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Why are ringtones-for-good so hot?

March 20, 2007 | KatrinVerclas

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mobile active, mobile activism, mobileactive, ringtone campaign, ringtones

In addition to Twitter and mobile phones as a vehicle for economic development, mainstream press and the avant garde public are fascinated with ringtones for good. It is the one topic in mobile campaigns for a cause that consistently get press and attention from mainline journalists. A case in point is the recently featured endangered species ringtones which have the press all, well -- ringing.

This from Peter Glavin's press release from the Center for Biological Diversity: