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Best Product Rankings & Reviews

US News & World Report has launched RankingsAndReviews.com, a new site that condenses reviews of major consumer products into rankings and meta-reviews.

Add comment October 8th, 2007

The 50 Best Business Blogs

Internet blogs are taking on big corporations and winning. As the bloggerati continue to set the agenda London’s Times Online provides a list of the 50 top blogs in the following categories: Economics, Banking & Finance, Construction & Property, Engineering, Health, Industrials, Leisure, Media & Marketing, Natural Resources, Retail, Law, Transport, Technology, Telecoms, and Utilities. View the full list…

Add comment July 8th, 2007

The 40 Most Influential People in the Magazine Publishing Industry

Folio examined the entire industry, as well as a few markets that intersect it, for individuals who best represent an increasingly multifaceted media landscape. People who have demonstrated tangible proof of actionable ideas. This year’s list highlights the best in the industry from consumer, b-to-b, association, and regional publications. The Folio: 40 profiles C-Level visionaries, industry influencers, people under the radar, and director-level doers. View the list…

Folio also compiled a list of people to watch…

Add comment April 12th, 2007

400 Magazine Blogs

Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) is the industry association for consumer magazines. Magazine.org’s blogroll features 400 blogs from member magazines. All blogs are classified under their magazine name on the left window. Once you select a magazine, a list of their current blogs will appear below next to an orange rss icon. The selected blog will display all of its current entries to the right with a preview of each selected entry in the window below it. Click on the title of the blog in the preview window on the next page to view the complete post…

(This handy tool was created using Grazr, an easy way to view information without having to follow links all over the Web.)

Add comment March 17th, 2007

TIME.com’s Podcasts

The redesigned Time.com features a long list of podcasts, from the Top 100 Albums of all-time, to Time’s 100 Builders & Titans. Subscribe to Time podcasts using your favorite podcasting software or download individual audio files directly to your portable media player…

Add comment March 17th, 2007

The Top 200 Albums of All Time

The National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have unveiled the official list of the 200 albums and soundtracks that comprise the Definitive 200. See the full list…

1. Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
3. Michael Jackson - Thriller
4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
5. U2 - Joshua Tree
6. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
7. Carole King - Tapestry
8. Bob Dylan - Highway ‘61 Revisited
9. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
10. Nirvana - Nevermind

Add comment March 11th, 2007

The World’s 500 Largest Corporate Employers

Giant retailer Wal-Mart Stores, with 1.8 million employees, tops the first published list of the world’s 500 largest corporate employers. Home to nearly half of the companies on the list, the United States boasts the largest employers in 13 out of 28 industries, according to the study by My Global Career, a blog-based careers site for global workers and employers seeking global-ready talent. Links to each employer’s job site are included in this free directory of companies that employ more than 45 million workers around the world. Job seekers can search the list or browse it by rank (1-500), industry, country, or company name. View the full list…

1. Wal-Mart Stores, United States - 1,800,000 employees
2. Deutsche Post, Germany - 502,545 employees
3. Siemens Group, Germany - 461,000 employees
4. McDonald’s, United States - 447,000 employees
5. Carrefour, France - 440,479 employees
6. Compass Group, United Kingdom - 410,074 employees
7. United Parcel Service, United States - 407,000 employees
8. Gazprom, Russia - 396,571 employees
9. DaimlerChrysler, Germany - 382,724 employees
10. Hitachi, Japan - 355,879 employees

Add comment March 4th, 2007

Best Movie Picks From New York Times Film Critics

Each week, the movie critics of The New York Times recommend a selection of films for the Movies section of NYTimes.com. The recommendations are based solely on that critic’s personal opinion of the film. Find out the best movies currently playing at your local theater, or out on DVD…

Add comment March 3rd, 2007

The 51 Best Magazines Ever

The editors of Good magazine have compiled a list of the top (smartest, prettiest, coolest, funniest, most Influential, mos t necessary, most Important, most essential, etc.) magazines ever. Check out all 51…

