Trend Segment: ‘Women & Family’ 
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New Media Trend Alert – Online Companies Ignoring Lucrative 50+ Demographic
Web companies are ignoring the lucrative 50+ demographic Dylan Tweney for VentureBeat If you found that 60 to 80 percent of your customers belonged to a particular demographic, you’d probably retarget your marketing and product development efforts to focus on that market. Yet many internet companies are failing to do just that. The population in question [...]
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GrapevineStar Brands Event Alert – Digital Kids® 2012, Media & Entertainment Event
Digital Kids provides insight into the latest strategies, technologies and techniques. We bring an incredible amount of brain power together under one roof. The show is a ‘must-attend’ event for entertainment and media companies looking to compete in the digital space.
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Why video games are good for you — the cheat sheet
Relax, parents. Video games are good for you and your kids. So argues Scott Steinberg, author of The Modern Parent’s Guide series for high-tech parenting.
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Pretty in Pinterest: Beauty giant Sephora integrates pin-boards
Beauty retailer Sephora has just become one of the first retailers to fully integrate with digital pin-board Pinterest by adding a “Pin It” button to every one of its 14,000 products.
Sephora staffers will also highlight their favorite products on Pinterest pinboards. Following a meteoric rise, Pinterest is now the third most visited social network in the U.S. after Facebook and twitter. -
With 4 women leading 300 men, Game Insight will triple revenues in 2012
Game Insight has quietly become a big force in mobile. The Moscow-based game publisher owns a majority stake in 15 game studios with more than 300 developers. The company has published dozens of games on Android and iOS. And it is run by five women.
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GrapevineStar Media Salutes Hearst as they Mark their 125th Anniversary
GrapevineStar salutes Hearst, a global media and information leader who’s reach extends to more than 100 countries. “We salute the vision and persistence of William Randolph Hearst who started the company in March 1887. GrapevineStar Media shares Hearst’s belief that media innovation leads to media progress” says Jacob Rudolph Miles III, Founder of GrapevineStar
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Danica Patrick in NASCAR Event, NBA All-Star Event, Academy Award Event
Three of the largest media and entertainment events of the year are taking place on the same day…today. NASCAR, where all eyes will be on Danica Patrick, the impact of her winning will change, I dare say increase the size and demographic quality of the NASCAR audience. Her winning would be huge…What do you think?
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Media Super Star Danica Patrick Joins Tim Tebow, Jeremy Lin in Media Popularity
It’s nothing new for Patrick, who has compared the polarizing nature of her popularity to that of Tim Tebow. There were snits in IndyCar with drivers who complained that she dominated the spotlight despite results that paled compared with those of other stars, and a fiery side often emerges when she feels wronged, which has caused tangles with rivals and her own team.
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Toy Fair Program for Manufacturers & Retailers
The GrapevineStar Toy Fair program targets brand owners, manufacturers, retailers, entertainment executives, inventors, game developers in the toy, youth products and childrens entertainment industries. The program includes select GrapevineStar™ character brands integrated with it’s social media programs customized to meet the needs of the participating manufacturer or retailer.
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2012 Grammys, Goodbye Whitney! We Love You. Next?
2012 Grammy Awards – Awesome performance with a cloud. The cloud of Whitney Houston who was at home at the Grammys. She game and she died and be came one of the most important occurrences in Grammy history, along with her legendary performances.
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A Salute to Whitney Houston who dies on the eve of the Grammy Awards
This is a tribute to our friend, The incomparable Whitney Houston, who passed February 11, 2012 in Beverly Hills on the eve of the 2012 Grammy Awards show. GrapevineStar Entertainment’s founder, Jacob Miles has worked directly with Whitney and her mother Cissy Houston in support of the Whitney Houston Foundation. To Whitney’s family, our prayers are with you today and forever, God has brought his angel home to heaven, where she will bless all of those there with her big heart and beautiful voice. To Whitney, We and the World Will Always Love You! Thanks for the music and just as importantly thanks for the blessings you have given to others. We Love You Nippy…………………Jacob Miles, GrapevineStar Entertainment Inc.
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Shopping site Sneakpeeq raises $2.67M in Capital
Sneakpeeq joins the ranks of many other discount social shopping sites, such as Fab.com and LuxeYard. Most of these sites, Sneakpeeq included, focus on action-driven buying, which encourages shoppers to share products and interact with other shoppers to get better prices.
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GrapevineStar Media Alert – Internet-Only TV Homes Surge 22.8%, Spend 9% Of TV Time Online
Nielsen issued a new report to clients Wednesday showing that the number of U.S. households that bypass cable or satellite TV and subscribe only to broadband Internet access has grown dramatically in the past year, and not surprisingly, they spend dramatically more time watching TV over the Internet.
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Grapevine Star NATPE Wrap Up – It’s About Content, Deals, Global
“I’m overjoyed, because most of the people that I’ve talked to are overjoyed,” said Rick Feldman, the president and CEO of NATPE, at an event wrap-up for the press. “For the most part we are very happy, very excited. The weather was great, the traffic was great, the people were great.”
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GrapevineStar Alert – 84th Academy Awards Nominees Announced
Dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures, The Academy announces the 84th Academy Awards Nominees.
