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Top people in media according to the Guardian

The Guardian has issues its top 100 people in media list. Women make up on 18 of the 100.  Here is the criteria to get on the list: A panel of experienced media watchers from the worlds of politics, journalism, advertising, television and the interne...more

Young Drivers: Make a safe driving video and win a $5,000 Scholarship

Hurry, you only have until July 1 to submit video entries to the 2010 Bridgestone Americas Safety Scholars Video Contest! The Safety Scholars Video Contest is open to young drivers ages 16 to 21. Entrants must produce a short car safety video either 2...more

KICK IT UP! launches at FIFA World Cup

Soccer (or football as it’s known around the globe) is the world’s most popular sport, and  Global Girl Media is using the largest international soccer event to help young women find their voices. The non-profit org’s pilot project KICK IT UP! has ...more

Our Game Magazine published by women soccer players

A new women’s soccer pub, Our Game Magazine, was launched with some fanfare this week. Founded by Khaled El-Ahmad, Our Game is a women’s soccer magazine created by current and past players for players and fans all around the world. With the mission ...more

Victoria’s Secret congratulates Megan Fox’s Transformers replacement

File this under yuck and gross.  I guess this is what happens when you have a lingerie model get a gig in the movie.  The company that she pitches for takes advantage of her new exposure. This video exemplifies so many things that are wrong in Hollywoo...more

Christiane Amanpour Signs Off from CNN

Christiane Amanpour signed off from CNN this weekend after 27 years.  Check out this montage of interviews from over the years.  Notice how many dudes she interviews and remember that the world is still run by men.  I will look forward to seeing Amanpo...more

National Taskforce to Promote Positive Images of Girls and Women Created

I got this info from folks at the Girl Scouts which looks like it was instrumental in creating this bi-partisan taskforce to look at issues in media that effect girls. US Reps Tammy Baldwin and Shelly Moore Capito introduced legislation that would: supp...more

Fighting Cyber Bullying: A more serious issue than it seems

I was intently watching Teen Mom on MTV when I was overcome with irritation due to the fact that a commercial break interrupted a seriously intense moment. With no other choice but to stare at the screen and wait for my show to come back on, I sat listeni...more

2010 Olympics: The influence of advertising on quality broadcast journalism

Imagine yourself as Linsey Vonn yesterday – a native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, who has been working her whole life, since she was 2 years old, to bring home an Olympic gold in women’s downhill skiing. She finally does it, gives hugs to her family in ...more

Spotlight on Alexis Wolfer: Beauty guru changing the industry with The Beauty Bean

Full of sass and intrigue, one woman’s creation is aiming to make a revolution in the world of beauty and of women’s magazines. Alexis Wolfer, a 25-year-old founder and CEO, created The Beauty Bean, an online beauty and health women’s magazine. La...more

Womens professional soccer engages over 200,000 Twitter followers

Photo credit: Womensprosoccer.com / Twitter.com While most of us in digital marketing know that corporate use of social media is not, by any means, a popularity contest and the number of “followers” you have is by no means a measure of success, the...more

Best of ‘09: Forming a community, WomenTalkSports.com

This post is the start of a series this week in the WomenTalkSports.com network titled “Best of ‘09.” Throughout this week, our community will be posting about their favorite moments in women’s sports in 2009. There’s no doubt, 2009 was an exci...more

How a sports brand can create awareness through viral video

One of the best viral videos I’ve seen coming from a sports brand is associated with a powerful advocacy campaign created by the Nike Foundation called the Girl Effect. Although the campaign’s mission is not overtly obvious, the interactive video (se...more

What drives Edward Cullen? Volvo invites you to enter to win movie tickets...And maybe a Car!

To celebrate the release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon movie, Volvo is giving away two tickets to the world premiere in Los Angeles on November 16, 2009. To enter the sweepstakes for a chance to win the tickets, visit WhatDrivesEdward.com before Monday,...more

The power of the telephone: feminism, sports and social change

Billie Jean King. Photo credit: Blog.taragana.com/sports I’ve been blogging the past couple of weeks about social media and its impact upon women in sport – mainly due to my own personal interests but also to fulfill a class requirement. This week,...more

National Love Your Body Day

A headline from the Tucker Center blog alerted me to the fact that today is Love Your Body Day. The Tucker Center, by the way, is a think tank at the University of Minnesota  that studies  girls and women in sport. Lots of great resources and definitely...more

A conversation: Tucker Center, Twitter and women’s sports (Part 5)

  Photo Credit: Tucker Center, Facebook, Twitter Logos This blog post is part 5 of a series discussing my experiences with social media as they relate to  advocacy issues that highly affect the women’s sport sphere. This is an assignment for a cl...more

Marketing To Women..... Some Common But Costly Mistakes

Women account for 85% of all consumer purchases including everything from Autos to Health Care and they spend about  $5 Trillion annually which is about half of the USA GDP.  It is predicted than over the next decade women will control two thirds of co...more

Women & Wine shares insight on state of social media in the wine biz

We are all very familiar with the fact that the wine that we drink is only part of the story. In each bottle, there a person and a place that’s in every glass. When we speak of those origins we use the word terroir to describe the soil or the context of...more

Tampax: A suitable sponsor for female athletes?

Serena Williams' print ad with Tamax titled Serena Williams vs. Mother Nature. Photo credit: Brandweek.com I continued to read Joe Favorito’s blog today and also saw his post about Tampax. I have such strong feelings on this subject that I just could...more

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