1. Esquire. Under Harold T.P. Hayes (1961-1973)
2. The New Yorker
3. Life. (1936-1972)
4. Playboy
5. The New York Times Magazine
6. Mad. Post comic book, before the death of founder William Gaines (1955-1992)
7. Spy. Until it was sold to fun-sponge Jean Pigozzi (1986-1991)
8. Wired. Early years until Conde Nast buyout (1993-1998)
9. Andy Warhol’s Interview. Until Warhol’s death (1969-1988)
10. Colors. The first 13 issues, under Tibor Kalman (1991-1996)

Add comment February 24th, 2007

America’s Top 50 Salaries

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported the median salaries of America’s 50 highest-paying jobs. The following article from CareerBuilder discloses all 50 professions. As you may expect, surgeons and physicians dominate the top of list. Following is a list of the top 10 highest-paying non-medical jobs. View the full list of America’s top earning positions…

10. Chief Executives - $139,810
12. Airline Pilots, Copilots and Flight Engineers - $135,0400
15. Lawyers - $110,520
16. Air Traffic Controllers - $105,820
17. Engineering Managers - $105,470
18. Computer and Information Systems Managers - $102,360
19. Marketing Managers - $101,990
20. Astronomers - $101,360
21. Natural Sciences Managers - $99,140
22. Sales Managers - $98,510

Add comment February 22nd, 2007

List of Online Magazine Initiatives

Magazine Publishers of America is the industry association for consumer magazines. The MPA represents more than 240 domestic publishing companies with approximately 1,400 titles, from 80 international companies. They maintain a continually updated list of magazine website digital initiatives - everything from new site features, to partnerships, and redesigns, documented for the past two years. Check out the list…

Add comment February 21st, 2007

The 50 Best Blocks in New York

Time Out New York’s first-ever ranking of the 50 best residential blocks in the city. View the full results…

1. South Portland Ave. between DeKalb and Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn
2. Gramercy Park South between Park Ave. South and Irving Place, Gramercy Park
3. West 20th St. between Ninth and Tenth Ave., Chelsea
4. 45th Ave. between 21st and 23rd St., Long Island City, Queens
5. Convent Ave. between 143rd and 144th St., Sugar Hill
6. Montgomery Place bet. Prospect Park West & Eighth Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn
7. Beck St. between Longwood Avenue and East 156th St., Longwood, Bronx
8. Coffey St. between Conover and Ferris St., Red Hook, Brooklyn
9. Charlton St. between Sixth Ave. and Varick St., Soho
10. West 78th St. between Columbus and Amsterdam Ave., Upper West Side

Add comment February 20th, 2007

Fortune 500 Business Blogs

Two sites are collecting links to Fortune 500 companies that have business blogs (active public blogs by company employees about the company and its products).

Add comment February 11th, 2007

Timeline of History: 60,000 BCE to the Present

Frank Smitha began writing the unbiased history of the world that appears on Fsmitha.com in 1987. His website contains a description of events and ideas from prehistory to the 21st century - stories that you can connect into a big picture. The timeline section linked here begins with 60,000 BCE (the Common Era is the period of measured time beginning with the year 1 on the Gregorian calendar) and continues to present day. Get ready to become the smartest person you know…

Add comment February 11th, 2007

The 25 Most Stylish Films of All Time

When it comes down to it, it’s the big screen where fashions are immortalized. Not the runway, not the street. From Shaft to North by Northwest, here are the movies that will never go out of fashion. View the slideshow on Men.Style.com…

Three Days of the Condor - 1975
A Clockwork Orange - 1971
Purple Noon - 1960
North by Northwest - 1959
Trainspotting - 1996
Get Carter - 1970
Diner - 1982
Breathless - 1959
Stranger Than Paradise - 1984
Shaft - 1971
Badlands - 1973
Quadrophenia - 1979
Rushmore - 1998
A Hard Day’s Night - 1964
Shampoo - 1975
8 1/2 - 1963
Bullitt - 1968
American Gigolo - 1980
Reservoir Dogs - 1992
How to Steal a Million - 1966
Blowup - 1966
In the Mood for Love - 2000
The Godfather Part II - 1974
The Harder They Come - 1973
Ocean’s 11 - 1960

