Media Watch

The 10 Best Super Bowl Commercials Canada Missed

Source: Latest Forum Activity - Puget Sound Radio

Global Radio tightens up competitions - from Media Guardian

Capital FM owner holds additional draws after listener spots problem with multiple competition entriesGlobal Radio has overhauled its on-air competition policy after an error meant that thousands of entries for its Jingle Bell Ball contest on London's 95.8 Capital FM went uncounted.Listeners were invited to send in a text for a chance to win a pair of tickets for the live music event, held at the O2 Arena in December last year.Global Radio management later discovered that people who entered a number of times using the same mobile phone had only their first entry counted, no matter how many more texts they sent.The fault emerged after a listener who entered one of the draws about 40 times contacted the station "concerned that despite his high number of entries, he had not won", media regulator Ofcom said today.As a result, the regulator said, Global re-entered those texts which had been mistakenly excluded into additional draws. The broadcaster had since taken a number of steps to stop the problem happening again.A total of 51,093 people entered the 94 free prize draws that were affected by the fault, making a total of 196,430 entries."Ofcom welcomed the broadcaster's action in uncovering the problem, establishing its...

Source: Media UK: Radio news

Dish, Rentrak Partner For Media Data

Rentrak, a media measurement serving the advertising and entertainment industries, has an industry-advancing agreement with Dish Network to commercially integrate its TV viewing data with Rentrak's TV Essentials audience measurement service.

Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews

BSkyB gives up ITV stake fight

BSkyB gave up its legal fight on Monday to keep its full 17.9 per cent stake in rival broadcaster ITV

Source: FT.com - Media

Jay Leno, David Letterman and the Importance of Not Overthinking Everything

Jay Leno allows himself to appear in a Super Bowl commercial to promote "The Late Show with David Letterman"? Is that crazy? No, just good business.

Source: Media Analysis RSS | BNET Industries

CTV and NFL Extend Multi-Year Broadcast Deal

The National Football League, together with CTV, announced today a four-year extension of its broadcast partne... [Full Story]

Source: BroadCaster Magazine : Headline News

Report: Iran Arrests Seven, Alleging Ties To U.S.-Backed Station

The Iranian government has reportedly arrested seven people, accusing them of ties to U.S.-backed Radio Farda, with state media saying two of those arrested are CIA operatives. A station exec tells CNN that Radio Farda has no employees inside Iran.

Source: http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=1690881&spid=24698

Sirius XM Will Likely Not Have to Execute Reverse Split

It appears that Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin has pulled off another deal of the decade, and Sirius XM will not be required to execute its shareholder approved reverse split.

Source: Radio News

RAIN 2/8: Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy to keynote at RAIN Summit North

PANDORA CHIEF TO ADDRESS RAIN SUMMIT IN TORONTO ON MARCH 12 RAIN is delighted to announce that Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy will deliver the keynote address at RAIN Summit North in Toronto. Kennedy will share his thoughts on the state of broadcast radio, streaming, and new media — and what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

Pandora is the world’s leading online radio brand and recently announced their first profitable quarter (RAIN coverage here). The company has also been a leader in streaming to listeners away from computers: on mobile devices (which account for 30% of Pandora’s listening), Blu-ray players, HDTVs, home theater systems and car dashboards (like Ford’s new My Ford Touch system, RAIN coverage here). Most recently, the company made headlines with a new initiative to attract small business ad dollars (RAIN coverage here).

Kennedy is one of a long list of speakers who will be participating in RAIN Summit North on Friday, March 12 during Canadian Music Week (arguably North America’s premier radio and music conference). Jelli CEO Mike Dougherty, Slacker SVP/Strategic Development Jim Rondinelli, the founding president of Net Radio Sales (now Katz 360) Jennifer Lane, and Davis Wright Tremaine’s David Oxenford are among the many...

Source: RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter

Grant to pay for police, firefighter radio equipment - Bowling Green Daily News

Grant to pay for police, firefighter radio equipment Bowling Green Daily News Warren County Emergency Management Director Ronnie Pearson said the grant will provide much-needed updates to the radio system used by firefighters and ... and more��

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Luke Bryan's New Video To Debut On iTunes

'CAPITOL/NASHVILLE artist LUKE BRYAN's new video for "Rain Is A Good Thing" will debut on iTUNES TOMORROW (2/9). The video was shot last OCTOBER at BRYAN's inaugural "Farm … more'

Source: Latest Net News from AllAccess.com

Iran arrests seven tied to US-backed radio station

We in US radio sometimes forget how dangerous it is to be a broadcaster elsewhere in the world. Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, reports that

Source: http://www.rbr.com/radio/20979.html

Sirius XM Will Likely Not Have to Execute Reverse Split (at Seeking Alpha)

Source: Yahoo! Finance: Broadcasting - Radio Industry News

Earnings Preview: The Walt Disney Co.

