BIZBASH CALL SHEET — #47 — Tuesday, 06.28.11
Compiled today by Chad Kaydo in New York
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* INCOMING *
1. KATE MOSS WEDDING DETAILS: Curious what the model has planned for her wedding at her country estate this weekend? New York magazine's fashion blog, the Cut, has a roundup of rumors (Snoop Dogg is performing, she'll serve Keith Richard's shephard's pie) and one thing's for certain—this won't be anything like the last big British wedding.
http://bit.ly/lH7gPd
2. PROBLEMS FOR DAISY CARNIVAL: Bonnaroo isn't the only music festival seeing attendee deaths and other serious problems. From technical production trade PLSN: "Although authorities linked a second death to the Electric Daisy Carnival that was staged in Dallas on June 18, the serious incidents related to the larger, three-day rave that took place for June 24-26 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway were limited to arrests for drug and burglary offenses and a few hospitalizations. As expected, as many as 80,000 revelers attended the first-and sold-out-edition of the dusk-to-dawn electronic music extravaganza in Las Vegas, the biggest of this year's Electric Daisy Carnivals…After a 15-year-old girl died from a drug overdose at last year's event in Los Angeles, Insomniac moved the event and raised the minimum age of attendees from 16 to 18."
http://bit.ly/lxpV04
3. SUN VALLEY GUEST LIST: The Hollywood Reporter is tracking who's going to Allen & Company's annual retreat in Idaho next week, known as "summer camp for moguls." Among the expected: much of the Murdoch clan, plus Disney president and C.E.O. Bob Iger and NBCUniversal C.E.O. Steve Burke.
http://bit.ly/lxXkpV
4. CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION: Sandow Media, owner of magazines Worth, New Beauty, and Luxe, has purchased Events International. The marketing firm will operate within the Worth Group, which produces events for clients such as Rolls-Royce and Chartis. Upcoming Sandow events include a luxury products and services event entitled Curator, which will debut October 26-27, during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Sandow purchased Gen Art, the organization that pairs emerging creative talent with corporate sponsors, in February. Press release:
http://prn.to/lkuVsQ
5. THE NEW INVITATION METRICS: As companies like Klout, PeerIndex, and Twitter Grader are of scoring the level of social media influence of millions of people, marketers are using the scores to target people. The New York Times: "More than 2,500 companies are using Klout’s data. Last week, Klout revealed that Audi would begin offering promotions to Facebook users based on their Klout score. Last year, Virgin America used the company to offer highly rated influencers in Toronto free round-trip flights to San Francisco or Los Angeles. In Las Vegas, the Palms Hotel and Casino is using Klout data to give highly rated guests an upgrade or tickets to Cirque du Soleil."
http://nyti.ms/laMWXZ
6. BUTTER LADY OBIT: Norma Lyon, the “butter-cow lady” of the Iowa State Fair, known for "sculpturing tons of U.S. Grade AA salted butter each year into life-size figures of cows, famous people and, once, a diorama of the Last Supper," is dead. The New York Times:
http://nyti.ms/jMDMuC
* INTERNAL BUSINESS *
Nominations for our first BizBash Chicago Readers' Choice Awards close today at 11:59 p.m. CST.
http://bit.ly/msP5pa
* LOCAL NEWS *
CHICAGO: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Gold Coast will open with a champagne reception for 500 guests on Thursday. Buddy Valastro from the TLC show Cake Boss will deliver a thematic cake, and the event will be filmed for an episode of the show.
The annual Chicago Scene boat party, hosted by the magazine's publisher Ted Widen, may take place in Hammond Indiana this year. According to Widen, the city of Chicago is hesitant to police the approximately 800 boats expected to gather off North Avenue Beach. Crain's Chicago Business:
http://bit.ly/m2sHyk
LAS VEGAS: Mike Tyson had a surprise wedding over the weekend. After they were invited to a joint birthday party for Tyson and his wife, Lakiha Spicer, "when guests arrived Saturday night at the M Resort Spa Casino, the couple revealed it was actually a renewal of vows, complete with wardrobe changes, a live band, a wedding cake and a candy station." Page Six:
http://nyp.st/iQluji
Amy Carlson left her PR position at the Venetian and Palazzo on Friday after four years. She will join J Public Relations in New York.
Devin Hashimoto, former chef de cuisine of Alex, is now executive chef of Okada.
MIAMI: The Trump International Beach Resort will host Master of the Mind – Up Close & In Person with Guy Bavli every Friday in July.
http://bit.ly/mKnyDy
NEW YORK: Oracle is hosting a technology briefing luncheon at the Helmsley Hotel Wednesday at the Helmsley Hotel.
The Bar and Wine Show is at the Javits Center today and tomorrow.
http://bit.ly/kVQuGs
The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, which is closing its galleries Monday for a two-year renovation, will host an exhibition of contemporary graphic design next summer on Governors Island. New York Times:
http://nyti.ms/jH9MBf
TORONTO: Eatertainment Hospitality has added two senior directors to its team: Jasmine Baker joined the company as the director of marketing, communications, and development; and Jennifer Draper was promoted to catering sales director. The company hosts more than 800 events in Canada and the U.S. and recently opened NCS Venue, an event gallery in Toronto. http://bit.ly/mpq8qU
WASHINGTON: ARMA International will hold its 56th annual conference and expo October 17-19 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center.
YOUR NEWS: What are you doing? Tell us: [email protected].
With contributions from Jenny Berg in Chicago, Alesandra Dubin in Los Angeles, Mitra Sorrells in Orlando, Carla Warrilow in Toronto, and Erica Petri, Anna Sekula, and Courtney Thompson in New York.
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