I was looking at some Joe Purdy music vids on YouTube and happened upon this commercial for Autism Association of South Africa. Then I made a few more clicks and found this commercial for Kia that uses the exact same song. Both of the spots appear to be from last year. My guess is Kia [...]
Today In Twitterverse: The Narcissism Argument
February 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In the Television section of The New York Times, Alessandra Stanley questions the need for all this inane Tweeting, especially from TV news personalities. It’s tempting to dismiss Twitter fever as a passing fad, the Pokémon of the blogosphere. But it’s beginning to look more like yet another gateway drug to full-blown media narcissism. Those [...]
Spotlight On NW Creative: First Ascent from Eddie Bauer
February 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Eddie Bauer is a west coast L.L. Bean, but Neil Fiske the firm’s new CEO, wants to reach a little higher than the fishing streams and hunting grounds of its past. According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the company is about to introduce a new mountaineering line called “First Ascent.” For more than a year, an [...]
Purity In The Milk Aisle
February 27, 2009 By 1 Comment
WK/London is breaking new work for Cravendale dairy. Sam Heath, creative director at W&K says, “People don’t really think when buying milk. They just reach for the blue, green or red top. With these spots we wanted to challenge this, to engage people a little more and get them to consider Cravendale.”
Wine Guy Walks His New Media Talk
February 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV is a mover and shaker. Even his detractors can’t deny him that. According to TechCrunch, Vaynerchuk has expanded his growing media empire with Obsessed TV, an online interview show. “There is only so much content I can pump out,” Vaynerchuk say. “I need to own as many media properties [...]
Change Is The Real Thing
February 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
We don’t just have a new President in the White House, our culture is changing. Pepsi, for one, wants to “Refresh Everything”, and they’re not shy about borrowing equity from the Obama brand. “We’re not interested in following political tailwinds,” says Nicole Bradley, a Pepsi spokeswoman. “But we are interested in cultural change.” Michael Scherer [...]
Today In Twitterverse: Twitter on Nightline
February 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In related Twittereze, The Los Angeles Times shows evidence of the company’s “founding document” as if Twitter was a nation, not a short messaging service.
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