Joyce King Thomas, the chief creative officer at McCann Erickson Worldwide's flagship agency in New York had humble beginnings in this business--an encouraging fact for those who didn't go from Portfolio Center straight to Wieden + Kennedy. According to Career Journal: First Post-College Job: I was offered two. One was working for Caterpillar as a brochure writer. I did not want to move to Peoria. The other was for …
Are You Copying Me?
Atlanta's Fletcher Martin has made a new spot to support Arby's "Doublers." It reminds me of Tide's talking stain spot, although that spot is more unexpected. …
Today In Twitterverse: Opposing Arguments
I appreciate that Misha Cornes of Organic has stuck his neck out by declaring that he's "over Twitter." Her reasoning is sound: Most people are not that interesting. There, I said it. Overall, the culture of self-promotion embedded in most social media applications bothers me. I know that listening to "life between blogs post and emails" is supposed to bring me closer to my Twitter friends, but I don't want to …
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Zellegalomania
Tribune Company, the largest employee-owned media company in the nation, today announced it has changed its name to ZellCoMediaEnterprises Inc. or ZCMEINC. Zell, who made a fortune in real estate before deciding he’d like to dabble in an industry completely unfamiliar to him, announced the change in his record-setting 437th email to exhausted employees this year. "Hell, I put $315 million into this thing, and we’re …
Let’s Run This Place on Fry Grease
Gas prices are out of hand and there's no ceiling in sight. We'll be looking at $4.00/gallon and up before GWB and his oil men buddies depart Washington next January. The Washington Post has more... "On April Fool's Day, the biggest joke of all is being played on American families by Big Oil," said Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., as his committee began hearing from the oil company executives. "These companies are …
Woody Violated By Dov Charney
According to The Wall Street Journal, Woody Allen filed a lawsuit Monday seeking more than $10 million from clothier American Apparel Inc. over unauthorized billboard and online advertisements featuring the actor and director dressed as a rabbi. image courtesy of Curbed The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleges the Los Angeles clothing maker and retailer, without his permission, put up …
Going Mobile
According to two articles on the front page of AdAge.com, there are signs that mobile ad technology is finally catching up to its amazing promise. The primary example they're working from: Last month, mobile social network Loopt announced one of the first major location-based marketing experiments, with CBS. The plan aims to use the mobile phone's inherent ability to locate a prospective customer without invading a …
Goodby Celebrates 25 Very Long Years In Advertising
This is funny. And it reminded me of this John Belushi clip: …
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