This article on Adweek.com highlights the new AARP campaign done by GSD&M. According to the article, the ads are an "effort to combat the Bush administration's Social Security proposals." One ad shows a house being destroyed simply because of a broken sink--a metaphor for what the AARP thinks the Bush administration wants to do with SS. I have only one question: What are the ages of all the people at GSD&M who were …
Watch Out The Donny, Kaplan Thaler Is Muscling In On Your Action
Ad Age is reporting that Linda Kaplan Thaler, CEO of Kaplan Thaler Group, will appear as co-judge Making it Big, a new Apprentice-like reality show that debuts April 25 on cable's female-oriented Oxygen Media. "She is probably one of the most gifted executives that I know in terms of emotional intelligence. She lives what she says," said Geraldine Laybourne, founder and CEO of Oxygen Media. The two women met not …
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Celebs “Move The Iron” For GM
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The Mist-Takes Are Blowing Up
New York Times advertising critic, Stuart Elliot, today explores the staying power and charm of ensemble casts in advertising. Last month, BBDO New York introduced a campaign for Sierra Mist lemon-lime soda, sold by the Pepsi-Cola North America division of PepsiCo, that is centered on an ensemble cast called "The Mist-Takes." There are five comedians, featured in a dozen television commercials as well as on posters …
My Pocket Protector Can Beat Up Your Pocket Protector
I love discovering new blogs of substance. Especially when they have charming names like We Make Money Not Art. Here's an interesting piece lifted from R …
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Putting A Happy Face On Brand America
Saying that U.S. public diplomacy must do a better job, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced President Bush …
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A Big Phat Hard-Drive On Wheels
from USA Today: Chevrolet will introduce an entertainment-system option on its Uplander minivan this spring that has hard-drive memory capable of storing 40 movies, 10,000 song tracks or basic video games. It will be offered in General Motors' other minivans by the year's end. Storing music and movies on the hard drive cuts clutter. "As the mother of two kids, you have CDs and DVDs floating around the vehicle. It's …
What’s Shrek Got To Do With It?
from Ad Age: Charging that the food industry's goal is to get children to eat unhealthy foods, Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa also mocked the industry's attempt at self-regulating its advertising messages aimed at children. Standing in a Capitol Hill hearing room behind a long table crammed with food and toy products featuring characters such as Shrek, Spider-Man and even Barbie clad in a McDonald's uniform, Mr. Harkin …
