as Isabel Sanford died yesterday. Sanford, of course, was best known for having played ‘Weezie’ on The Jeffersons. She also threatened to steal the show as Tillie the maid in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.

has died. Sad news about one of the great film actors of all time.

Death of the Great Advertising Idea by Randall Rothenberg. I think many in the advertising industry overstate the position of The Big Idea in the first place, but still, in a product-placement world, there don’t seem to be many ideas anymore.

Since June 1, the Montreal Gazette has moved to a mostly-pay model in which stories are reserved for paper-version subscribers. When will they ever learn? They have just lost any shred of currency they might have otherwise had. I can’t believe publishers remain so clueless about electronic media.