Major Brands No Longer Sweet on High-Fructose Corn Syrup
After listening to its consumers, many brands are ditching high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and replacing it with traditional sugar in their products. Most brands made the switch to HFCS in the 1970s and 1980s.
Source: AdAge.com, 03/15/10

Teen Vogue to Launch 'Haute Spot' Service
Teen Vogue has launched popup retail stores called "Haute Spots." Located in upscale malls across the country, Teen Vogue is offering 1-hour private sessions for teens, providing makeup, hair and style tips and services from Teen Vogue's makeup artists priced at $100 per session. Last year, these "Haute Spots" generated more than $250,000 in sales from its 50,000 visitors.
Source: MediaWeek.com, 03/12/10

This TV Station Could Be Yours for $550,000
Bud Kelley, owner of WMKG-LP, a UHF station in Western Michigan, has put his television station up for bid. The station's original price was $1 million, but is now "priced to sell" for $550,000, according to its listing on eBay. Kelley says he'd be happy getting $500,000 for the station, which currently shows a mix of live talk shows, family and outdoor sports programming, claiming: "It's just retirement time for me."
Source: NYTimes.com, 03/14/10

Lindsay Lohan Sues E-Trade Over Drunk Baby Inference
Lindsay Lohan has filed suit against the online trading company, claiming its "milkaholic" baby named Lindsay hit a little too close to home with the actress, who has battled alcohol and drug addictions. E-Trade has responded, saying they believe the claims of Lohan are without merit and they intend to defend themselves in the case.
Source: MainStreet.com, 03/12/10

Beer and Exercise Finally Join Forces In Miller's MGD iPhone App
Miller has introduced an iPhone application called the MGD Pedometer 64. This app allows users to keep track of the calories burned during a cardio workout. The app is tied to Miller's MGD 64, a beer that has only 64 calories, which the app highlights is about the average calories burned by running half a mile.
Source: BrandFreak.com, 03/16/10

'Follow Apolo' To Hawaii For Free With Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines has teamed up with United States Olympic speed-skater, Apolo Anton Ohno, and will be sending "followers" on a Hawaiian vacation. Those interested are encouraged to enter at http://www.followapolo.com/sweepstakes for a chance to win the trip, attend a luau with Apolo and even fly on the customized Alaska Airlines plane, featuring a new Apolo Ohno paint job.
Source: Jaunted.com, 03/16/10

The Crayola Glowtrotters (a.k.a. Harlem Globetrotters) Play First-ever Glow-in-the-Dark Basketball Game to Celebrate Launch of Glow Explosion
The Harlem Globetrotters -- er, The Crayola Glow-trotters took March Madness to a whole new level. Just a few weeks after taking its game on ice, the Globetrotters competed in the first-ever glow-in-the-dark basketball game. More than 300 students cheered as the team helped celebrate the launch of Glow Explosion, a game-changing way for kids to create drawings that glow in the dark like glow sticks.
Source: MultiVu.PRNewswire.com, 03/16/10

Rapping Scientists Test Bounty Paper Towels In New Music Video
Amassing nearly 400,000 YouTube views in less than a week, Bounty created a video featuring scientists "rapping" to music while putting Bounty paper towels to the ultimate test. Watch the video here.
Source: BrandFreak.com, 03/17/10

Cigarettes Designed for In-Flight Smoking: Ryanair's 'Smokeless' Packs
Ryanair has introduced smokeless cigarettes for its passengers who cannot go more than a few hours without their nicotine fix. As the packaging warns, these cigarettes are not to be lit, but simply air is to be inhaled through them, simulating a puff from an actual cigarette. A box of 10 are being sold for six Euros (more than $8.00).
Source: Jaunted.com, 03/17/10