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Campbell Debuts First-Ever Times Square Billboard

28 Oct 2009 14:35:01 PDT

Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) has debuted the first-ever Times Square billboard in the company’s 140-year history. Commuters emerging from the 7th Avenue Subway station at 53rd Street in New York are asking themselves how a young boy could be slurping a giant noodle from a bowl of sou...

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Speakers and Sessions Announced for the 2009 Insurance Marketing and Advertising Summit, Nov. 5 in NYC

12 Oct 2009 08:41:02 PDT

Well-known insurance marketers, journalists and publishers will present valuable insight for those who communicate within or to the insurance industry at A.M. Best Co.’s fourth annual Insurance Marketing and Advertising Summit. The summit will be held Thursday, November 5, at the West...

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Pro-Tech Industries, Inc. to Present at the 2009 RedChip New York Equities Conference

25 Sep 2009 04:08:02 PDT

Pro-Tech Industries, Inc. (OTCBB:PTCK), a regional leader since 1995 in design-build infrastructure services for fire protection, alarm and detection, telecommunications, network services, specialty flooring and electrical contracting, announced today that Don Gordon, Chie...

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Dance to celebrate

29 May 2009 11:56:49 PDT

Daily News & Analysis, India Lillete recounts that crazy moment at the Times Square, "We had just finished our performance off Broadway, and had got a great review in one of the leading American newspapers. The whole cast and crew broke into a song and dance at the Times Square ...

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Amid Times Square chaos, now a pedestrian mall

22 May 2009 15:20:47 PDT

Broadway will be closed to vehicle traffic for five blocks at Times Square, turning part of the "Crossroads of the World" into a pedestrian mall of throbbing lights, animated billboards and towering skyscrapers. The city believes the move will reduce ...

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Amid Times Square chaos, now a pedestrian mall

22 May 2009 14:00:59 PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Start spreading the news: You soon will be able to walk through the very heart of it in Times Square. New York City is launching an experiment Sunday to ban cars on five blocks of Broadway from 42nd Street to 47th Street to reduce ... Streetsblog New York - Chicago Public Radio

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Times Square news and blogs - November 24, 2009

24 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Times Square news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. To Host NASDAQ Opening Bell Ceremony -- from PR-inside.com News
• Life Technologies Corporation (LIFE) Chief Executive Officer to ... -- from TMCnet
• Nicolas Cage Kills Rumor He Hired Voodoo Priestess To Break Hex On ... -- from MTV.com
• I [HEART] Stonewall -- from Metro Weekly
• Conference Bike could make return to Phila. -- from Philadelphia Inquirer
• Defensive Computing lessons from the SEC e-mail scam -- from Computerworld
• 'The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3' takes back the city -- from amNY
• Tourists and New Yorkers Take a Rubber Seat in Times Square -- from New York Times
• Justice for the Privileged -- from KFSM
• Adam Lambert Didn't Surprise 'American Idol' Fans By Coming Out -- from MTV.com

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Jackson glove on display in Times Square

24 Mar 2009 14:45:03 PDT

ABC News NEW YORK (AP) — One of Michael Jackson's crystal-encrusted gloves will be on display in Times Square this week in a preview of a planned auction of the pop legend's possessions. Some 2000 items taken from Jackson's Neverland Ranch are scheduled to be ...

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A disappointing 'Guys and Dolls' hits Times Square

01 Mar 2009 16:20:16 PST

What's missing in this ambitious production, which opened Sunday at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, is the raffish charm — and more importantly — the brash humor of Damon Runyon's stories about the high and low-life denizens of Times Square. ... Globe and Mail - Broadway World

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Times Square Gets Ready to Ring in 2009

30 Dec 2008 21:00:00 PST

Written by Meghan Keane
Together with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Disney Corporation helped turn Times Square from a rather shady part of town into a major tourist hub. New buildings facing the square are now required by law to boast illuminated signage, and the density of neon in the area rivals the L...

Original story at Wired Lifestyle .

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Times Square Goes Brightly Into That New Year

30 Dec 2008 00:52:33 PST

Written by Meghan Keane
Photo: Employees from Landmark Signs and Electric put the final touches on the 2009 New Year's Ball at One Times Square. New York's Times Square has been loudly ringing in the New Year every December 31 since 1907. But as technologies change so do the opportunities: Advertisers can now chan...

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Business plan New Year's Eve ball drop in Sacramento

11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PST

A New Year's Eve ball drop in downtown Sacramento? That's the plan hatched by a group of downtown business leaders who want to bring some Times Square glitz to the capital city, with a high-wattage display and a ball dropped from atop a former bank building at 930 K St.

Original story at Sacramento Bee .

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The Insane Hardware Driving the World's Biggest LED Billboard [Walgreens]

21 Nov 2008 18:30:00 PST

Written by Benny Goldman
In a dusty supply closet at 1 Times Square, a computer terminal hooked up to hordes of ethernet servers, RAID arrays and monitors humbly runs the largest LED sign in the world. The sign, a 3-sided, 17,000-square-foot Goliath, debuted last night at the opening of a Walgreens in New York City....

