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Follow-up: Starbucks responds to "Customer complains about 'ridiculous' Venti...
Posted by Jim Romenesko
Lisa Passe of Starbucks Global Communications e-mails Starbucks Gossip: "Sorry, I am late to this thread, but wanted to clear up the question on tea pricing. In the U.S. customers are charged by the tea sachet ? not the cup...
Starbucks' eight-weeks-long bold coffee promotion starts today
Posted by Jim Romenesko
Starbucks customers who purchase a brewed bold coffee every week and track their experience through a Coffee Journey Card will receive a free 1-pound of whole bean coffee. A Starbucks veep says: "Highlighting bold coffees provides a backdrop for us...
OPEN THREAD conversation-starter: Are you satisified with Starbucks' explanat...
Posted by Jim Romenesko
Starbucks says CEO Howard Schultz got a big payday because "he drove the Company to achieve strong financial results for the year despite the extraordinary challenges ... [and] made significant progress in transforming Starbucks and returning the Company to sustainable,...
Starbucks customer complains about "ridiculous" Venti one-teabag Chai price c...
Posted by Jim Romenesko
Anyone care to comment on this customer's beef: I frequent Starbucks every morning, specifically the one in Grand Central Station in NY (whose employees are the best, by the way -- this isn't to complain about them). Each morning I...
Lenny Dykstra, Head Case
A woman who briefly worked for Lenny Dykstra charges that the former baseball star groped her breasts and tried to push her down on a bed in his Los Angeles mansion after the ex-athlete solicited a "blow job," according to a federal court filing.
69 Busted In South Carolina
While on patrol early Sunday morning at a mall in Orangeburg, South Carolina, a cop noticed a parked Chevy conversion van rocking.
Baby Beer Bottles Nipped In Bud
Claiming that the sale of baby bottles designed to look like Budweiser and Miller Lite bottles infringes on its valuable trademarks, the Anheuser-Busch company yesterday filed a federal lawsuit against a Maryland firm offering products "for your little drinker."
Times Cites Nonexistent Enquirer Ethics
In chronicling the National Enquirer's latest bid for respectability, The New York Times today glowingly details the tabloid's sleuthing on the John Edwards trail (and the publication's related Pulitzer Prize bid).
Crime Over Spilt Milk
A Kentucky woman is facing a felony assault charge for allegedly squirting breast milk into the face of a female jailer.
Mug Shots Of The Week 3/5/2010
The terroristic threats for which the Kentucky gentleman who leads off this week's roundup was arrested likely involved something a bit more menacing than the single finger he is brandishing in his mug shot.
Friday Photo Fun LI
For today's ?Friday Photo Fun? contest, entrants must examine five mug shots and match up the arrestees with their respective tattoos.
Lawyer Threatens Suit Over Coat
If you've forgotten why lawyers have approval ratings as low as politicians and journalists, take a look at this letter written recently by William Ogletree, a Texas lawyer.
Ad Blocking is an online Dine & Dash
Posted by JD Thomas
Nice article explaining why producing and consuming content needs to be a two way street. Something for nothing is a nice idea but in practice someone always loses.
Medford Watercourse
Posted by JD Thomas
During my lunch break yesterday I took a walk along the creek in Medford. This is the same creek that occasionally floods and gets Medford residents on the local news for a day or two.
I was pretty happy with the photos I got. Especially the two included here and the one I used as my Frapto Project 365 post yesterday "Natural Scrimshaw".
The Six Main Roles of Wikipedia Contributors
Posted by JD Thomas
University of Arizona's Eller College of Management has an interesting publication centered on the dynamics that make Wikipedia work (and not work). I'd love to see a fuller explanation of Dr. Ram's "seven specific roles that Wikipedia contributors play". It would be nice to see even more indepth information on all seven types of wiki contributors - Casual Contributors, Starters, Cleaners, Copy Editors, Composition Justifiers, Watchdogs, and All-round Editors.
The HuffPo Investigative Fund Gets Big Support
Posted by JD Thomas
It is great to see people willing to put money behind investigative journalism. The Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Alternet, and ProPublica have all shown great promise. It has been a fun couple of years watching Alternet stories gain traction through Facebook sharing and via retweets on Twitter until they finally show up in the more traditional news outlets.
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