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• Venezuela: There is no looking Back

  Published: November 30, 2007, 7:40 am

  Tags: Castro, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela, American, Bolivarian, Chavez, Communist, Firebrand, Latin, Leader, Lives, Politics, Referendum, Revolutionary, Sunday

  For Venezuelans  Sunday is a day that can change lives for the rest of their lives. If the Venezuelans choose the path of Cuba God Bless them and good luck. If the people vote yes we would suggest all...read more

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• A Harbinger of Things to Come? Hedge Funds Increase Share in ‘NYT’

  Published: February 11, 2008, 5:02 pm

  Tags: It Just Happened, Firebrand, Harbinger Partners, Hedge Funds, Media, New York Times, Scott Galloway

  filed with the SEC, Firebrand Partners and Harbinger Capital Partners, the hedge funds seeking to put their nominees on the board of the New York Times, have increased their stake in the paper to 9.8 percent. (It was previously reported they owned 4.9 percent). We're no good at math, but we'd say that there's a 90 percent chance that

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• Arthur Sulzberger Slaps Back at Vagilante Hedge-Funders

  Published: February 13, 2008, 11:10 am

  Tags: In Other News, Allen Morgan, Arthur Sulzberger Jr, Dawn Lepore, Firebrand, Gregory Shove, Harbinger Partners, James Kohlberg, New York Times, Robert Denham, Salomon, Scott Galloway

  after yesterday's news that Firebrand Partners and Harbinger Capital Partners increased their ownership of the New York Times to nearly 10 percent, we learn that Arthur Sulzberger has made his nominations for the two empty seats on the company's board. The two hedge funds were hoping to seat two of their own people on the committee, to steer it

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• To Win the Lady

  Published: February 22, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Win, The, Lady, Scott Galloway, Redenvelope Inc, Sharper Image Corporation, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Firebrand Partners Llc, United Retail, Michael Mortiz, Russell S Winer, New York University, About Inc, Family Circle Magazine, Harbert Management Cor

  Who is this muscleman with the sword who wants to fight his way onto the board of the New York Times Co.?

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• Is it Time for the Times to Get Out of Local Paper Business?

  Published: February 25, 2008, 12:08 am

  Tags: Advertising, Daily Newspaper Companies, New York Times, News And Democracy, Boston Globe, Firebrand, Harbinger, New England Media Group, New York Times Regional New Group, Nytrng, Sarasota Herald Tribune, The Press Democrat

  in one clean sweep. ---The Firebrand Partners/Harbinger Capital Partners' charge isn't going away. After voicing its concerns about the direction of the Times Company, it has upped its share in the Times first from about 5% to just short of 10% now to about 15.6%, as it runs its slate of four directors for the upcoming board election on April

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• Scott Galloway Raises Stake, Prepares to Plunge It Into Heart of ‘NYT’

  Published: February 26, 2008, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Company Town, Bedbugs, Firebrand, Harbinger Partners, Hedge Funds, Scott Galloway, Starbucks, Super Return Conference, Warren Buffett

  FINANCE • Ah, so that's where all the G5s on the Teterborough tarmac were headed! The private-equity world descends upon Munich for the annual spectacularly named Super Return conference. [DealBook/NYT] • Vagilante Scott Galloway and Harbinger Capital Partners raise their stake in the Times to just over 19 percent. [NYP] •

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• "In Six Months, They'll All Be Idiots, Too"

  Published: April 7, 2008, 12:34 pm

  Tags: Daily Newspaper Companies, Innovation, New York Times, Tribune, Brian Tierney, Chris Harte, Don Graham, Firebrand, Harbinger, Jody Lodovic, Kaplan, Mark Winkler, Medianews, Oliver Knowlton, Sam Zell, Washington Post

  the room will the Harbinger/Firebrand guys point to when they sit on the first board meeting? -- but the real question is making a trip to ride out what will be -- at minimum -- three to five hellacious years and still keep the journalism intact. As another friend, another battle-scarred pro, recently summed it up. "They all think they know THE

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• NYT Earnings: The Emerging Double Whammy

  Published: April 17, 2008, 9:22 pm

  Tags: Advertising, Daily Newspaper Companies, Gannett, New York Times, Boston Globe, Eric Schmidt And Advertising, Gannett Earnings, Harbinger Firebrand, Janet Robinson, Mcclatchy Earnings, Newspaper Advertising, Nyt Buyouts, Nyt Earnings, Nyt Layoffs

  than it was when Harbinger/Firebrand began its push on the Times. From Catherine Mathis, NYT spokesperson: Comment: While The New York Times Company had a challenging quarter, I don't think that saying we are barely profitable really tells the story. There were a number of items that made this quarter unusual -- a writedown of

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• NYT Earnings: The Emerging Double Whammy

  Published: April 17, 2008, 12:40 pm

  Tags: Advertising, Daily Newspaper Companies, Gannett, New York Times, Boston Globe, Eric Schmidt And Advertising, Gannett Earnings, Harbinger Firebrand, Janet Robinson, Mcclatchy Earnings, Newspaper Advertising, Nyt Buyouts, Nyt Earnings, Nyt Layoffs

  than it was when Harbinger/Firebrand began its push on the Times. From Catherine Mathis, NYT spokesperson: Comment: While The New York Times Company had a challenging quarter, I don't think that saying we are barely profitable really tells the story. There were a number of items that made this quarter unusual -- a writedown of assets, a

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• "In Six Months, They'll All Be Idiots, Too"

  Published: April 7, 2008, 12:34 pm

  Tags: Daily Newspaper Companies, Innovation, New York Times, Tribune, Brian Tierney, Chris Harte, Don Graham, Firebrand, Harbinger, Jody Lodovic, Kaplan, Mark Winkler, Medianews, Oliver Knowlton, Sam Zell, Washington Post

  the room will the Harbinger/Firebrand guys point to when they sit on the first board meeting? -- but the real question is making a trip to ride out what will be -- at minimum -- three to five hellacious years and still keep the journalism intact. As another friend, another battle-scarred pro, recently summed it up. "They all think they know THE

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• Take It From The Experts [Experts]

  Published: June 9, 2008, 5:25 pm

  Tags: Advertising, Firebrand

  Several former employees of Firebrand.com, the ads-as-content site that folded despite millions of investment dollars and plenty of sexy French commercials, are coming together to start their own ad...

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• Hiring Round-Up: Ads-Click, Firemedia, MediaWhiz

  Published: June 10, 2008, 11:16 am

  Tags: News, Ads Click, Affiliate Marketing, Baytech Venture Capital, Finance, Firebrand, Firemedia Partners, Funding, Interactive Advertising, Mediawhiz, Social Media Marketing

  officer. A gaggle of former Firebrand execs (former staffers at its shuttered New York HQ) have formed a new venture called Firemedia Partners. The new company will focus on search engine marketing, social media networking and interactive advertising. Firemedia will be run by chief marketing officer Shari Leventhal, creative director Stacy Van

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• Gameplay Video of TrackMania DS in Action

  Published: August 1, 2008, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Game Companies, Game Platforms, Games, Nintendo, Portable, Videos, Firebrand Games, Playstation Portable, Psp, Trackmania, Trackmania Ds

  Unlike the debut trailer for TrackMania DS, this one actually has some gameplay footage as well as a look at the track editor, multiplayer, and sharing capabilities. I wasn’t too sure about how the game would look after seeing the new screenshots, but when it’s in motion, it looks plenty good for a DS racing game that isn’t so

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