Ronco Corporation

Mercury Media acquires Internet marketing firm

2013-01-10 10:11:00

Mercury Media, the Santa Monica advertising company behind the television commercials for Ronco products, Shark vacuum cleaners, Zumba Fitness and Hoveround wheelchair-styled automated vehicles, said it has acquired iMarketing, a boutique Internet ad...

J.Lo and Marc spin one off

2009-12-26 00:00:00

Dancer-singer-actress Jennifer Lopez may have taken a tumble during a performance of her new single, "Louboutins," at the American Music Awards last month, but she's on terra firma where the sale of her French country villa is concerned. The Bel-Air...

Ronco inventor and pitchman Ron Popeil lists his Beverly Hills home at $5,995,000

2009-12-04 00:00:00

Inventor and master pitchman Ron Popeil, who sold his Ronco marketing company in 2005 for $55 million, has listed a gated Beverly Hills home for sale. The English country-style house sits on more than an acre containing a lighted north-south tennis...

What are you drinking this holiday weekend?

2010-12-24 16:32:42

Wine of the Week: 2009 Venica & Venica Collio Sauvignon Blanc 'Ronco delle Mele'

2010-12-23 00:00:00

� 2009 Venica & Venica Collio Sauvignon Blanc " Ronco delle Mele" A single sip of this stunning Sauvignon Blanc from northeastern Italy immediately gets your attention. The 2009 Venica & Venica "Ronco delle Mele" is one intense mouthful, ripe yet fresh,...

Billy Mays dies at 50; boisterous TV pitchman

2009-06-29 00:00:00

As elegies go, it wasn't W.H. Auden. But one had to imagine that Billy Mays, the booming TV infomercial pitchman, would have appreciated the YouTube comment that, despite its misspellings, merged a farewell with yet another testimonial for one of his many...

Food lovers' Christmas wish list

2008-12-10 00:00:00

When I was a kid we didn't have a lot at Christmas, but we always had the Wish Book, a.k.a. the Sears Christmas catalog. Don't get me wrong, we weren't Waltons poor by any means -- no tangerines and balls of string under our trees -- but in the mid-...

Ducati 1098 S is fast company

2007-03-28 00:00:00

The Ducati 1098 S is so slick, so fast, so Elite Model beautiful that saints with sinner inclinations should beware. Ducati's new red-hot superbike is trouble. For the single month the 1098 S has been available to media, about half of the press fleet...

Would Rick Scott’s business tax-cuts really create any jobs?

2013-02-05 16:35:28

Italy's powerhouse regions

2012-08-08 00:00:00

The three regions of northeastern Italy are known colloquially as "the three Venices" ("le tre Venezie"), a name used on maps until just after World War II. Of the regions, the two farthest to the north and east — Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-...

Aberdeen City Council agenda

2012-05-06 01:05:25

The Aberdeen City Council will meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the courtroom on the third floor of the Municipal Building, 123 S. Lincoln St. The agenda items for Monday include: Proclamations: �Historic Preservation Week,� May 13-19...

Scoreboard -- March 28, 2012

2012-03-29 01:05:32

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball--Tampa Bay Rays vs. Philadelphia Phillies, Noon (ESPN) Tennis--ATP World Tour-WTA, Sony Ericsson Open, Noon and 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Men's College Basketball--National Invitation Tournament, Championship Game, Stanford vs....

Mercury Media, the Santa Monica-based advertising company behind the television commercials for Ronco products, Shark vacuum cleaners, Zumba Fitness, and Hoveround wheelchair-styled automated vehicles, said it has acquired iMarketing, a boutique Internet ad firm.

2013-01-10 09:52:14

Tom Ronco

2012-10-14 01:14:00

2009 Venica & Venica Collio Sauvignon Blanc 'Ronco delle Mele'

2010-12-20 18:42:17