Lady Gaga becomes Polaroid's creative director, dumps her Nikon?

Well, probably not, those new Polaroids seem just as bulky as the old ones. In any case, it's good to have old good old Polaroid back in the newsroom:
 
LAS VEGAS - 2010 International CES - January 5, 2010 - PLR IP Holdings, LLC, owners of the Polaroid™ brand, today announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Lady Gaga, who will serve as creative director for a specialty line of Polaroid Imaging products.  The partnership brings together one of the

Polaroid ceases production of all kinds of instant film.

sx70 First announced roughly one month ago, on the eve of it's 60th birthday, Polaroid made good  on the promise to discontinue all things instant film.  The company will now focus on imaging products that appeal to a wider segment of the market.  Users of Polaroid instant film will be left completely in the dark, since no stocking up of film has been made by Polaroid and the expiration date of what's left is at best 18 months.