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  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Study Finds Just Thinking About Alcohol Can Make You More Racist

    ​​Everybody's trying to ride the Trayvon Martin case's publicity coattails -- politicians are making statements about it left and right, a column in the Huffington Post tried to connect an FAU student's freakout to racial anger, and now, the University of Missouri is trying to tie a psychology s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Florida Family Association: TLC Trying to Help Muslims Take Over America

    frontpagemag.comCrappy TV show, or a vehicle for Muslims to take over America?​Lowe's Home Improvement is making headlines this week after it publicly responded to a Florida Family Association petition asking for it not to advertise during the show All-American Muslim on TLC.According to the Flori ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Palm Beach Post Selling Headline Space To Advertisers?

    ​This has gotta be some kind of nadir.The Palm Beach Post, usually the most respectable of our local dailies, has now secreted an advertisement in its very own headline marquee. There, taking up space ordinarily occupied by an honest-to-goodness news headline, are the words: Lose 30 Lbs Overnight? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    The Bad Girl's Guide to the Super Bowl

    Flickr user: seantoyerYou'll be seeing a lot of this Sunday.​I know it's not politically correct to say girls don't like football. Plenty of smart, sophisticated women -- some of my best friends! -- love to guzzle Yuengling and scream at Ben Roethlisberger on a Sunday afternoon.But the Super Bowl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Before Allegedly Shooting Escort, Jimmy Dac Ho Had Backpage Run-in With Fraudsters

    "Stephanie," in an ad for her escort services​Jimmy Dac Ho lived a troubled life with a gun on his belt, first as a Lauderhill police officer and, until yesterday afternoon, as a member of the Florida Atlantic University police force. From 2002 to 2004, he worked for the Broward Sheriff's Office b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    411-PAIN Commercials: Cop, Ambulance Driver, "Stay in Yo' Lane"

    This week's New Times cover story is an investigation of 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, a Broward company that calls itself a "medical and legal referral service" for people who have been injured in car accidents. Call the hotline and you'll be sent to a chiropractor and/or lawyer in a network tha ... More >>

  • Music

    October 21, 2010

    How High Can Method Man and Redman Get Revolution?

    This week's New Times cover story is an investigation of 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, a Broward company that calls itself a "medical and legal referral service" for people who have been injured in car accidents. Call the hotline and you'll be sent to a chiropractor and/or lawyer in a network tha ... More >>

  • Music

    September 23, 2010

    Rascal Flatts Brings Unstoppable Country Force to Cruzan

    This week's New Times cover story is an investigation of 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, a Broward company that calls itself a "medical and legal referral service" for people who have been injured in car accidents. Call the hotline and you'll be sent to a chiropractor and/or lawyer in a network tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Campaign Consultants a Luxury Only Incumbents Can Afford; Can They Score a Win for Ken Keechl?

    Keechl​At a time when cynicism toward Broward politics is at an all-time high, incumbents on the Broward County Commission have turned to high-priced political consultants to ensure they don't get toppled by a challenger.Today's news of Commissioner Ilene Lieberman allegedly directing developers t ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2010

    K-os Brings Melodic Rhymes to Revolution

    Keechl​At a time when cynicism toward Broward politics is at an all-time high, incumbents on the Broward County Commission have turned to high-priced political consultants to ensure they don't get toppled by a challenger.Today's news of Commissioner Ilene Lieberman allegedly directing developers t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2010

    The Joy of Punking

    Keechl​At a time when cynicism toward Broward politics is at an all-time high, incumbents on the Broward County Commission have turned to high-priced political consultants to ensure they don't get toppled by a challenger.Today's news of Commissioner Ilene Lieberman allegedly directing developers t ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2010

    Akon on High Horse at Polo Stadium

    Keechl​At a time when cynicism toward Broward politics is at an all-time high, incumbents on the Broward County Commission have turned to high-priced political consultants to ensure they don't get toppled by a challenger.Today's news of Commissioner Ilene Lieberman allegedly directing developers t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 4, 2010

    Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

    Keechl​At a time when cynicism toward Broward politics is at an all-time high, incumbents on the Broward County Commission have turned to high-priced political consultants to ensure they don't get toppled by a challenger.Today's news of Commissioner Ilene Lieberman allegedly directing developers t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Presenting This Year's Banned Super Bowl Commercials

    As the host of this year's Super Bowl, some South Florida blog owes America the chance to see the commercials that were deemed too hot for the big game. Or to put it another way, these are commercials that were ditched in the same year that Tim Tebow and his mom were given permission to make a bunch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Unemployed? Beware the Work-From-Home Scam

    Courtesy of walletpop.com​This week's feature follows one kind of internet scam: 419 fraud, usually originating in Africa or Asia, and the people fighting the scammers at 419Eater.com. But one of the fastest growing scams in tough economic times is the "work from home" fake employment scam, and ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Hollywood Drug Maker Scorned Nationally, Advertising Locally

    http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/A screen grab from the Broward edition of this morning's Miami Herald.​A month after a national magazine named Resveratrol Ultra among the drug supplements that profit from what appear to be misleading advertisements and in the week following its being menti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    When Oprah Attacks: Daytime Host Sues Hollywood Nutrition Supplement Maker

    Flickr: ask curlyOprah's getting angry!​In the same week that the New York Times named FWM Laboratories of Hollywood among nutrition supplement firms that ran misleading internet ads, daytime talk show host Oprah Winfrey named the company as lead defendant in a suit she filed against some 500 webs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Hollywood Resveratrol Provider is Victim of Its Success

