Polaroid

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Their plan seemed so unlikely that they named their company The Impossible Project. But somehow, they took a nearly defunct technology and brought instant film for Polaroid cameras back. Starting this week, the first new Polaroid film in two years goes on sale.

Judging by the way Polaroid distances itself from The Impossible Project, you might never realize that the small Dutch film maker saved Polaroid and its beloved instant photographs from extinction.

Polaroid is teaming up with what, at first, may seem like a strange bedfellow: Lady Gaga. While details aren't clear yet on what this budding relationship will entail, the company said the singer will be "creative director" for "a specialty line of Polaroid Imaging products." She will also be making personal appearances to promote the brand.

Private equity titans Gordon Brothers Brands LLC and Hilco Consumer Capital LP paid $88.1 million in May to acquire what was left of Polaroid, once the most iconic brand in photography. Now the company is looking to make a splash by signing 23-year old pop icon Lady Gaga to a contract that makes...

The eight-track tape never got a second chance. But things are looking up for instant film, which last year seemed destined to follow the sound-recording technology into the history books. A Polaroid licensee, the Summit Global Group, said Tuesday it would be re-launching Polaroid brand instant...