from Adweek: After winning Subaru early this month, DDB's Lee Garfinkel sat in his Madison Avenue office-bare white walls, an acoustic guitar sitting nearby-and contemplated the significance of the victory. The big picture was obvious: It meant a return to the automobile category for the agency that changed the ad business with its Volkswagen work in the 1960s. But Garfinkel, who began his career on Subaru as a young …
Lurking Behind The Screen No Longer Good Enough For Google
from Wired: Google has bought digital mapmaker Keyhole, extending the search engine leader's bid to fend off rivals with a toolbox that can catalog almost anything in the world. Keyhole uses 3-D technology to provide faraway or close-up views of a region, neighborhood or specific address. The images, which will be available through Google (GOOG), rely on shots taken from satellites and airplanes and can be tilted …
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Cramer/Krasselt Gets “D” For Hyatt Work
Lewis Lazare in today's Sun Times: What's most depressing about this new Hyatt campaign, called "Spliced," is that its creators have completely forgotten -- or else totally ignored -- the cardinal rule of truly great and memorable advertising: Tell a good and relevant story, and tell it extraordinarily well. That is certainly NOT what the Hyatt spots -- at least the ones we saw -- do. As the campaign title implies, …
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Yeah You Right
As part of my daily media intake, I include a healthy serving of Lagniappe Jazz into the mix. "Lagniappe" roughly translates to hospitality, Nawlins style, or a relaxed way of life. In a far from relaxed mode, the Recording Industry Association of America threatens the ability of small independent webcasters to provide the type of niche programming that makes internet radio special. …
News From France: Utopian Socialism Takes On Capitalist Bigfoot
Business Week reports that Microsoft is battling for market share in many European cities, where government and business buyers are increasingly opting for the Linux operating system. from the article: "There's a cultural element, too. Europeans have an affinity for Linux because it was created by a Finn, Linus Torvalds. And the communitarian culture of the open-source movement strikes a chord with the political …
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AirTran Absent From Back Room Deal
USA Today reports that Southwest Airlines sees ATA's loss as their gain. AdPulp reported earlier in the week that AirTran would assume ATA's gates at Midway for 87.5 million, subject to approval. Now the city of Chicago, says the gates are not ATA's to sell, but the city's. Southwest, the nation's fourth biggest carrier is already number one at Midway, with 19 gates and 45% of passenger traffic. As the city managers …
Delta Airlines Grounds Blogger
The BBC reports that Delta Airlines suspended, Ellen Simonetti, a flight attendant for innapropriate photos posted to her personal blog, Queen of Sky. When writing on her blog, Simonetti ensured she made no mention of which airline she worked for, and created fictional names for cities and companies. The airline's name was changed to Anonymous Airline and the city in which she was based was called Quirksville. A …
fn Surgically Removed From CNN Brand
A.P. reports today that CNN will shut down its struggling CNNfn financial news network in mid-December, giving up its attempt to compete with CNBC after nine years. A handful of programs will be shifted to the main network. Lou Dobbs, a former CNNfn star. Besides CNBC, CNNfn has also competed with Bloomberg TV, which airs some of its financial news on the USA network in the morning hours. CNNfn is part of Time …
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