Open Source Media, which launched to mild fanfare and lots of questions in New York last week, has pulled an about face and is rebranding their previous rebranding. They're returning to a name they actually own (Pajamas Media), but didn't want.
Given the touchiness of some OSM bloggers to those gleefully taking aim at the giant targets they've painted on their own backs, I'm sure to be banished to BlogJam hell for soliciting a new Pajamas Media logo.
Here's one of my own creation to get the contest started:
E-mail or provide a link to what you envision for the new Pajamas Media logo. We'll vote on those received this weekend. The winning entry - in addition to blogoshpere wide acclaim - will get $50 via PayPal or Amazon gift certificate.
Elsewhere:
- Open Sore Media
Hog On Ice's renaming contest (and more here)
Update: There's a new logo at OSM/PJM, which I couldn't help noticing had a certain South Park quality to it, hence...
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Perhaps this whole imbrogli... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Dodd | November 23, 2005 1:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Perhaps this whole imbroglio was actually a carefully planned, entirely intentional publicity stunt....
The obvious flaw in my theory is, of course, that it assumes advance planning and forethought, the evidence for which is slim.
1. Posted by Dodd | November 23, 2005 1:38 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 13:38
2. Posted by Gabriel Chapman | November 23, 2005 1:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I don't have photoshop on my work machine so MSPaint will have to do:
Pajamas Media Logo
Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that OSM is just a Huffpo clone with more righty type bloggers?
2. Posted by Gabriel Chapman | November 23, 2005 1:47 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 13:47
3. Posted by Zeuswood | November 23, 2005 1:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
As I noted on my blog, I had thought about spoofing the OSM/Pajamas site but never did, for the reasons stated and that it just moved so fast.
One of the things I had in mind for a not so ambitious spoof was a fly on the wall post of what passed in a secret meeting between the people involved, where they planned the whole "any publicity is good publicity" stunt. When I suggested it to Stingflower, she pointed out that those guys aren't clever enough to have planned it.
3. Posted by Zeuswood | November 23, 2005 1:51 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 13:51
4. Posted by Laurence Simon | November 23, 2005 2:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Okay, I'm game. I'll work on one tonight.
Hint: lots of cats.
4. Posted by Laurence Simon | November 23, 2005 2:59 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 14:59
5. Posted by kbiel | November 23, 2005 3:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So, what does Led Zeppelin have to do with PJM/OSM/PJM? ;)
5. Posted by kbiel | November 23, 2005 3:45 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 15:45
6. Posted by Bob Sterling | November 23, 2005 5:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Here's one:
http://smegmaster.com/blogimages2/pjted.jpg
6. Posted by Bob Sterling | November 23, 2005 5:40 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 17:40
7. Posted by midwich | November 23, 2005 6:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm probably in a minority of one on this, but there are quite a number of people dying, or about to die in that photograph of the Hindenberg: I don't think it's funny at all to use this kind of image. I doubt Kevin would use a photo of 911 jumpers in a light-hearted context, so why is it OK to invoke the Hindenberg jumpers?
Just me I guess...
7. Posted by midwich | November 23, 2005 6:07 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 18:07
8. Posted by Wanderlust | November 23, 2005 6:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If the Hindenburg photo is fair game, the Challenger explosion might be a better descriptor (insert disclaimer re making light of people dying here)...
8. Posted by Wanderlust | November 23, 2005 6:12 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 18:12
9. Posted by c | November 23, 2005 7:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Pajamas Media Logo
9. Posted by c | November 23, 2005 7:00 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 19:00
10. Posted by OregonMuse | November 23, 2005 8:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Curse you kbiel for stealing my line. : )
10. Posted by OregonMuse | November 23, 2005 8:26 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 20:26
11. Posted by JimK | November 23, 2005 8:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think this sums it up. (may not be work-safe,although it’s just a drawing and doesn’t contain any humans or explicit depictions of organs or anything)
11. Posted by JimK | November 23, 2005 8:40 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 20:40
12. Posted by ed | November 23, 2005 11:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hmmmm.
Well. Look at it this way.
They've certainly started from the bottom.
12. Posted by ed | November 23, 2005 11:23 PM |
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Posted on November 23, 2005 23:23
13. Posted by Paul | November 24, 2005 12:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
midwich that is a good point that I had not considered and -I can't speak for him- but I doubt it crossed Kevin's mind.
Perhaps it is because it was "so long ago" we look at it more iconically than the human tragedy it was. I can't tell you how many died that day... Maybe I should. (wikipedia for me later)
The Hindenburg is often simply an icon for an ill-fated attempt which will crash and burn. You're correct that it is (was) more than that.
Thanks for the reality check.
13. Posted by Paul | November 24, 2005 12:37 AM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 00:37
14. Posted by rcade | November 24, 2005 1:04 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I doubt Kevin would use a photo of 911 jumpers in a light-hearted context, so why is it OK to invoke the Hindenberg jumpers?
Comedy equals tragedy plus time.
Look at Pirates of the Caribbean, a ride that celebrates piracy, murder, theft and rape to the delight of families all over the world. In 200 years, Disney World will probably offer Nazis of the East Atlantic.
14. Posted by rcade | November 24, 2005 1:04 AM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 01:04
15. Posted by Gabriel Chapman | November 24, 2005 1:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Seriously some of you really need to drop the hand wringing moral superiority complex and learn some internet.
