Checkers Launches Virtual Game to Promote Double Value Menu  

Checkers Drive-In Restaurants has rolled out an online game to promote its new Double Value menu....

Scholastic Promotes “Golden Compass” Series with Online Chat 

Scholastic Media will host a live online chat today with Dakota Blue Richards, the 12-year-old star of the movie “The Golden Compass,” filmed from the first volume of a trilogy by children’s author Philip Pullman and published in the U.S. by Scholastic...

Hertz Pushes Nickelodeon With Car Rentals 

Hertz is hoping to boost car rentals by offering Nickelodeon content on pre-loaded media players....

Kodak, Dial, Sign on to Sponsor ‘Apprentice’ 

Big-name marketers, including Kodak, The Dial Corp. and Pedigree have signed on to sponsor the newest version of “The Apprentice,” which returns in January....

Blockbuster Pushes “Shrek” DVD Via In-Store Promo 

Blockbuster is driving people to its retail outlets via an in-store promotion and sweepstakes tied to DreamWorks Animation’s DVD release of “Shrek the Third.”...

Wendy’s to Give Away 100 Million Songs  

Wendy’s is giving away up to 100 million songs as part of a partnership with the Rhapsody music site to customers who buy its combo meals....

FedEx Extends NBA Marketing Partnership 

Fedex renewed its deal as an NBA marketing teammate in a multi-year pact maintaining its position as the league’s official air and ground delivery service....

MTV Nets Drawing Audience With Pop Lyrics 

MTV, VH1 and CMT are all launching multi-platform entertainment and gaming experiences built around pop music lyrics to draw their audiences in....

P. Diddy Reaches for Ciroc Vodka 

Rapper Sean “P.Diddy” Combs has signed a partnership with spirit maker Diageo PLC to promote the company’s Ciroc Vodka in the U.S., in return for 50% of the profits from the brand. ...

NHL Debuts Themed TV Spots Online 

In a unique media tact, the National Hockey League will introduce two TV spots today on NHL.com carrying the league’s new tagline “Live Every Shift.” ...

Papa John’s Promotes ‘Spider-Man 3’ DVD on 2.6 Million Pizza Boxes  

Papa John’s is teaming up with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to back the upcoming DVD release of “Spider-Man 3” with a giant sized pizza and coupon offer....

McDonald’s, Brach’s Buzz Over ‘Bee Movie’  

McDonald’s, Brach’s and MySpace are buzzing with promotional support for the upcoming release of DreamWorks Animation’s “Bee Movie.”...

Fred Claus’ Film Gets Free Vignettes, Sweeps and Video Game 

Time Warner Cable and sister company Warner Bros. Pictures have partnered to launch an integrated campaign to support the new holiday comedy “Fred Claus,” opening in theatres nationwide on Nov. 9. ...

‘Seinfeld’ Fans Pick Episodes for National Syndication 

“Seinfeld” fans eager to see once again the episode about the soup Nazi or the man-bra can select their favorite in a poll on Yahoo.com for a special national syndication spin next month....

Live From DMA: Shelly Lazarus Crosses the Line 

Shelly Lazarus well remembers when she first considered taking the top spot at OgilvyOne. Her friends thought she was crazy to leave her position managing the prestigious American Express account to delve into the world of direct marketing....

Live from the DMA: Word of Mouth Means More than Low-Cost Advertising 

Advertisers looking to employ word-of-mouth marketing need to stop viewing it simply as a way to promote their products or services for little ad expense, Todd Tweedy, president and COO of social marketing firm BoldMouth, told an audience at the Direct Marketing Association annual gathering in Chicago Tuesday. ...

Live from the DMA: E-mail Pulls Top Response for Lead Gen  

E-mail produced the highest response rates (4.09%) for companies whose primary objective was to generate leads, according to the Direct Marketing Association’s 2007 Response Rate Trends Report....

NBC, MasterCard Spawn “Life” Pod Busters 

NBC Universal and MasterCard have struck a novel marketing partnership to create additional content for the police drama “Life” in the form of “pod busters.”...

Netflix Pushes Web-Delivered Movies with Carvey Spoof 

Netflix will turn comedian Dana Carvey loose on about a dozen classic movies in a free online screening this weekend of a video made to promote the company’s “instant viewing” service. ...

Weather Channel, Nissan Team Up on “Epic Conditions” 

The Weather Channel is looking to build a franchise of “Epic Conditions” with Nissan as sole sponsor of the show on air and online....

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