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Liveblogging the TRL Finale!!!!!

16 Nov 2008 16:50:40 PST

10:57 PM - BYE BYE TRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello, my party people!!!!! I’m here liveblogging from inside the MTV Times Square Studios in New York City. Hope you’re tuning in and watching the madness! Remember to keep refreshing for more updates as they come in! 7:55 PM - We’re just mi...

Original story at Just Jared .

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Screaming Goodbye To Total Request Live [And Now It's Dead]

14 Nov 2008 13:06:00 PST

Written by Richard
Do you feel that tingly spark in the air today, especially as you near Times Square? It's because Total Request Live, MTV's long-running afterschool music video special is coming to an end after ten years, signing off on Sunday with a special big send-off bash. Yes, one of the last remainin...

Original story at Gawker .

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Vicky Ward: Art, Politics and Soul in New York

04 Nov 2008 22:53:27 PST

Written by Vicky Ward
If you weren't in Times Square tonight, the only place to be was downtown in the West Village at Gavin Brown's gallery for an installation... If you weren't in Times Square tonight, the only place to be was downtown in the West Village at Gavin Brown's gallery for an installation by Jonathon Ho...

Original story at Huffington Post .

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Club Penguin Takes Over Times Square

27 Oct 2008 17:15:44 PDT

Written by Carol Mangis
Disney's Club Penguin invaded one of the busiest stretches of asphalt in the world on Friday to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the popular site's launch. Club Penguin's chilly oasis amid Times Square traffic. At the Times Square Toys "R" Us, kids went online to play around at Club Penguin.

Original story at Gearlog .

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ABC News to Transform Times Square Into 'Outdoor Global Viewing Event' for Election Night

27 Oct 2008 11:41:02 PDT

Written by Felix Gillette
—"Good Morning America Weekend" Anchor Kate Snow with Gov. Sarah Palin —"Good Morning America" Anchor Robin Roberts and "Good Morning America" News Anchor —Political analysts Cokie Roberts, George Will, Donna Brazile and Matthew Dowd in Times Square Studios and Torie Clarke in Washi...

Original story at New York Observer .

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Election Night May Be A Watershed For Networks

24 Oct 2008 17:08:30 PDT

All three networks on both coasts are carving out a lollapalooza of their own on election night this year with JumboTron coverage in Times Square and shared dispatch space with Fox News, Reuters and Nasdaq, according to media central

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Stepping Up: New Times Square TKTS Booth Finally Opens

17 Oct 2008 07:40:51 PDT

Written by Jen Chung
After years of work, the Theater Development Fund unveiled the new TKTS Discount Booth in the heart of Times Square yesterday. A glowing red glass amphitheater-style staircase, designed by John Choi and Tai Ropiha, is the centerpiece of Father Duffy Square (Broadway & 47th Street).

Original story at Gothamist .

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Hotel Review - Quality Hotel Times Square

15 Jul 2008 08:02:43 PDT

Written by Travel Wizard
There are several Quality Hotels in the New York area and I stayed at the one placed in the very heart of Manhattan, 3 minutes away from Times Square. It’s clever location is the best thing this hotel has to offer. Other than that, especially in this period, when they are renovating, a lot of thi...

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Battle of the Butts: New York Church Takes Issue with Billboard Ad

17 Jul 2007 06:14:50 PDT

Written by Doug DeLong
When the folks at the Times Square Church in New York City learned that a giant billboard featuring six naked butts was going to be erected on their building, they were not thrilled. In fact, they were downright indignant. So they've gone to court to try to stop the billboard company from dese...

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Believe It Or Not, Ripley's Reopens In Times Square

21 Jun 2007 22:20:43 PDT

Written by Jen Carlson
Times Square has always offered a nice dose of "weird," whether it be in the pre-Giuliani days or its now more Disney-fied incarnation. Now some more strange will be saturating the area, in the form a famous Odditorium. Yes, tourists will be able to see things like locks of Abe Lincoln's hair...

Original story at Gothamist .

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Opinion: The National @ The Human Giant MTV Marathon 5/19/07

21 May 2007 19:00:24 PDT

Everywhere we looked Friday night was a mind explosion.The surreality of the scene at MTV studios was best captured by Aziz and Fred Armisen squaring off in a Guitar Hero challenge -- using the Times Square big screen as their personal Xbox monitor. (Aziz's excuse for missing notes: "There...

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Podcast: Tempe New Year's Eve 'ball drop' in works

20 Apr 2007 16:30:38 PDT

Written by Betty Beard
Downtown Tempe is going to get its own New Year's Eve ''ball drop,'' similar to the one in Times Square in New York City.

Original story at AZ Central.com .

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Opinion: The New Guy: Times Square

17 Nov 2006 07:30:01 PST

Written by Dashiell Bennett
Destination: Times Square. Guides: Bob Castrone, internet funnyman employed by Times Square-based media conglomerate; Kate Garrick, book pimp, gal about town. So Bob," I finally ask, "even if you didn't work here, you'd probably still hang out in Times Square all the time, right?"

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