Snoop For Salaries, Billboards Bluetoothed, PBS Gets Slapped

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– If you’re interested in what other people make for a salary, here’s yet another place to find out.

– CBS is piloting several billboards that beam information about its prime-time lineup to Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices.

– Commercial Alert isn’t happy with PBS’s decision to solicit ads for its kid-focused websites. The group’s director, Gary Ruskin says, “This is a betrayal of parents and children across the country. PBS has forgotten its mission, and is selling our children to the highest bidder. PBS President Paula Kerger should be fired immediately.”

– Design Observer lauds design guru Helmut Krone.

– Here’s an interesting map showing the global domination of the Starbucks and McDonald’s brands.

– Japan has un-banned a nude/pregnant poster of Britney Spears from Tokyo’s subway system. Officials originally thought it was “too stimulating” for young people.

– Oh please. Can we just stop with the slap a log on the baby’s head thing?

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