Arrested Development Cast Members Work Together Again… at Denny's
No brand, it seems, is immune from the dubious charms of viral internet marketing–not even the chain diner where you can get eggs at 2a.m. Denny’s, known for its history of racial tensions more than...
View ArticleUpdated: FourSquare Allows New Yorkers to 'Treat Yo Self'
Treat Yo Self! Updated below with a response from list founder Alisha M. Foursquare, the social-networking app that allows you to “check in” to venues, become a mayor, meet up with your friends, and...
View ArticleChronicle Takes Viral Marketing to the Sky with Human Planes (Video)
It's a bird, it's a plane! (Well, it is a plane.) Manhattanites are a tough bunch; it takes more than topless paparazzi or oddly threatening skywriting to phase them. But after watching this video of...
View ArticleRed Carpet Dictator: Sacha Baron Cohen Defies Academy ‘Warning,’ Spills Kim...
Admiral Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) on the red carpet The funniest moment of last night’s almost tearfully boring Academy Awards had nothing to do with Billy Crystal‘s hosting duties, which were...
View ArticleThe S Stands For ‘Swiss': Midtown Shuttle Train Goes to the Alps
The newly decked-out S train If you’re traveling between Grand Central and Times Square today, you might notice a little change on your normally drab S shuttle train. No, you aren’t Roger Sterling on...
View ArticleThe Gotham Observer: Batman’s City Gets the Newspaper It Deserves
The Gotham Observer (DewGothamCity.com) When picking publications to model your fictitious newspaper on, we obviously have a bias. Still, it’s nice to see that the Warner Bros.’ viral marketing team...
View ArticleMeet Two of the Developers Behind the Internet ‘October Surprise’
A screengrab from the “October Surprise” site. (Photo: OctSurprise.com) Earlier, a mysterious website popped up online promising to reveal an election “October Surprise” document drop showing that one...
View ArticleRun Free 2013: Get All the Glory For Running a Marathon, With None of the...
They say that a new Kickstarter campaign is created every five minutes (or something), and 7 p.m. last night was no exception. As the page for “Run Free 2013” went live, you could watch 26-year-old...
View ArticleHey, a New Use for LinkedIn: A Viral Marketing Campaign for Prometheus
Slightly strange emails from LinkedIn recruiters are nothing out of the ordinary. But writer and UX designer Dustin Curtis (whose
View ArticleWhat Happens When a Mob of Redditors Congregate to Solve—or Not Solve—a...
Yesterday, a Reddit user named “delverofsecrets” posted on the social news site claiming that a homeless man had wordlessly handed him
View ArticleHigh-Tech Fridge Denies Beer to Non-Canadians
It’s a common problem: you’re walking down the street in a European tourist destination and you come upon a giant
View Article‘Groundhog Day’ Musical Producer Smacks Down Ticket Scamming Troll on Message...
A Broadway.com message board user asked over $300 for tickets he had gotten for free; the producers' response became a viral marketing tool.
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