Lewsis Lazare:: Sources confirm singer Sheryl Crow has been signed to star in upcoming Dell Computer commercials from DDB/Chicago, the company's ad agency of record. One source said DDB executives were in London recently working with Crow. DDB referred an inquiry to a Dell spokesman, who declined comment. Commercials with Crow would represent a sharp turnabout in Dell's ad profile, which has been lackluster since …
Toyotas Are Great! Toyotas Can Save The World!
Yes, I've had an ephiphany. As soon as I wrapped my hands around the buttery leather-like steering wheel of my shiny new Corolla, chicks were drawn to me. Like these two dedicated Toyota employees who helped me with my new purchase: I felt 10 years younger and I... oh wait a minute. Toyota's not paying me for this. Screw Toyotas. But according to this BusinessWeek article, Toyota has approached magazine publishers …
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Honest Tea: A Pun That Works
from the Honest Tea web site: Seth took a deep breath, quit his job at the Calvert Group, and started brewing batches of tea in his kitchen. Five weeks after taking the plunge, he brought thermoses of tea and a bottle with a mock-up label to Fresh Fields (Whole Foods Markets). During that meeting, the order came for 15,000 bottles, and so did the heavy pause as Seth's mind raced, trying to figure out how they would …
Krone’s Throne
From Cambridge Enchorial Press comes a new book by Clive Challis on one of the all time greats, Helmut Krone, the AD who worked with Bill Bernbach at Doyle Dane & Bernbach back in the day. Helmut Krone (1925-1996) was a leading seditionary. He started out as a graphic designer who despised advertising -- and finished up as an art director claiming to be a graphic designer, 'the only one in hard-core advertising ,' he …
Got Nantucket Reds?
New York Times is running a piece that would be right at home in W, showcasing the tensions that exist between old money and new money on Nantucket. The article …
Ronald’s A Rider!
USA Today: McDonald's is beginning to sell skateboards and bikes bearing the fast-food company's brand in a new effort to get kids to burn off burgers and fries with exercise. The McKids-branded outdoor play equipment will be rolled out internationally later this year and in 2006. A few McKids items are already sold at retailers like Amazon.com and Target. McDonald's Global Chief Marketing Officer Larry Light said …
Austin Kelley & Fitzgerald Get Hitched
Forget Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. This is bigger! OK, not really, but in yet another upheaval in the Atlanta advertising market, Adweek is reporting the merger of two Interpublic-owned Atlanta shops, Austin Kelley and Fitzgerald+Co. A few years ago, IPG persuaded Fitzgerald + Co. to merge with the Atlanta office of McCann-Erickson, so this latest consolidation isn't such a big shock. According to Adweek, The …
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Right, Dawg?
I can't say Steve Rubel's blog makes me laugh on a daily occasion (although I enjoy it for other perfectly good reasons), but today it did. He did. By posting this New Yorker cartoon. …
