Why Being Creative is Good for Your Health

Source: Diets in Review.com

It’s been said that a creative life is a healthy life, but how many people actually achieve that? Pursuing our passions can be difficult, but recent research shows that it’s a worthwhile endeavor because it’s good ...
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The Kickstarter Chronicles

Source: Columbia Journalism Review

Community radio, burning-man culture, and a crowd-funded movie about crowdfunding Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to th ...
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Hirsch Wolofsky never lost faith in the power of dreams

Source: Montreal Gazette

Hirsch Wolofsky, describing his origins in Poland in 1878, tells how he was born dead. His parents were over 50 and he was their 11th child. Stillbirths were not uncommon, so the midwife put his little body aside to be collected by the undertaker in the ...
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Kingdoms of Amalur developer lays off entire staff

Source: Ars Technica

For metaphorical purposes, lets say the big red guy is the ballooning loan payments that 38 Studios (in armor) was fighting to stave off. 38 Studios / EA For many first-time game developers, selling 1.3 million copies of their first game in 90 days would ...
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PRSA-NY Celebrates 25th Annual Big Apple Awards

Source: MarketWire

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - May 25, 2012) - Public relations and communications professionals gathered last night to celebrate the 25th Annual Big Apple Awards. Special Keynote Speaker was legendary news anchor Dan Rather. Held annually, the award ...
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Cable news hits a wall

Source: FOX Sports

News Corp. (NWSA), Time Warner (TWX) and Comcast (CMCSA), which own the major cable news channels, are throwing a huge party that not enough people want to attend. The audiences for Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC are waning. ...
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Man allegedly pulls gun to cut McDonald's line

Source: USA Today

A Florida man was arrested this week after three women told police he pulled a gun on them so he could cut into a McDonald's drive-through line, The Palm Beach Post reports. The women said their car was side by si ...
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Epic Drives Episode 5: Scotland in a Pair of Bentleys

Source: Automotive Blogs

What would you do if you won the lottery? It’s a question that rolls around the minds of virtually anybody who doesn’t already have a lottery-sized bank account, and usually the answer has something to do with a ...
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Poll: How Much Have You Given to Crowdfunding Projects?

Source: PBS: MediaShift

The information you supply will only be used to send this email. We've all heard the heart-warming stories of inventors and creators who couldn't get their ideas funded, and then turned to crowdfunding sites ...
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