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washingtonpost.com launches election widget

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washingtonwidget.pngwashingtonpost.com announced two new ways to get comprehensive candidate news and information from its website without having to be on the site, or even on a computer.

The “Election Collection ‘08” will provide complete candidate profiles organized in easy-to-navigate tabs, including biographical information, the latest news feeds, campaign event schedules, and fundraising data. Available as a widget or portable application, users can conveniently access washingtonpost.com’s campaign coverage from their personalized web pages, blogs or social networks.

As part of that mobile strategy, washingtonpost.com is also expanding the politics section of its mobile site to include an Election ’08 channel. This subsection will soon allow users to access the same comprehensive candidate information they can find on the site and in the “Election Collection ’08” widget, including bio information, news, campaign stops and campaign financing.

Originally posted on October 8, 2007 @ 10:46 am

RealClearPolitics.com launches ‘Fantasy ’08’ Political Stock Market powered by Intrade

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realclearpolitics.jpgRealClearPolitics and Intrade announced today the launch of ‘Fantasy ’08’ – an interactive trading market focused on the 2008 U.S. elections.

“We are thrilled to expand our long-standing partnership with Intrade to offer readers a fun, competitive and insightful trading market that captures the excitement and interest in the 2008 election,” said John McIntyre, co-founder and Managing Editor of RealClearPolitics.com. “It represents a great way for our readers to act on all of the information RCP provides every single day, from the latest political news to the most up to date polling information included in our RealClearPolitics Poll Averages.”

Individuals who play ‘Fantasy ’08’ will receive an account with $10,000 RCP dollars, which they can use to trade on a nearly unlimited number of markets related to the 2008 election. Who will be the Democratic and Republican nominees for President? Who will control the House and Senate? Who will be President? Players on Fantasy ’08 can trade these questions, and many more, according to their own passions and opinions – just like they’d play the stock market. Up for grabs are bragging rights between friends and colleagues.

Go to RealClearPolitics.com for full details on how to sign up and begin trading, as well as leaderboards to track your progress can be found on the web site.

Originally posted on September 21, 2007 @ 2:27 pm

MySpace, MTV announce details of first presidential candidate dialogue with John Edwards

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myspace.jpgMySpace and MTV announced details of their first Presidential Candidate Dialogue featuring former Senator John Edwards. The inaugural event will take place on September 27, at 12:00 pm ET on the University of New Hampshire campus – an affiliate in mtvU’s network of more than 750 colleges and universities – and will be moderated by MTV News Correspondents SuChin Pak and Gideon Yago as well as WashingtonPost.com political reporter, Chris Cillizza. Industry-leading pollsters John McLaughlin and Geoffrey Garin will oversee the real-time polling data and audience questions being submitted via MySpaceIM and MTV.com. The kick-off event also marks the first Flektor application integration since its acquisition by Fox Interactive Media in May 2007.

For the first time, users at home or anywhere online are empowered to immediately respond to candidate discourse with a new online polling widget powered by Flektor. Online viewers on MySpace.com or MTV.com will be able to access a simple ratings meter to indicate their approval or disapproval of a candidate’s responses as they watch the Dialogue live with instant results displayed on the screen. A “popular vote” function will allow viewers to compare their opinions against those of the entire viewing community. Poll results will be available online live during each event and archived for future viewing.

The MySpace/MTV Presidential Candidate Dialogues also mark the first time in history where at home viewers will be able to submit questions in real-time to the candidates. As the world’s fastest growing instant messaging client, MySpaceIM will provide the platform for users to submit questions throughout the duration of the event on both MTV.com and MySpace. Additionally, questions will also be asked by a live audience comprised of UNH students.

Additional candidates confirmed to participate in the MySpace/ MTV Presidential Candidate Dialogue series include: Sen. Sam Brownback, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chris Dodd, Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Rep. Duncan Hunter, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Barack Obama, Rep. Ron Paul, and Gov. Bill Richardson

Originally posted on September 19, 2007 @ 10:40 am

No to Hillary for President domain to be auctioned

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hillary.jpgNew Dimensions Media Group (NDMG) announced today that it will sell the Internet domain No to Hillary for President.com via eBay auction at 2pm (PST) on August 15, 2007.

“The domain name speaks for itself,” says John Nuccio, President of New Dimensions Media Group. “We are not trying to may a political statement here. We’ve chosen the auction method to sell our domains because of the worldwide success of this proven sales method. The Internet has become the information superhighway for the buying public. Most persons prefer the hassle free transactions that Internet auctions can offer. As a result, the Internet has become our most powerful selling tool.”

The domain has a “Buy It Now” price placed at $50,000.

Originally posted on August 10, 2007 @ 2:30 pm

TheKnot.com, WeddingChannel.com announce the launch of BridesDecide.com

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bridesdecide.jpgAccording to a recent BridesDecide.com poll of brides and newlyweds, health care ranks as the most important issue, followed by the war in Iraq. As the U.S. 2008 presidential election gets into gear, BridesDecide.com, a new online destination designed to make it easy to compare the candidates and issues, has been buzzing with messages from nearlyweds and newlyweds about their views on virtually every important election topic. A first-ever joint venture between the two leading wedding websites, TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com, BridesDecide.com was created to encourage engaged women and recent brides-busy women in their mid-twenties to mid-thirties-to get engaged in the 2008 election and make informed decisions about their community through the political process.

“There are more than 12 million brides and newlyweds in the communities of TheKnot.com, WeddingChannel.com, and newlywed site TheNest.com,” said David Liu, Co-Founder and CEO of The Knot Inc. “With such a huge pool of potential voters, we felt it was important to create BridesDecide.com as a channel for women to research and communicate with each other about the presidential election in a fun and straightforward medium.”

On BridesDecide.com, visitors can compare where candidates stand on different issues, easily find voting information, and also share their thoughts with other brides and newlyweds via the online message board community. Packaged in an entertaining, relatable editorial style, BridesDecide.com’s fresh take on the candidates also includes personal wedding details, such as which presidential candidate got married in a powder-blue tuxedo (we even have a photo as proof!), who rejected a suitor’s proposal multiple times before finally saying yes, and other
candidates’ real wedding stories.

Originally posted on August 13, 2007 @ 9:50 am