The Biggest Spinoff Product Failures of 2010
Every year, brands leverage themselves to monetize potential revenue streams—and this year was no different.
Archive
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28 September 2010: Morning
Germany moves to end conscription, originally intended to prevent a military state-within-a-state. I.R.S. will no longer mail paper instructions and forms for annual income tax returns. "I honestly believe the governor's lost interest in this budget...He's making movies, for
28 September 2010: Afternoon
Fatah-Hamas reunion may appear, making Palestinian negotiators more legitimate, Israelis more resistant. Profile of South Africa's economic crisis--one-third of the workforce is idle, and half of blacks ages 15 to 34 are without work. Op: Regret isn't rational behavior, but an expression of
27 September 2010: Afternoon
"You can go to a library for 35 years and never have to do anything and then have your retirement." Library outsourcing CEO can't make friends. Through several administrations, Woodward has become president ex officio--or at least reporter in chief. Deadline today! Tell us who
Hurry Up and Wait
When the recession hit, artists James Tribble and Tracey Mancenido-Tribble took a different kind of road trip: They worked a full year as trained, professional truck drivers, hauling everything from J. Crew items to water bottles in their 18-wheeler.
27 September 2010: Morning
Rwanda thanked for leaving troops in Darfur despite its fury over report accusing Rwandan troops of genocide. More private contractors than soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010; many were local civilians. Op: Tea partiers who venerate the Constitution are infantile, and they worship an ahistorical version. Gladwell: Social
Planet Zoo
More than a generation of Americans have been urged to save the Earth. A survey of the current climate and every H.G. Wells-inspired geoengineering project shows it’s time to pray for Homo sapiens.
24 September 2010: Weekend
Big Beer in California opposes marijuana legalization while microbrews and prison guards remain neutral. Dangerous succession gets under way in North Korea. Probably. Swiss politics nearly impossible to explain to outsiders--an attempt at translation. British football fans try to evict Liverpool FC's American owner by scaring away
23 September 2010: Afternoon
President sends Nicaragua on vacation and reprints Constitution during absence, including new law to prevent anarchy. Russia's constitution protects politician's thievery and paying for sex. Ethiopian fighter pilots remain stranded in Kyrgyzstan after 20 years. Japanese consumers no longer understand the 1990s-era logic of saving/
Being Nominated Is the Award
The allure of an awards show is not the thrill of victory, but rather the anticipation—and of course the potential for a handjob.