29 Jun, 2009
For the first time in history, some television programming is demanding higher ad rates online than it is for tv. Popular shows such as CSI and Simpsons are among those seeing the higher ad rates at such sites as Hulu.com and TV.com, according to Bloomberg.
For a prime time ad, advertisers generally pay $20 – $40 per thousand viewers. But on Hulu.com, the Simpsons recently garnered $60 per thousand.
Advertisers are willing to shell …
26 Jun, 2009
Tower of London (1597)
Catholic dissenter John Gerard fled on a rope stretched from the Tower roof to a getaway rowboat.
Libby Prison (1864)
Captive Union soldiers tunneled from this Virginia prison into a nearby yard; 109 walked away.
Lake County Jail (1934)
John Dillinger, brandishing a wooden gun blackened with shoe polish, bailed in the sheriff’s Ford.
Auschwitz (1944)
Rudolf Vrba and …
26 Jun, 2009
Roads and circular fields in the desert in Egypt.
