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Yellow Jacket Media & Justin.TV Set Stage for Interactive Internet Advertising

New service takes the customer to the product in an appealing, virtual environment. It is the way things will be done in the future.

(SEATTLE, Wash.) - Being glued to the Internet through my role here at Salem-News for almost five years, I've acquired a pretty good sense new media ideas that are hot.

One new business that's burning rubber on the information autobahn is Yellow Jacket Media. They are bringing the United States new face to face interactions between customers and business. The interactive auto lot is the sizzling ticket right now; It's kind of like Maxwell Smart meets Cal Worthington.

North Korea Launches Multi-Stage Rocket Over Japan

Japan did not follow through on a threat to shoot the rocket down.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Reports from Seoul indicate that a rocket was launched from North Korea, in spite of calls from world leaders to not do so.

The launch has not been confirmed at this time by Pyonyang. The LA Times reports that is was a multi-stage rocket that could possibly be used to deliver nuclear weapons.

Steppin`

Say hello to my family members, GuitarHero, Jughead and ShortRib. Our dogs are Simon, Charlotte, and Tache (that’s French for “Spot”).

(AGOURA, Calif.) - The ‘50s ideal of the nuclear family is clearly a thing of the past as most statistics readily confirm. Divorce is rampant and the definition of family is undergoing constant scrutiny and redefinition.

For my family, we’ve been dealing with a new Step-Mom, as I just got married, this past December...

How Does Salem-News.com Compare With Oregon Online Media?

We're movin' on up...and the numbers prove it!

(SALEM, Ore.) - When we started Salem-News.com almost five years ago, I sensed the potential of a great media movement that was about to take place Online, and sure enough it is now underway.

I had an idea then that our strictly Web-based news organization could serve the needs of people here very effectively by providing the latest news and empowering the people of Salem, who live in the shadow of our metropolis neighbor to the north.

Seattle P-I to Publish Last Edition Tuesday

The Seattle P-I's story on their upcoming last day of print publication.

(SEATTLE, Wash.) - The Hearst Corp. announced Monday that it would stop publishing the 146-year old newspaper, Seattle's oldest business, and cease delivery to more than 117,600 weekday readers.

The company, however, said it would maintain seattlepi.com, making it the nation's largest daily newspaper to shift to an entirely digital news product.

"Tonight we'll be putting the paper to bed for the last time," Editor and Publisher Roger Oglesby told a silent newsroom Monday morning. "But the bloodline will live on."

Shackled to Your Cellphone: Your Sentence for Simple Usage

It's no wonder we call it a cellphone. We're locked up in a cell. Will there ever be a way out?

(SALEM, Ore.) - Hi tech has beamed a message under the radar: If you want to use us, you're our captive for a two-year sentence. No early release for cellphoners is allowed.

Can you imagine that marriage offers no guarantee of lasting two full years, yet cellphone companies impose those conditions. Is that rational in this day and age?

Economic Stimulus Scams

Also beware of offers that charge consumers for a seminar that will show them how to apply for federal stimulus grants and get rich quick with the money they receive.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Scammers are already using President Obama’s economic stimulus package to try and rip off consumers.

Email messages ask for bank information, claiming they will directly deposit stimulus money. Instead, scammers drain the consumer’s bank account and vanish.

New Media and the Future of Advertising

A media revolution is underway as the nation struggles through tough economic times, but the show must go on.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It's no secret that media is changing fast. Newspapers are having an extremely difficult time holding their heads above water, closing left and right, and yet Internet news is streaming forward at full speed.

Old media has to give up the ghost and make the switch fast, and as for all that newspaper and television news and production people know, the Internet is a different world.

Response Vehicles Help Forensic Scientists Work at Crime Scenes (PHOTOS)

Two days after receiving the first new Crime Scene Response Vehicle, OSP forensic scientists responded to help during the multi-agency investigation into the Woodburn bank bombing incident.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon State Police forensic scientists work got a much-needed boost with the addition of three vehicles specifically designed to meet the unique needs of crime scene response work around the State.

Three specially designed vehicles will replace older units in Clackamas, Bend and Central Point.

Money, Money, Money

I will have to live the life I preach and take the same, at times, harsh medicine I’m asking them to swallow

(AGOURA, Calif.) - I had naively hoped never to live through times like my folks did, with The Great Depression.