    Flickr: kitty valentineConsumers, remember to make sure there's an actual snake in your snakeoil. ​FWM Laboratories, a dietary supplement company in Hollywood has a big advertising budget, but it'll have to get a little bigger to fight the latest round of bad publicity. The company, which is headq ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Cheap Wine, er ... Beer That Doesn't Suck: Arrogant Bastard Ale

    Photo by Bill Citara​"This is an aggressive beer. You probably won't like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth. We would suggest that you stick to safer and more familiar territory -- maybe something with a mul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Reviewing the Chains: Wendy's Sweet & Spicy Asian Chicken

    ​I didn't exactly have high expectations when I was tasked with reviewing Wendy's new boneless chicken creations. I've certainly had a square hamburger or two from the red=headed temptress' chain, but it's never the first choice I make. So it's with a very real sense of dread that I walk through t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Broke? Buy More Stuff, the Post advises

    Flickr User: diamond girl 77New Depression? Time to buy Tiffany's.It's no secret that daily newspapers are getting hit hard by the New Depression. Their entire economic model relies on print advertising that is rapidly disappearing. Now, the Palm Beach Post seems to be using its news space to shill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Local Prostitute Talks About Craigslist Woes

    It's hard out here for the pimped. Last week, Craigslist announced the site would eliminate its "Erotic Services" section and replace it with an "Adult Services" category, which employees are said to monitor for illegal activity. The change comes after national media attention on Philip Ma ... More >>

  • News

    April 30, 2009

    "Craigslist Killer" headlines threaten to overshadow Craig Newmark’s memorial speech for victim

    It's hard out here for the pimped. Last week, Craigslist announced the site would eliminate its "Erotic Services" section and replace it with an "Adult Services" category, which employees are said to monitor for illegal activity. The change comes after national media attention on Philip Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    UPDATE: 'The Our Town News' Source is a Paper Employee

    The "resident" quoted as "Merle Lynn" in this week's "The Our Town News" story about how residents and commissioners want homeless people out of Coral Springs is an employee of that community newspaper. Her name is Merle Rosenberg and she works in classified advertising. Her quote about the homeless ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    If Anything Newspaper Need To Give Away MORE For Free

    It's all the rage these days: Newspapers just need to charge people for their online content -- that would solve our problems! Everybody loves talking that smack, the latest being the Miami Herald's James Burnett. But it's all quite silly. In fact the opposite is true -- newspapers have to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Miami Herald Publisher: More Layoffs Coming To Newspaper

    Miami Herald Publisher David Landsberg informed all Herald employees this morning in an e-mail that newspaper would be laying off more employees in the coming weeks. "Unfortunately, it is already apparent there is no way to avoid the elimination of staff positions. We are exploring several alt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    PETA's Super Bowl Advert is Banned, Legions of Sports Fans Indifferent

    Just how irrelevant has PETA become? The one-time-animal-rights-organization-turned-ludicrous-marketing-machine long ago gave up trying to reach people with reasoned arguments about the sanctity of all life or the wastefulness of our meat-happy culture. Instead they've adopted a fairly standard mark ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Video: DJ Laz Talkin' Shit at the Miami Tattoo Expo 2009

    Check out this official exclusive video footage of DJ Laz backstage of the Miami Tattoo Expo 2009 before he hits the stage to perform, hangin' out with Reality Kings Media (Miami reality porn originators), talking about doing commercials for lawyers, and makin' "Jewish money."

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    How Low Can You Go DJ Laz?

    Seriously DJ Laz, are you that hard up for cash that you're resorting to doing awful local commercials for personal injury lawyers based on popular courtroom shows and Jerry Springer? There is a reason radio personalities go into the unseen medium. "Pimp with the Limp," stay off my TV screen and in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 3, 2008

    Pop Shots

    Are they the artists or the art? Both!

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2008

    The Jbart Memo: "Less Breaking News In Print"

    Are they the artists or the art? Both!

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    Publisher: Palm Beach Post Will Be "Smaller"

    Are they the artists or the art? Both!

  • Music

    April 24, 2008

    Carlos Santana

    Are they the artists or the art? Both!

  • Music

    January 24, 2008

    Dionne Warwick

    Are they the artists or the art? Both!

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2007

    Cuban Sets The Record Straight

    Are they the artists or the art? Both!

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2007

    Super Market

    Are they the artists or the art? Both!

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2006

    Hating On Aunt Betty

    Are they the artists or the art? Both!

  • Music

    February 16, 2006

    Jel

    Soft Money (Anticon)

  • Goods and Services

    May 12, 2005

    Best Car Wash

    Flamingo Joe's Auto Spa

  • Music

    July 1, 2004

    Velvet Revolver

    Contraband (RCA)

  • Goods and Services

    May 13, 2004

    Best Mechanic in Broward

    Sample Tire

  • Music

    September 11, 2003

    Back Side of the Dial

    AM radio can help cure your aching back

  • News

    July 24, 2003

    Keep on Slicin' and Dicin'

    Edison and Bell are alive and well on the direct marketing gadgetry circuit

  • Foodstuffs

    May 15, 2003

    Best Gourmet Market

    Mediterranean Market

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 17, 2001

    Best Gym

    Downtown Gym and Fitness Club

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 17, 2001

    Best One-Act Play

    Iphigenia in Orem

  • Best of BPB

    May 17, 2001

    Best Place to People-Watch

    Broward County Courthouse

  • News

    August 31, 2000

    Undercurrents

    Business Must Be Slow

  • Culture

    July 27, 2000

    Porn To Sell

    Product placement comes to adult videos...hey, watch where you put that thing!

  • Goods and Services

    May 11, 2000

    Best Flea Market

    Festival Flea Market Mall

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