Commentary and analysis from Simon Dumenco

Are You More Influential Than Mitt Romney and Kim Kardashian?

Are You More Influential Than Mitt Romney and Kim Kardashian?

According to Klout, the failed Republican candidate is still killing it on social media.

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20 Great, Not-So-Great and Sometimes Scary Moments in the History of Big Data

20 Great, Not-So-Great and Sometimes Scary Moments in the History of Big Data

From the invention of UPCs and RFIDs to the launch of the iPhone and Facebook.

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This Ad-Blocking Technology for Google Glass Is Dangerous and Should Be Banned

This Ad-Blocking Technology for Google Glass Is Dangerous and Should Be Banned

But the pre-backlash to Google's high-tech specs is clearly underway.

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9 Media Things That Should Be Immediately Regulated

9 Media Things That Should Be Immediately Regulated

Once again, in keeping with the spirit of Ad Age's Regulation Issue, your Media Guy has instituted new laws, bylaws, bi-laws, in-laws and bi in-laws.

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Venti, Venti Annoying: So How Does Starbucks Misspell Your Name?

Venti, Venti Annoying: So How Does Starbucks Misspell Your Name?

My issue with Starbucks is basically this: How the hell do you stop thinking about a brand you really wish you could stop thinking about?

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Rich Ladies Need $200-An-Hour Nanny Whisperer to Talk to The Help, Says NYT

Rich Ladies Need $200-An-Hour Nanny Whisperer to Talk to The Help, Says NYT

This style-section piece from The New York Times earns it the inaugural Troll of the Month award.

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Watch a Harsh, Anti-NRA Spot That Helped a Chicago Pol Win Her Primary Race

Watch a Harsh, Anti-NRA Spot That Helped a Chicago Pol Win Her Primary Race

Illinois state Rep. Robin Kelly won a primary with a little help from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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Everybody Stop What You're Doing and Make a Yelling-Goat Duet Video Right Now!

Everybody Stop What You're Doing and Make a Yelling-Goat Duet Video Right Now!

Forget your sad attempts at the (faux) Harlem Shake and go make a goat video.

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Here's How Nate Silver Did With His Oscar Predictions

Here's How Nate Silver Did With His Oscar Predictions

Celeb statistician Nate Silver looked "solely at the other awards that were given out in the run-up to the Oscars: the closest equivalent to pre-election polls."

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And the Top 5 Biggest Social-TV Moments During Last Night's Oscars Were ...

And the Top 5 Biggest Social-TV Moments During Last Night's Oscars Were ...

Twitter's head of TV, Fred Graver, reveals in a blog post that there were nearly 9 million tweets about the 85th annual Academy Awards last night.

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There's an App for That? Actually, Not Yet. Maybe You Just Have to Build It Yourself

There's an App for That? Actually, Not Yet. Maybe You Just Have to Build It Yourself

How does your organization handle idea management in the Digital Age?

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@BurgerKing Becomes McDonald's: What You Missed in the #failurewhopper Twitter Hack

@BurgerKing Becomes McDonald's: What You Missed in the #failurewhopper Twitter Hack

What happened when Burger King's official Twitter account got hacked -- and turned into a supposed McDonald's account.

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The Future of the Pregnant-Celebrity-Industrial Complex

The Future of the Pregnant-Celebrity-Industrial Complex

The celebrity weeklies, for instance, would be nowhere without baby bumps. I was gripped with that realization recently while doing one of my periodic print-media purges.

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Media Guy's Media Pick (and Giveaway!): 'The Perks of Being A Wallflower' on DVD

Media Guy's Media Pick (and Giveaway!): 'The Perks of Being A Wallflower' on DVD

Enter my random drawing for this touching, funny movie about the "all-out quivering mess of adolescence."

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New York Times' Broder Fires Back After Tesla Attack

New York Times' Broder Fires Back After Tesla Attack

Who will play Broder and Musk in the TV movie?

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Uh-Oh. The Tesla Motors vs. New York Times War Has Gone Nuclear

Uh-Oh. The Tesla Motors vs. New York Times War Has Gone Nuclear

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said vehicle logs prove a Times reviewer secretly drove the car in circles to drain the battery.

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Please, for the Love of God, Nobody Make a Harlem Shake-Themed Commercial!

Please, for the Love of God, Nobody Make a Harlem Shake-Themed Commercial!

Attention, agencies that stayed up all night trying to pull this off before it was too late.

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The New Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (See It Here) Made Its Cover Model 'Very, Very Sick'

The New Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (See It Here) Made Its Cover Model 'Very, Very Sick'

In media-about-media terms, it's been an off-year for the Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue franchise.

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Meet Corey, the One Black Guy in Every Commercial

Meet Corey, the One Black Guy in Every Commercial

Corey, just introduced on "SNL," enjoys frequent high-fives and playing drums "on the top of a Pringles can." Do you recognize this man?

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Should the Obama Administration Execute David Sirota by Drone Strike?

Should the Obama Administration Execute David Sirota by Drone Strike?

Sirota used the White House online petition system (which is turning out to be basically hokey posturing) to request a "Do Not Kill" list.

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