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Acquisition
Nestea Rolls Snowman with Web site, Tour
Nestea Cool iced tea builds up its Cool Snowman character with a Web site upgrade and mobile tour. The Snowman teas up hip-hop The site, www.nesteacool.com, is hosting a Cool to the Core sweepstakes awarding trips to the Dec. 30 GigAmerica Urban Music …
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Showtime Promotes Dead Like Me with New York Musician
Showtime Networks and MGM Television Entertainment have joined forces in a promotional campaign introducing the hit series Dead Like Me to fans of breakout New York club musician Gavin DeGraw. DeGraw will appear as a street musician on the Oct. 24 …
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Airlines Use Sweeps to Get People Up and Away
Two airlines are using sweepstakes to get potential customers excited about new daily services, London landmarks and live concerts. Delta Connection is promoting the launch of its year-round daily service between Atlanta and Providenciales in the Turks …
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The Travel Channel Reaches Out to Hispanics
The Travel Channel and Time Warner Cable are joining together for a new educational and promotional campaign designed to inform Spanish-speaking students about what’s cool in their local communities. Running throughout October, the campaign My Hometown …
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Starz Holds Free Preview Weekend Sweeps
Starz and DirecTV are offering a free movie weekend to all DirecTV customers this month hosted by actor Billy Boyd from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. DirecTV customers who sign up for Starz during the free preview weekend Sept. 17-19 will receive a $15 …
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Acquisition
Hershey Foods Bows Vitamin-Fortified Syrup
Hershey Foods launches Hershey’s Fortified Syrup with a recipe contest for kids. A spoonful of syrup helps the vitamins go down The Make It Fun contest runs online through December. The new chocolate syrup (with calcium, vitamin E, zinc and more) hits …
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LG Mobile Phones to Sponsor Fashion Week
LG Mobile Phones will be the featured sponsor of Olympus Fashion Week to be held this month in Manhattan. To kick off the week’s events—Sept. 18-15—LG is sponsoring a contest for designers from the Katherine Gibbs design school in New York City. …
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One Million Game Cards Tout Ebays’ College Superstore
EBay has opened a college bookstore and is taking the news to students on campus as well as at concerts, movies and the mall. The College Superstore at www.ebay.com/college offers 45% off the list price of textbooks. Thirty campus screenings of Will …
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Visa Contest Courts Young Entrepreneurs
Visa USA targets young inventors with an online contest dangling seed money to produce their inventions. The essay contest, dubbed Ideas Happen, fields entries from 18- to 29-year-olds who describe their big idea (in 250 words or less). A panel of …
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Wise Foods Tunes In Bernie Mac
Snack maker Wise Foods has partnered with comedian Bernie Mac for a back-to-school sweepstakes launching Mac ‘N Cheese Flavored Cheez Doodles. The “Hey America!” sweeps will award a trip for four to watch a taping of The Bernie Mac Show and meet the …