Weblogs, Inc. CEO, Jason Calacanis, claims he's being stalked by a deranged European cartoonist. The stalker …
CP+B Goes From 30-Second Spots To 30-Minute Shows
from C21 Media: Looking beyond the traditional TV world for inspiration, Fox Television Studios has inked a first-look deal with US ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B) for new programme ideas. The deal gives FtvS first refusal on any of CP+B's ideas for scripted and unscripted series, and comes as networks, TV producers and advertisers the world over forge closer relationships with branded entertainment and …
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Denton Stiff-Arms Blog Evangelists On His Way To The Bank
Nick Denton, publisher of Gawker Media's bevy of blogs, debunks the revolutionary nature of blogs in the New York Times, calling them, "just the latest iteration of Internet media." It's an interesting piece, given that Denton's a leading figure in the "blogs as business" movement. Perhaps, that's his point though …
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All In The Family Plays Well En Espa
"Dialogues are more productive than monologues. We believe in teamwork, both internally and with clients. That's why we make our clients part of the community during the entire work process. It's an exchange focused on making the client's business grow. We help each other to become better." My favorite part about subscribing to CA is the bi-monthly article featuring a particularly great agency. Having worked at more …
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Legally Speaking: Streaming > Podcasting
from Chicago Tribune: Steve Dahl thought he could be at the forefront of the so-called podcasting trend, which was virtually unknown a year ago. Last month he began making his WCKG-FM 105.9 afternoon show available online as a digital audio file, so those with iPods and other portable media devices can download them and listen at leisure around the world. But this re-purposing of Dahl's show has come to an abrupt …
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If The Conusmer Is Boss, Where Does That Leave Us?
A bunch of fat cat ad execs descended upon the Fairmont Southhampton hotel in Bermuda this week, as part of the 4As management conference. Stuart Elliott of the New York Times was there. Madison Avenue was warned yesterday that it risked being marginalized by profound changes in technology and demographics that are fundamentally changing the ways products are sold to consumers. "Get past the notion the advertising …
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Tastes Great At Cruising Altitude
from USA Today: Taking a marketing feud between the nation's two largest brewers to new heights, Northwest Airlines has tapped Miller Lite to replace top-selling Bud Light on all of its flights worldwide. Northwest and Northwest Airlink …
P+G Goes Beyond “Beyond Lame”
Another fake blog has reared its hideous head. This time P+G is the culprit. I understand, and can even sympathize with clients wanting to jump on the blog bandwagon. But please, will someone from the agency sector please help these clueless marketers do it right? Wrting tripe is not doing it right. Posted by "Rose" at sparklebodyspray.com: I am SO into poetry these days. It was, like, the rap music of the ancients, …