Last week, Jim wrote about -- and received in the mail -- a Newsies bobblehead, a promotional idea and a Broadway first from the minds of Scott Kane and the folks at Shorenstein Hays Nederlander in San Francisco. It's a bright idea that crosses lines between genres of live entertainment marketing: The San Francisco Giants introduced sports fans to bobblehead giveaways in 1999. The Newsies bobblehead promotion is already seeing success. How much? We got more details on this emerging...

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I picked up a habit a long time ago that I want to share with you: I fly a fair amount, and every couple of months when I’m going through an airport, I pick up a magazine that I would never normally read. I look for topics, almost at random, that wouldn’t typically interest me. The reason I do this is because I believe very strongly in learning from people in other fields, even far off fields. I think I...

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