the(new)mediaslut

A little interesting short news snippet at Channel NewsAsia caught my eye today about a mock protest for men to compete in an woman only running event may have “run afoul of the law.”

Wrote Channel NewsAsia,

SINGAPORE: A publicity stunt to promote the Anlene Orchard Mile run may have ended up running afoul of the law.

About 20 men took part in a ‘mock protest’ along Orchard Road on Sunday afternoon to complain about not being able to take part in the women-only run.

The organisers did not have a permit to do so and police are investigating the incident.

Channelnewsasia.com via kwout

This reminds of a Salesforce.com mock protest against software held almost exactly a year ago at the same place saw the AP MD ending up at the police station to explain the protest.

Marketing, All you need is an internet connection, SINGAPORE, Marketing, CRM, Event marketing, Blogging, Technology, | Market-interactive.com via kwout

Mocca.com, the self-proclaimed number one online classifieds by MediaCorp, has added a travel directory with Moccatravel.com.

Nothing much can be found about the site except that radio ads has started to appear today.

So for only 3 travel agencies have signed up for Moccatravel.com, which are ASA Holidays, Desaru Fruit Farm Tour & Travel and PT GARUDA INDONESIA.

Ziff Davis Media, the licenser for print titles like PC Mag, EGM, etc has filed for bankruptcy.

Wrote Ziff Davis Media,

In order to implement the restructuring and permanently improve its capital structure, Ziff Davis and certain of its affiliates today elected to file Chapter 11 petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”). The Company intends to implement the restructuring through a pre-arranged plan of reorganization that the Company shortly intends to file. The Company intends to seek Court approval of the pre-arranged plan as soon as possible. Ziff Davis expects operations to continue as usual during the reorganization process and expects to emerge from Chapter 11 this summer.

How will the bankruptcy affect Communication Resources and MediaCorp Publications which publishes the Singapore version of PC Mag and EGM respectively?

Inspired to do a David Letterman, so here goes..

10. Will the World Toilet Organisation give Singapore toilets a new rating criteria called The Escape Clause? One toilet at a Singapore’s detention center is already in the running for AAA grade.

9. Some terrorist websites have named that special toilet, “Flushing Meadows”.

8. He isn’t just a escaping terrorist, he is also a toilet breaker!

7. Also overheard that the World Toilet Organisation’s Toilet College (Yes there is such a college) is going to introduce a new module called Toilet Escort Duty 101.

6. Exam invigilators must score a C+ or above in the Toilet Escort Duty 101 module before they are allowed into exams. Detention center officers are required to pass with higher grades.

5. “To flee or not to pee” is said to be one the exam questions.

4. Everybody still agrees that Singapore is a safe country, as long as the toilets doesn’t break.

3. Anti-terrorists agencies are now using toilets as a new terrorist escaping detection system. As they say, whenever a toilet breaks, a terrorist limps away.

2. Captured suspected terrorists classifed as Potty Trained will now be put in maximum security detention centers. Non-Potty trained suspected terrorists will remain in light security detention centers.

1. The escape terrorist, when caught, faces an extra charge of not flushing the toilet after use and might be penalised with a maximum fine of SGD500.