BIZBASH CALL SHEET — #113 — Monday, 10.03.11
Compiled today by Chad Kaydo and Jana Schiowitz in New York
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* INCOMING *
1. COCA-COLA OLYMPICS CAMPAIGN: The beverage company launched its marketing plan for the London 2012 Olympics with a music track from producer Mark Ronson. It incorporates sounds from some of the younger Olympic hopefuls' training sessions, along with noises like a table-tennis paddle hitting a ball and an arrow hitting its target. Ad Age: "As well as being released as a song, Mr. Ronson's work will provide the soundtrack for TV commercials, campaigns on mobile and other digital platforms, and Coca-Cola events during the Olympic Games."
http://bit.ly/o1IFdM
2. OBAMA’S FUND-RAISER STYLES: The New York Times looks at the varying styles of the president’s money-raising stops: “[N]ot all $35,800-a-plate fund-raisers are created equal…The distance between a Presidio Heights villa overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at sunset and a packed hall at a Masonic Temple with bad air-conditioning is a long one.”
http://nyti.ms/rg8qwH
3. ORACLE'S BIG CONVENTION: In San Francisco: "In a city of this size—805,000 people—Oracle’s OpenWorld convention really takes over. The production, which runs through Thursday, requires a quarter-million cups of coffee and 14,700 hotel rooms, filling the city’s supply and spilling down the San Francisco peninsula past Redwood Shores, Oracle’s headquarters." NYT:
http://nyti.ms/q6Yk8z
4. FACEBOOK'S CLIENT MEET-UP: The social media site has assembled a client council made up of the Facebook's largest global clients to talk about what they want. The discussion begins today, kicking off the start of Advertising Week. Ad Age:
http://bit.ly/oTx0su
5. FROM THE PARIS COLLECTIONS: Two highlights from The New York Times: At Kanye West’s first presentation: “Everyone sat in a long, sterile white box, lit with purple neon lights, that you would never have known was actually the ornate library of the Lycée Henri IV on the Left Bank.”
http://nyti.ms/p6PhW9
At Hussein Chalayan: “he played the straight man—literally, dressed and lacquered as a Parisian waiter dispensing flutes of drink with great reserve to the models on his runway. A choir sang…And at the bottom of each flute was a tiny camera capturing the models’ wet pink mouths on a projection screen. Open wide!”
http://nyti.ms/oCKZsp
6. GILT CITY ACQUIRES DINEPRIVATE: The gprivate room booking engine has joined the high-end daily discount retailer. Co-founder Joe Bastianich will join Gilt City as a private dining and restaurant advisor. The Wall Street Journal:
http://dthin.gs/nGyz6G
7. PARTY REALITY SERIES: "Party Mamas," a new reality series, has been added to WealthTV's fall lineup. The participants will plan outrageous parties for friends and family. PR Newswire:
http://prn.to/qIqxJI
* LOCAL NEWS *
BOSTON: The Opening Our Doors festival will feature more than 60 musical, theater, and dance performances as well as walking tours, art exhibitions, and other cultural activities October 10.
http://bit.ly/yfhAY
CHICAGO: To mark the 25th anniversary of “Ferris Bueller's Day Off,” Groupon screened the film in Wrigley Field Saturday. The event included a Guinness -World -Record-breaking, 900-guest singalong of "Danke Schoen." Washington Post:
http://wapo.st/qp2xyx
Bill and Giuliana Rancic will appear at Macy's Walnut Room for the traditional lighting of the Great Tree November 5. The 45-foot-tall tree will be decked with 2,000 ornaments and 15,000 LED lights.
LAS VEGAS: At noon on Saturday, Margaritaville Casino at the Flamingo opened its doors for the first time to a crowd of hundreds that had been waiting all morning.
Las Vegas Review-Journal has a roundup of activities and tie-ins planned in observance of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness month:
http://bit.ly/rq7IEq
Elton John began a three-year headlining gig at Caesars Palace Wednesday. The show at the Colosseum is called "The Million Dollar Piano." CBS News:
http://bit.ly/nCplTw
Ravella at Lake Las Vegas is offering the “Fall Off The Strip” package for meeting planners. It starts at $119 per night with a 10 percent rebate on the entire bill, with a minimum of 25 rooms booked by December 31.
LOS ANGELES: Starting October 15, the Los Angeles Poetry Festival and Beyond Baroque Literary Center will present a monthlong series of readings, discussions, and presentations about and around Los Angeles noir called "Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film." L.A. Times:
http://lat.ms/qBvbtH
BlogWorld & New Media Expo, taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center November 3-5, announced a keynote session with C.E.O.s from Federated Media Publishing, Social Media Examiner, and BlogHer. PR Newswire:
http://prn.to/nselIe
Shore Hotel in Santa Monica will officially open Friday.
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will present the U.S. premiere of "Il Teatro alla Moda—Theater in Fashion," which focuses on Italy’s haute couture designers and their impact on opera, dance, and theater. The exhibit runs October 14-November 13 with an opening gala October 13.
MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA: The South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, a $51 million performing arts venue, opened with two days of performances this weekend.
Landmark the Rusty Pelican is undergoing a $6 million renovation. The patio area and interior bar will be converted into an indoor outdoor lounge in addition to a new V.I.P. dining room. South Florida Business Journal:
http://bit.ly/qYLuOV
Aaron Neville will be performing at the Little Palm Island Resort & Spa on Little Torch Key October 19.
NEW YORK: IT conference Interop begins Wednesday at the Javits Center. Topics include networking, virtualization, and cloud computing.
http://bit.ly/qPjwd3
ORLANDO: Creations Catering and Events, Millenia Catering, Creative Cuisine, Sunshine Photographics, the Flipbook People, and Sweet by Holly! are some of the vendors scheduled to participate in Max King Events' first industry open house October 26. The event, titled "An Evening with... The Mad Prop Guy" will have a Halloween theme.
The city of Orlando marked the one-year anniversary of the Amway Center on Saturday by sending out some first-year stats: the venue has held 200 events since opening with total attendance reaching 1,463,741. Lady Gaga had the biggest concert production and Bon Jovi had the highest concert attendance.
TORONTO: The inaugural Bay Street Suits Up 4 Windfall, a charity fashion show held September 8, raised $32,000 for Windfall's Suitable Impressions program.
P&G Beauty & Grooming signed on as the new beauty partner of the Shows, a fashion runway event at Ritz-Carlton on October 13-14. Canadian designers will feature their Spring/Summer 2012 collections.
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 Jana Schiowitz, Anna Sekula, and Courtney Thompson in New York.
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