theflyonthewall.com submits: The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) is expected to report Q1 earnings after the market close on Tuesday, February 9 with a conference call scheduled for 4:30 pm ET. GuidanceAnalysts are looking for a profit of 39c on revenue of $9.63B. The consensus range is 34c-51c for EPS, and revenue of $9.26B-$10.18B, according to First Call. Disney has wanted to sell its Miramax name and film library for months, reportedly valued at about $700M, and recently closed Miramax's offices and let go most of its remaining personnel. Disney is also said to be eyeing a stake in Bus Online, China's largest in-bus digital media and advertising company. During the quarter, Sean Bailey was named president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production following the departure of Oren Aviv. The Wall Street Journal reported that Hong Kong Disneyland narrowed its losses due to cost cutting and a slight increase in attendance. Complete Story �

Source: Media Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha

iBiquity hopes to broaden the reach of HD Radio with new lower license fees

Both the licensing fees themselves and the extended payment options are designed to spark renewed interest in the transition to digital. iBiquity CEO Bob Struble says “Radio is now the the last entertainment medium to convert from analog to digital.” One of the benefits from HD Radio: “incremental revenue from new digital offerings” made possible by the HD-2 and HD-3 multicast channels. Those can be leased out to third parties for foreign language or ethnic program, and some broadcasters are creating new all-sports channels, such as Penguins radio in Pittsburgh. iBiquity says there over 1,100 multicast channels on the air now. Here’s the outline of the 2010 licensing and payment program: to broadcast digitally a main channel, there’s a one-time payment in full of $10,500, or a net-30 days price of $11,000, or 12 automatic payments of $1,042 a month, for a total of $12,500. iBqiuity’s Rick Greenhut says “approximately one new HD Radio station goes on the air every three days”, and there are more than 2,000 stations in digital now.

Source: Radio-Info News

CBC Radio Announces New Morning Host

Source: Latest Forum Activity - Puget Sound Radio

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky sues over Alexander Litvinenko poison link - from The Independent

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky today sued over a "savage libel" that he was behind the terrible murder of Alexander Litvinenko by radioactive poisoning.

Source: Media UK: Radio news

Mediaedge:cia Wins Wrigley's In Asia

Mediaedge:cia has been selected as media agency of record by Wrigley in Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews

TVO Launces "Go Public" On-Air Fundraising Campaign

A public fundraising campaign has been launched�by Ontario provincial educational broadcaster TVO, and it... [Full Story]

Source: BroadCaster Magazine : Headline News

For everyone who thinks good ideas are hard and expensive....

Did your station email something like this to your audience this morning? And if not, why not? Opportunity comes to those who are smart enough to recognize it. Hopefully, the link goes to a page where I can do what I'm offered and not the home page.

Source: Hear 2.0

Freakonomics Radio an iTunes Hit - New York Times (blog)

Freakonomics Radio an iTunes Hit New York Times (blog) By FREAKONOMICS Friday marked the debut of a Freakonomics podcast, and as of this writing it is the No. 2 podcast on iTunes. Thanks! ...

Source: radio - Google News

Big Machine Releases Valentine's Day Soundtrack This Week

'BIG MACHINE is set to release the VALENTINE'S DAY SOUNDTRACK TOMORROW (2/9), which features 18 songs that are featured in the film. The film will hit theaters on FRIDAY (2/12). The soundtrack … more'

Source: Latest Net News from AllAccess.com

'Law & Order SVU’ #1 at 10pm; ‘SNL’ #1 of Saturday night

From 8-9 p.m., an encore telecast of MERCY averaged a 0.5/2 in 18-49 and 2.5 million viewers overall. At 9 p.m., a rebroadcast of LAW

Source: http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv-cable_ratings/20960.html

ubroadcast Entertainment Group to Launch New Film Platform Site (Marketwire)

Source: Yahoo! Finance: Broadcasting - Radio Industry News

Good, Palmer & Baldrey - Accept HST without fight?

Source: Latest Forum Activity - Puget Sound Radio

Akon locked up to Capital - from Radio Today

95.8 Capital FM has signed the worldwide, multi-platinum selling artist Akon to present its ground-breaking new Saturday evening show, starting this Saturday at 7pm.The new presenter has sold over 7 million albums worldwide as an artist and picked up numerous awards including three World Music Awards and five Grammy Award nominations.

Source: Media UK: Radio news

AMR: B-to-B Online Marketing Will Grow 8% This Year

AMR International's latest survey says b-to-b online marketing was worth $3 billion in 2009 and will grow 8% in 2010. The growth is attributed to a shift from print; though two-thirds of b-to-b marketers believe online must complement traditional marketing efforts.

Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews

CTV Ottawa Gutted by Fire

CTV reports that a fire swept through its newsroom in Ottawa, causing millions of dollars in damages. [Full Story]

Source: BroadCaster Magazine : Headline News

Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx Debuts on Radio Stations Nationwide Today - MarketWatch

Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx Debuts on Radio Stations Nationwide Today MarketWatch LOS ANGELES, Feb 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Premiere Radio Networks is proud to announce that Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx will launch into national ... Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx brings radio into his entertainment mixUSA Today KEGL-FM 97.1 in Dallas to get new Nikki Sixx nightly radio showPegasus News Motley Crue star brings act to radio: Nikki Sixx's syndicated show will debut ...California Chronicle all 19 news articles��

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Sterling Holding Group changes name to Sterling Property Company - Continuing the use of documents stolen from Wilshire Holding Group

Lutz, FL - February 1, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ -- Wilshire Holding Group, Inc. of Lutz, Florida and Canyon Country, CA has discovered the continued usage

Source: http://www.rbr.com/media-news/press_releases/world_news/sterling_holding_group_changes_name.html

CanalDigitaal expands HDTV at 23.5 degrees East - from Media Network Weblog

SES Astra announced today that it has signed a long-term agreement with M7 Group for two additional transponders at 23.5 degrees East. The newly contracted capacity will be used for the further extension of the HDTV lineup of CanalDigitaal, M7 Group’s direct-to-home (DTH) platform for the Dutch market and will bring the number of total [...]

Source: Media UK: Radio news

NAMES + FACES 'Idol' might go for radio star - Detroit Free Press

NAMES + FACES 'Idol' might go for radio star Detroit Free Press According to the New York Post's Page Six, "Idol" producers want shock-jock Stern, whose exclusive $100 million-a-year Sirius XM Satellite Radio deal ... and more��

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musicjobs: Radio Promotions - New Orleans United States...

Radio Promotions - New Orleans United States... http://jobsurl.com/185d6b

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Green Bay has a new FM: talk WTAQ-FM (97.5).

The Midwest Communications station signed on Friday afternoon at 4pm, taking the branding of its highly-rated AM sister WTAQ (1360). WTAQ-FM, Glenmore, Wisconsin is the construction permit that Duke Wright’s Midwest Communications bought from Randy Michaels last year, paying $1,725,000. Michaels' Radioactive LLC acquired the permit in the FCC’s Auction #37 and moved it in from Two Rivers to Glenmore, changing frequency from 97.1 to 97.5. The Wisconsin Board of Radio-Info.com talks about the new arrival to Green Bay here.

Source: Radio-Info News

Jay & Dave (& Oprah) Together on Super Bowl TV

Source: Latest Forum Activity - Puget Sound Radio

Want happy children? Stop trying to be perfect parents and focus on your own relationship instead, says book - from Daily Mail

The TV and radio presenter Kirsty Young recently said the 'cult' of pushy parenting 'sickened' her because it was 'the real modern disease'.

Source: Media UK: Radio news

ABC's Sawyer Cool, Sleek Newscasts Appeal To Viewers

[from Los Angeles Times] - Quietly taking over as anchor from Charles Gibson at " ABC World News" at the end of last year, Diane Sawyer may be able to succeed whe...

Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews

Hollywood casts spell on son of Gaddafi

Saadi Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan leader, has financed his first US film, The Experiment, a remake of a German thriller that will be released this year and stars a pair of Oscar winners

Source: FT.com - Media

Foreign Lecturer

Here’s another flavor from the world of improv to spice up your radio writing. One voice speaks a foreign language.

Source: www.aria-radio.com

Thruway radio alert system a little less than loud and clear - Albany Times Union

Thruway radio alert system a little less than loud and clear Albany Times Union The lights were flashing on the sign on the side of the road and the sign said when the lights are flashing tune your radio to 1610 AM. ...

Source: radio - Google News

Tim Tebow step aside; Jay, Dave and Oprah surprise with Super Bowl's most-talked about ad

Forget about Tim Tebow and abortion debates; the top attention-getting commercial from this year's Super Bowl adfest involved another high profile fight: Jay Leno and David Letterman.

Just a week or so after the two late night hosts traded bitter barbs over the ouster of Conan O'Brien, Leno flew to New York to tape a sidesplitting, totally unexpected Super Bowl commercial with Oprah Winfrey and Letterman.

The gag, reportedly written by Letterman and requiring Leno to enter his rival's stage at the Ed Sullivan Theater in disguise, was the least expected and most entertaining among a crop of mostly mediocre advertisements decidedly lacking in the two things most expected from a Super Bowl ad: humor and spectacle.

Indeed, outside of Letterman's low-tech ad, the most entertaining spots came from Doritos, which held a contest asking the public to develop ads they would pay to air during the game. The best one, featuring a toddler delivering a smackdown to a disrespectful suitor for his mom, was available online for at least a week before the game.

Most other commercials could only manage a few entertaining moments -- quite a surprise given that the hefty price for Super Bowl ads kept most of...

Source: The Feed