Ad Age: Controversial creative Neil French was the most talked-about speaker on the first day of Asian regional advertising conference AdAsia -- even though his appearance was abruptly canceled at WPP Group’s insistence. More than 1,000 delegates are attending the Nov. 21-23 AdAsia conference in Singapore, and many were eager to hear Mr. French, who created a worldwide furor at a talk in Canada when he called women …
TiVo To Go
NYT: Beginning in 2006, TiVo owners will be able to watch recorded television shows on Apple's video iPods and on Sony's handheld PSP game machine. The announcement builds on TiVo's release in February of an update to its video recorders that allows its users to transfer programs to personal computers and DVD's, as well as to portable video players that support Microsoft's mobile video format. When the company …
Banana Republic Only Sells Clothes To PC Users
I was going to say something positive about Banana Republic's current story-based campaign, where the print work teases and then directs one to HolidayStory.com, but no. BR's site does not support Safari. We're sorry, but we do not support the version of the browser you are using. We're working on supporting Safari. Please check back soon. Check back soon? I don't think so. Once a brand loses the opportunity to …
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The Brave Men Of 706 Union Avenue
I saw Walk The Line today, the film about Johnny Cash and June Carter. There was one poignant scene early in the film that I'd like to discuss. After happening upon a session with Elvis at Sun Records in Memphis, Cash came back around and asked Sam Phillips for an audition. At the audition, Cash and his two cohorts--Marshall Grant on bass and Luther Perkins on electric guitar--offered Phillips their best gospel song, …
Radical Catholics And Progressives Have Something In Common
Life Site: A Catholic civil rights group is calling for a boycott of Wal-Mart stores after learning the retailer has replaced all reference to “Merry Christmas” with “Happy Holidays” in its advertising and in-store greetings. The Catholic League has historically highlighted incidents of anti-Christmas shenanigans at businesses throughout the nation. Commenting on the hostility to the celebration of the birth of the …
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Pitch Or Perish
Hugh MacLeod has produced some doodles for his friends at Cravens Advertising in Newcastle, England. While snooping around their site, these etymological gems surfaced. I've been reading "Which Lie Did I Tell" by William Goldman (the guy who wrote Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid). A fantastic book about his experiences as a screenwriter in Hollywood. He also gives some tips and observations about the screenwriter's …
Collectives Gathering Steam
Bloggers Blog features a comprehensive list of blog networks. Several of the networks in their list are MSM properties with a handful of so-called blogs. I don't believe such "blogs" a network makes. But I digress. I'm interested in what the independent networks are doing, especially after Jason Calacanis showed the bloatoshpere the proverbial money last month with his sale of Weblogs, Inc. to AOL. Here are some of …
Nixon Would Be Proud
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Municipal Property The New Blank Canvas
USA Today reports that cash-strapped cities across the nation are looking for ways to boost revenue. Their answers increasingly include selling ad space on municpal property. Government Acquisitions LLC of Charlotte, NC wants to help police departments defray the cost of new vehicles, by arranging for national and local advertisers to buy media on said cars. An executive with the firm claims 20 cities have signed …
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Bringing “The Conversation” To An Analog Medium
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