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Johnny Depp, ``Fahrenheit 9/11'' Captured Bloggers' Attention in 2004, Intelliseek Finds; BlogPulse.com Year-end Review Examines Entertainment Trends in BloggingCINCINNATI --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 22, 2004 -- Actor Johnny Depp, the "Star Wars" trilogy DVD and Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" provided much of the entertainment-related discussion in blogs in 2004, according to a year-end analysis of blog content by Intelliseek's BlogPulse.com portal. Bloggers showed a preference for both mainstream and offbeat entertainment, making "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" the second most-mentioned movie in blog postings and exchanging a quirky collection of online images and audio/video clips throughout the year, including President George Bush's bird-flipping "one-fingered victory salute" (No. 1) and JibJab.com's satirical "This Land is Your Land" (No. 3) animation. "Early consumer 'buzz' plays a critical role in the entertainment industry, and it's clear that bloggers are seeding and fueling the discussion of movies, personalities, music, imagery, books and other forms of entertainment," said CMO Pete Blackshaw. Data was compiled by Intelliseek's BlogPulse (http://www.blogpulse.com), an automated blog portal that tracks and analyzes more than 3.5 million blogs daily. Short for "weblogs," blogs are easily published web sites that serve as online diaries, journals, newsletters or sources of opinion, information and expertise. This and other key 2004 blog data, including top personalities, news stories, blogs, news sources, web sites, blog postings and more, is available at http://www.blogs2004.com. Entertainment findings: Most blogged-about actors/actresses: Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Hilary Duff, Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise, Lindsay Lohan, Jude Law, Mandy Moore and Tom Hanks. Top audio files cited: Comedian Eric Idle's "FCC Song;" Bush's description of "tribal sovereignty;" music by the band Hard 'n Phirm; a Nickelback mix; and William Shatner's version of "Common People." Top video files cited: Bush's "one-fingered victory salute" during his Texas gubernatorial campaign; the "GOP convention in 60 seconds" montage; JibJab.com's "This Land Is Your Land" animation; a film clip proposing a 9/11 Pentagon conspiracy; and a TV ad for a Transformer-dancing Citroen car. Top movies: "Fahrenheit 9/11," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Ying Xiong (Hero)," "The Day After Tomorrow," "Shaun of the Dead," "Garden State," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "The Incredibles," "Spider-Man 2," and "Team America: World Police." Top products at Amazon.com: "Star Wars: Trilogy" (DVD), "Garden State" soundtrack (CD), U2's "How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" (CD), "Fahrenheit 9/11" (DVD), "Firefly - The Complete Series" (DVD), and Philips HeartStart Home Automated External Defibrillator. Top books at amazon.com/bn.com: Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry; The Da Vinci Code; The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction; My Life; Eats Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. About Intelliseek (http://www.intelliseek.com) Cincinnati-based Intelliseek provides technology solutions that help marketers derive intelligence from numerous data sources, including internal CRM systems and the growing amount of consumer-generated media (CGM) found in online discussion forums, message boards, review sites and blogs. |
