If you're currently growing up in New York City, you can get a big head start on a career in advertising. In the mold of Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music and the Arts, starting next fall there will be a new public high school in Brooklyn for those interested in pursuing careers in advertising. According to Ad Age: The New York City Department of Education has approved the High School for Innovation in …
Dream of Californication
Hugh MacLeod, who occasionally consults for Microsoft, has some interesting thoughts on their pursuit of Yahoo. The thing that might save MSFT long-term is a massive infusion of Silicon Valley DNA. That's why I think they're offering Yahoo the $40billion. All companies, no matter what the size, have a their own, unique cocktail of four different forms of capital- Financial, Intellectual, Technical and Cultural. …
Out of Home Weds Event Marketing. Toyota RAV4 Presiding.
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David Esrati Will Not Stay Quiet
Running for office in Ohio's 3rd Congressional Distict, ad agency owner David Esrati is trying to get the word out about his campaign. He's running against the Republican incumbent Mike Turner, who used to be the mayor of Dayton. And that's what makes the spot below so interesting: When Mike Turner was Mayor, he had me arrested for a silent symbolic protest. We went to court, not once, or twice, but five times. We …
Home of Lawyers, Guns and Money
Steven Dubner, author of Freakonomics, is encouraging people to write new six-word mottos for the United States of America. Here are some of the results: A Billion Dollars Makes You President Hubris: it’s not just for Greeks! All your oil belong to us Intelligently designed to constantly evolve Totally oblivious to our own failure I Can’t Believe It’s Not Democracy A strong constitution overcomes bad leadership Burn …
Newsweek Needs Our Help
According to The New York Observer, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham speaking to an audience of about 100 graduate students at Columbia journalism school said, "Look, I need you. I've got people out there risking their lives right now." "It's an incredible frustration that I've got some of the most decent, hard-working, honest, passionate, straight-shooting, non-ideological people who just want to tell the damn truth, and …
IPG Invests In Urban Advertainers
Steve Stoute is is an American record executive, most famous for being rapper Nas's off-and-on manager since 1995. Stoute is also the founder of Translation Marketing, a company that matches pop-star spokespersons with corporations that want to promote their brands. He has worked to pair Gwen Stefani with Hewlett-Packard, Justin Timberlake with McDonald's, Beyoncé Knowles with Tommy Hilfiger, and Jay-Z with …
Let’s Have TXT
TRAINED PROFESSIONALS ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU PRACTICE YOUR SEXY TXTING SKILLS. McKinney's new Valentine's Day campaign for Virgin Mobile encourages one to talk dirty to real live human beings posing as sexy secretaries, housewives, cowboys, firemen, etc. They're positioning it as a "sexy alternative to the real thing." And as a precursor to one's own naughty but nice messages that might go out on 2/14. …