15. Posted by Gabriel Chapman | November 24, 2005 1:24 AM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 01:24
16. Posted by Kevin | November 24, 2005 2:05 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What Paul, Rogers, and Gabriel said.
16. Posted by Kevin | November 24, 2005 2:05 AM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 02:05
17. Posted by JimK | November 24, 2005 3:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What Paul, Rogers, Gabriel, and Kevin said.
17. Posted by JimK | November 24, 2005 3:30 AM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 03:30
18. Posted by SonOfTheGodfather | November 24, 2005 5:47 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Did I miss something?
Why the bad blood over the launch and name-change?
These are good folks... Why the animosity?
Just wondering,
SOTG
18. Posted by SonOfTheGodfather | November 24, 2005 5:47 AM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 05:47
19. Posted by -S- | November 24, 2005 11:36 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Someone could have a good time with the (film) "Alexander" and "pajamas" theme in general, as to the OSM/Pajama thing.
But, anyway, here's a commentary, not so much a logo as it is an intuition.
19. Posted by -S- | November 24, 2005 11:36 AM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 11:36
20. Posted by -S- | November 24, 2005 12:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Pajama Matrix.
20. Posted by -S- | November 24, 2005 12:42 PM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 12:42
21. Posted by Random Yak | November 24, 2005 4:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You forgot the subtext:
Pajamas Media: going down in flames since 2005.
21. Posted by Random Yak | November 24, 2005 4:08 PM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 16:08
22. Posted by midwich | November 24, 2005 6:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Thanks Paul and others for comments on the pic, I guess comedy = tragedy/time or somesuch as rcade said: but really I think it's more to do with a selective amnesia of the horrible reality of the thing. Paul I think said he'd simply forgotten that people were about to die in front of the cameras in the Hindenberg photo ("Oh the Humanity!" saying comes from the recording of the distraught live commentator I think, as he watched people jumping to their deaths. From catastrophe to cliche in less then a century).
Wizbang is a superb site, the kind of place I'd hope would make a point of NOT forgetting the blood and guts of an occasion. Otherwise, as was also said earlier, we'll be using pics of the Challenger disaster for fun in a few decades time too. And no, the pathology reports did NOT point to the astronauts' deaths being instantaneous either, far from it. I suspect this has already been forgotten though :(
22. Posted by midwich | November 24, 2005 6:46 PM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 18:46
23. Posted by Jay Tea | November 24, 2005 7:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Game over. Suzy's Alien riff wins. Ain't nobody touching THAT one.
J.
23. Posted by Jay Tea | November 24, 2005 7:32 PM |
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Posted on November 24, 2005 19:32
24. Posted by Solomon2 | November 25, 2005 10:16 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Hindenberg logo is very poor taste.
24. Posted by Solomon2 | November 25, 2005 10:16 AM |
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Posted on November 25, 2005 10:16
25. Posted by Laurence Simon | November 25, 2005 11:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've opened up pajamasmedia.isfullofcrap.com for use by both the public and pajamas media to discuss various issues with pm/osm.
25. Posted by Laurence Simon | November 25, 2005 11:41 AM |
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Posted on November 25, 2005 11:41
26. Posted by -S- | November 25, 2005 12:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Thanks, Jay, although I am not sure what it is I won. {{{Shaking as I type this...}}}
26. Posted by -S- | November 25, 2005 12:04 PM |
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Posted on November 25, 2005 12:04
27. Posted by Jay Tea | November 25, 2005 3:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Suzy, Kevin's judging this, not me, but the prize is fifty bucks. If I was judging it, though, the money would be winging its way towards you right now.
J.
27. Posted by Jay Tea | November 25, 2005 3:46 PM |
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Posted on November 25, 2005 15:46
28. Posted by Jay Tea | November 25, 2005 5:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Even though I've already conceded the contest to Suzy, I've whipped up my own entry, which can be seen here.
J.
28. Posted by Jay Tea | November 25, 2005 5:58 PM |
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Posted on November 25, 2005 17:58
29. Posted by -S- | November 25, 2005 9:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I made another one...
29. Posted by -S- | November 25, 2005 9:34 PM |
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Posted on November 25, 2005 21:34
30. Posted by -S- | November 25, 2005 10:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Last one: road picture.
30. Posted by -S- | November 25, 2005 10:23 PM |
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Posted on November 25, 2005 22:23
31. Posted by Jay Tea | November 25, 2005 10:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
OK, if Suzy can keep doing "just one more," so can I.
J.
31. Posted by Jay Tea | November 25, 2005 10:44 PM |
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Posted on November 25, 2005 22:44
32. Posted by -S- | November 28, 2005 12:02 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The "new" PJM/OSM logo, latest,
seems to be expressing "BATHROBE MEDIA". Or, is that a woman's dress? The lingerie references are interesting, but conflicting, to say the least.
32. Posted by -S- | November 28, 2005 12:02 AM |
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Posted on November 28, 2005 00:02
33. Posted by -S- | November 29, 2005 5:04 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay, this is my last (big sigh of relief)...
Puppet Masters.
33. Posted by -S- | November 29, 2005 5:04 AM |
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Posted on November 29, 2005 05:04