Corey Dade reports on the presidential campaign. CHICAGO - To those watching CNN's live broadcast today of Sen. Barack Obama's first public appearance since returning from overseas, the standing ovation he received may have been the normal, even expected reaction. Obama Enthusiasm for Sen. Obama is precisely what event organizers [...]

Getting into World of Warcraft for the first time means hours of grinding: performing the same tasks over and over to “level up” a character. But far from being boring, grinding is one of the great unsung joys of gaming. Last week, I finally decided to start playing World of [...]

It's one of the weird paradoxes in current media trends: While newspapers and consumer magazines are both taking it on the chin in 2008, some magazines distributed via newspapers are doing quite well. Among the leaders are American Profile and Relish, from the Publishing Group of America, which have seen [...]

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Piczo, a social network with a strong teenage following, has launched a new developer platform that allows users to quickly generate content from partner sites while helping brands increase their exposure on the network. Piczo has never reached near the popularity of mega-networks like MySpace and Facebook, but it continues [...]

Hearst Magazines Digital Media today announced the launch of a new digital advertising program for the back-to-school shopping season. The program features a back-to-school shopping guide called[...]