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Free From The Code Of Sameness
Jennifer Whetzel of Sullivan Higdon Sink attended the 4As Planning Conference in Chicago and had this to say: So the conference kicked off yesterday with a great incitation by John Hunt, the Worldwide Creative Director of TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris. He defined Account Planners as the intelligentsia of the advertising industry. He charged us with the task of being catalysts to fresh new thinking and the goal to set creatives …
Oh Martha
According to the New York Times, Martha Stewart will spend three extra weeks under house arrest after reports that she violated terms of her home confinement by going to a yoga class and motoring around her estate in an off-road vehicle. …
Hispanic Woman Gains Admission To Boys’ Club
Lewis Lazare: On Wednesday, the man responsible for orchestrating what may be the most embarrassing parade of ads ever to appear in the annual Super Bowl of Advertising finally took the fall for that debacle at brewing giant Anheuser-Busch. Bob Lachky is leaving his longtime post as vice president of brand management to take on the newly created post of executive vice president, global industry development, in which …
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Hatching A Meat-Friendly Campaign
"Advertising without posters is like fishing without worms." --The Hatch Brothers Adfreak reports on the new KC Masterpeice print campaign from DDB San Francisco, made in conjunction with Hatch Showprint of Nashville. Hatch Showprint, the oldest print shop in America opened in 1879. For decades it was the leading poster printer for circuses, vaudeville shows and sporting events. Today, it is best know for creating …
What A Crazy Idea
W+K London has a padded concepting room. …
WARNING: WILL RUIN YOUR BROWSING EXPERIENCE
Washington Post: Advertising.com Inc., a unit of Time Warner Inc.'s America Online, agreed to settle federal charges that the company offered free security software without adequately disclosing that it also came with adware. Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Advertising.com will be required to "clearly and prominently" disclose that consumers who install the program, SpyBlast, will receive pop-up …
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Sony Looking For Some Bounce
Room 116 points to Flickr user, Sem's image capture. Apparently, the super balls were released during the making of a new Sony commercial. …