Politics Trumps Science on Birth Control

Office of Women's Health official resigns in protest, comes to Austin to speak out

"...entitled "Decision Process to Deny Initial Application for Over-the-Counter Marketing of the Emergency Contraceptive Drug Plan B Was Unusual,"..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Unwittingly?

"...money to enter a venue showcasing a sleazy new marketing ploy for big tobacco. Austin Music Hall opened its..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

'Consumer Reports' explores capitalistic idiocy; and libraries go begging while boondoggles get funding

"...America informed and enlightened, are forced to go begging?FOOD MARKETING TRICKS..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Fahrenheit 9/11 will receive an estimated $10 million for marketing efforts leading up to its U.S. debut. This is..."

June 25, 2004 Column

And Your Point Is?

"...Fahrenheit 9/11 will receive an estimated $10 million for marketing efforts leading up to its U.S. debut. This is..."

June 18, 2004 Postmarks

Arts Bullets

Physical Plant Theater's first Garden Party raised more than $8,000, Ann Hume Wilson has been appointed associate director of the Blanton Museum of Art, Blue Lapis Light is exhibiting – and auctioning off – bras and breastplates for angels, and the city unveils a new mural at the Pan Am / A.B. Cantu Recreation Center

"...has spent the past seven years as director of marketing and communications. Prior to that, she was manager of..."

June 4, 2004 Arts Feature

Limited Edition

The file-sharing antidote: Bonus DVDS

"...buck, if not downloaded illegally for free. As Atlantic marketing VP Vicky Germaise recently told Billboard, "At this point,..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Naked City

"...15. According to Travis Froehlich, vice-president of planning and marketing at Seton Healthcare Network (which manages Brack), the 18-month-old..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...put much of the force of its brand and marketing machine behind films made at another studio, Pixar. Under..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

After Napster Part 2

Does having your music free online bring more or less cash?

"...imprint. With that came Warner Bros. money and Warner marketing power, which helped the band gain their fan base..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose

"...convenient vessel for leftovers that need the type of marketing Carver's name will promote...."

May 4, 2001 Books Review by Lissa Richardson

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...a clunky failure of a techno-thriller -- into a marketing triumph...."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

No Commitment Necessary

As the economy takes a dive, many high tech workers find themselves stuck on the temping treadmill

"...worker with Burnett Personnel Services, who worked in Tivoli's marketing research department. A year ago, she started out at..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

E-tail This!

La Frontera is proof that e-commerce has not destroyed traditional retail commerce.

"...blown on the Navigators and Escalades of the option-fed marketing managers of places like CDNow. At least those investors..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...health plans and workers' comp plans, to fuse two marketing departments into one that will promote work on both..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Work for Hire

The RIAA amends a copyright law that labels "sound recordings" as "work for hire" thus robbing most musicians of right to their masters.

"...Litigation reigns and prevents anyone from effectively distributing and marketing records...."

Aug. 25, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Postscripts

Dave Hamrick is leaving Barnes & Noble to join Taylor Wilson, a recently founded publishing company in Houston but his departure means more for Texas writers than you might at first imagine.

"...of the literary life of a place, part effective marketing, and part juggling act of keeping authors, publishers, and..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...CBS affiliate, KEYE. Additionally, the company has a local marketing agreement -- which allows it to program another station..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Waters' Edge

"...because I consider you to be something of a marketing genius...."

Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coach's Corner

"...many -- if not all -- of the learned marketing gimmicks of the 100 years past; ruses which can..."

July 16, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...Strictly speaking, everything is world music. Yet as a marketing term, the tag was designed to describe a particular..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

Playing on the Past

"...Jordan, and Bill weren't trying to please a paranoid marketing department or anyone in general. They just wrote the..."

June 11, 1999 Screens Feature by Chris Baker

Why We Listen to What They Say

"...allied and out to get us. "They" is a marketing strategy; that's all it is. "They" is something we..."

April 23, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Amassing Awards

"..."It's a combination of the editor, the director of marketing, and me ... [the director of marketing] and I..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Books Feature

On the Lege

Christian Sabotage?

"...urban blight. But in Green's view, that's just good marketing strategy. "I think it's very valid for them to..."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Column

Memories of My Father Watching TV: A Novel

"...he creates a multi-tiered satire of hit-men and target marketing. Like Nick Hornby, another hot UK import these days,..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Books Review

Dancing About Architecture

Liaison d'Etre

"...problem," says Garcia, "the job [became] entirely based on marketing." Since his previous job had been Marketing Manager for..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Celebrating Beaujolais Nouveau

"...in the Beaujolais region of France, wine producer and marketing genius Georges Duboeuf is surely toasting the coming release..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Food Feature

The House That PAC Built

"...the PAC. As the center's associate director for programming, marketing, and development, his responsibilities include, he says, "basically everything..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Webb on the Web

Don Webb: Surreal but Awake

"...categorized as horror, fantasy, or science fiction, or by neo-marketing terms like slipstream or avant pop. His writing reflects..."

July 31, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

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