5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times and other media
It’s the largest newspaper The St. Petersburg Times has ever delivered to subscribers door steps. “Last year it was a record sized paper, it’s even bigger this year,” said Bruce Faulmann, VP of sales and marketing. The paper will be over three inches thick and weigh more than four pounds. “We call it thud factor. A lot [...]
Infographic reveals many lessons about Thanksgiving Day travel
Adam Dachis recaps: You can’t always control where you’re flying to and from, however, but you can control when. … Flying on Thanksgiving Day (the 24th) … will make your trip considerably easier. When compared to the busiest flying day (the 27th), there will be about one million fewer passengers traveling around the United States.
Is the Internet awake?
Creator Bård Edlund explains: The further a circle is to the left, the more certain it is that most citizens in the country it represents are awake. The opposite is true for the right/night side. If you’re wondering when to tweet your most brilliant thoughts in order to maximize International exposure, it looks like 9am EST [...]
5 things I think I think about today’s St. Pete Times and other media
ABCNews.com and Yahoo.com will livestream the following interviews today: Huntsman at 8:10 a.m.; Bachmann at 9:30; Paul at 11; Perry at 11:15; Romney at 12:15 p.m.; Santorum at 2; Cain at 2:30; Gingrich at 3. – Sen. Marco Rubio will be the guest at the next interactive Politico Playbook Breakfast on Tuesday, November 15, at [...]
The most unequal city in America
Is Bridgeport, CT: The top 20 percent in the Bridgeport area — which includes Fairfield County, one of the wealthiest areas in the United States — took home nearly 60 percent of its income, while the bottom 20 percent took home 2.5 percent of the region’s money. In this nexus of billion-dollar hedge funds and bombed-out [...]
FMA comes out swinging against optometry scope of practice expansion
The Florida Medical Association has launched an awareness campaign aimed at educating legislators and thought leaders about what the 20,000-member Association says is an inappropriate move by optometrists. The background: Legislation filed by Rep. Caldwell and Sen. Bennett would allow optometrists to prescribe oral and injected medications approved by a formulary committee, without further restriction [...]







