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General Motors is in a tough spot right now despite earning solid profits — it made $35 billion in North America over the last three years — while closing plants in the United States. G.M. is in a tough spot because 49,000 of its union workers want to share in these profits and they're now striking at 50+ manufacturing facilities across the industrial midwest and south to negotiate a better deal with the domestic …
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Guns. Americans are obsessed with guns, the power to kill, and the right to possess lethal firepower. In most American states you can carry a weapon openly wherever you go. According to Giffords Law Center: Carrying openly visible guns in public can quickly turn arguments fatal, be used to intimidate and suppress the First Amendment rights of others, and create confusion for law enforcement responding …
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Media is a false mirror. It's false because it doesn't show us who we are. It shows us who we are programmed to be. Media makers have a professional obligation to widen the lens. Advertisers often ask for people of color in their ads to showcase their awareness and sensitivity and to appeal to the widest possible audience. But do they also ask an overweight person, an older person, a poor person, or a trangender …
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Millennial angst. It's a thing, and the thing that it is isn't good for the economy. Millennials are doing far worse financially than generations before them. The net worth of Americans aged 18 to 35 has dropped 34 percent since 1996, according to research released by Deloitte. When a generation reels, the impacts are felt by all. For the past few years, millennials have been accused of killing a number of …
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself." It's a wonderful line, but it's also from another time in American life. Today, We, the People, have plenty of reasons to be afraid. For one, domestic terrorism works. Not only do the shooters kill real people who are their imaginary enemies, but millions more viewing the carnage at home are also impacted by the violence. As a …
Agencies rise and agencies fall. Let's start with the bad news. Barton F. Graf, the small indie agency in NYC, like Wexley School for Girls in Seattle (and other "hot shops" before it), is closing down. Jeff Beer writes about advertising for Fast Company. When learning of the closing of Barton F. Graf, he pondered what, if anything, it might mean for the industry at large. The ad industry is prone to …
There are three ways to get rich while working in advertising. You can start an awards show and build an empire based on vanity. You can start, acquire, or run a holding company. Or you can sell ad space for the networks. Did you know that last year, the broadcast and cable networks together secured more than $20 billion in ad commitments during its annual Upfronts gathering in NYC? That was up about five percent …
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The Googs wants to do no harm. But monopolies, by definition, do harm. And when it comes to delivering news to your digital doorstep, the Mountain View-based technology company has no equal. Last year, Google made $4.7 billion from its news products. The journalists who create that content deserve a cut of that $4.7 billion, said David Chavern, the president and chief executive of the News Media Alliance, …
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