Add comment February 11th, 2007

Elvis Costello’s 500 Albums Essential to a Happy Life

“Here are 500 albums that can only improve your life. Many will be quite familiar, others less so. It was impossible to choose just one title by Miles Davis, the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Dylan, Mingus, etc. Sometimes an album contains just one indispensable song. Shot of Love may not be your favorite Bob Dylan record, but it might contain his best song: Every Grain of Sand. You will see that some very famous names are missing completely. There is nothing at all by Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Michael Jackson, or Sting. You may love them. They just don’t do it for me. There’s not too muc h disco or dance, except the mighty Chic. If you want something from Los Angeles in the early 70s, I suggest you purchase the first Jackson Browne record; it will save you buying all those Eagles albums. There is nothing to speak of from the 80s, the decade that music forgot, except for Robert Wyatt. Not many Divas, except for Callas and Aretha. There are probably songs being composed right now that will eclipse every entry on this list in somebody’s heart or mind. It is my experience that music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn’t charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction.” Check out the list….

Add comment February 11th, 2007

Internet Retailer’s Top 50 Retail Sites 2007

Online video, live webcasts, social networking, customer reviews–these are the kinds of things that make this year’s Top 50 online etailers shine. Last year the best e-retailers were fine-tuning and adding some features. This year they’re bounding forward in ways that show how some retailers are more imaginative and more focused on bringing customers back for more…

View the winning sites within the following categories:

Add comment February 8th, 2007

TIME’s Top Ten Lists 2006

TIME’s critics present the greatest movies, TV, books, fashion, video games, theater, websites, music and more of 2006…

Add comment February 8th, 2007

Top 10 Best Internet Acquisitions of All Time

From HipMojo.com, the ten “best” Internet acquisitions of all time. Read the full article…

1. News Corporation acquires MySpace-parent Intermix for $580M in May 2005
2. New York Times acquires About.com for $410M in February, 2005
3. Google acquires Sprinks in October 2003
4. Yahoo! acquires Overture for $1.63B in July, 2003
5. Yahoo! acquires Inktomi for $235M in December, 2002
6. AOL Time Warner acquires Advertising.com for $435M in June 2004
7. eBay acquires Paypal for $1.5B in 2002
8. Ask Jeeves acquires Interactive Search Holdings for $343M in March 2004
9. Microsoft acquires Hotmail for $400M in 1998
10. aQuantive acquires Razorfish for $160M in June 2004

Add comment February 6th, 2007

Squidoo’s Top 100

Squidoo is a website designed to make it easy for anyone to set up a single page on a topic he or she knows or cares a lot about. Their goal is to bring the power of recommendation to search. Squidoo is a network of user-generated lenses –single pages that highlights one person’s point of view, recommendations, or expertise. Lenses can be about anything, such as ideas, people or places, hobbies and sports, pets or products, philosophy, and politics. A lensmaster uses the tools available online to provide links, feeds, abstracts, and lists to users who are trying to make sense of a topic. For example, a single lens could point to Flickr photos, Google maps, blogs, eBay auctions, YouTube videos, and other links. Check out Squidoo’s list of top 100 recommendations…

Add comment February 4th, 2007

The World’s Best TV Commericals of 2006

AdForum is a leading online resource for information on advertising agencies and advertising creative work from around the world. Their database contains a large collection of the world’s best TV, print, internet, outdoor and radio ads. View video of the top TV commercials of 2006, including clips from Canada, Japan, United States, Australia, Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Israel, China, Brazil, Argentina, and Norway…

Add comment January 18th, 2007

10 Hot Jobs for 2007

Fast Company spoke with trend experts to compile a list of the top 10 professions that will be in high demand in 2007…

1. Art Directors
2. Buyers and Purchasing Agents
3. Experience Retail Designers
4. Medical Researchers
5. News Analysts, Reporters, and Bloggers
6. Security Systems Engineers
7. Talent Agents
8. Urban Planners
9. Viral Marketers and Media Promoters
10. Web Designers