Local TV newsrooms win national Murrows
Hawaii News Now, which operates KGMB-TV and KHNL-TV, and KITV have won national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association.
The stations’ work previously was honored with regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in April, as was an entry by KHON-TV.
In the national television small-market award competition, the award for Video Newscast went to the Hawaii News Now at 5 p.m. KITV was honored for "Kokoro: Hearts Across the Pacific," in the Video News Documentary category, the association said Tuesday.
Honolulu Seawater firm names CEO
Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC announced Tuesday the appointment of Eric Masutomi as chief executive officer, effective immediately.
Masutomi replaces Bill Mahlum, who will continue to provide management services to HSWAC and serve as vice chairman of the company’s board of directors.
"We are very fortunate to add to our management team a strong local leader. With over 30 years of broad private- and public-sector experience in Honolulu, Eric is a great fit for us and will strengthen our company at every level," said Mahlum.
Prior to his appointment, Masutomi served as a consultant to HSWAC in the delivery of a seawater air-conditioning district cooling system to downtown Honolulu.
Earlier in his career, Masutomi served as vice president of planning for Outrigger Enterprises Group where he was responsible for assisting in the management and development of the company’s real estate assets, including Outrigger’s $1.75 billion Waikiki Beach Walk development. He also served as director of planning for the Hawaii Community Development Authority, the state agency responsible for the redevelopment of Kakaako, and in the Governor’s Office of State Planning, heading the state’s program for the revitalization of the Honolulu Waterfront.
Pier 1 to make debut on Hawaii island
Pier 1 Imports is opening its first store on Hawaii island June 22 at the Kona Coast Shopping Center.
The store will have a blessing at 9 a.m. and open to the public at 10 a.m. The first 300 shoppers will receive a free gift, and there will be entertainment by the Lim Ohana.
Internet suffix bids include ‘.lol,’ ‘.bank’
NEW YORK » If Google has its way, you won’t need to type "Google.com" any more to search the Internet. You can simply access the search engine at ".Google."
Google’s bid for ".Google" as an Internet suffix is among about 2,000 proposals submitted as part of the largest expansion of the Internet address system since its creation in the 1980s. Google Inc. also wants to add ".YouTube" and ".lol" — the digital shorthand for "laugh out loud." Others want approval for ".doctor," ".music" and ".bank."
If approved, the new suffixes would rival ".com" and about 300 others now in use. Companies would be able to create separate websites and separate addresses for each of their products and brands, for instance, even as they keep their existing ".com" name. One day you might go to "comedy.YouTube" rather than "YouTube.com/comedy."
The organization behind the expansion, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, will announce in London today which suffixes have been proposed. Google and a handful of other companies disclosed some of their bids ahead of time. Most proposals, however, remain a secret.
Burger King bets on bacon sundae
NEW YORK » Burger King wants to lure customers this summer with a barbecue party — and a bacon sundae.
The world’s second-biggest hamburger chain on Thursday is launching several pork, beef and chicken sandwiches as limited-time offers. And for a sweet ending, the company is also offering a bacon sundae — vanilla soft serve with fudge, caramel, bacon crumbles and a piece of bacon — that started in Nashville, Tenn., earlier this year.
The salty-sweet dessert weighs in at 510 calories, 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar.
The limited-time items are Burger King’s latest push to win back customers with a revived menu and to reverse sliding market share, an effort that started soon after the company was taken private by 3G Capital in late 2010.
ON THE MOVE
Servco Automotive announces:
» Shara Correa has been promoted to senior marketing specialist. She had been a marketing assistant since 2008.
» Kayla Marie Aboy has been hired as a marketing assistant. She was a sales and marketing administrative assistant at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii.
First Hawaiian Bank has announced these promotions:
» Brian Kakihara to senior vice president and Maui region manager, from senior vice president and Kahului branch manager.
» Mitchell E. Nishimoto to senior vice president and Kapiolani region manager, from senior vice president and Maui region manager.
» Chris Dods to senior vice president and division manager, from vice president of the card services division.
» Jerome Fukuhara to senior vice president, from vice president of the retail planning department.
» Leland K. Kahawai to senior vice president and Kahului branch manager, from vice president and Lihue branch manager.
