According to Ad Age, Comcast Corp. President CEO Brian L. Roberts’ total compensation for 2004 was $33.5 million, making him the highest paid media executive in the magazine's survey. Roberts and his rival James O. Robbins, president-CEO of Cox Communications, who was paid $29.4 million, beat out such well-known luminaries as Sumner Redstone, chairman-CEO of Viacom, ($28.3 million) and Rupert Murdoch, the …
Selma To Sell Really Expensive Specs
Sky Showbiz: Actress Selma Blair has landed an endorsement deal with Chanel. According to Glamour, she will be the new face of Chanel Vision, promoting the high couture giant's range of stunning specs. She's been snapped in many a glam Chanel frock, both new and vintage. Last year she chose Chanel for her wedding dress when she married Ahmet Zappa - son of the late and legendary Frank. Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld took …
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“Behavioral Marketing” Is Still “Spyware”
Wired: The spyware wars are over - and spyware has won. Back in 2002, Gator was one of the most reviled companies on the Net. Maker of a free app called eWallet, the firm was under fire for distributing what critics called spyware, code that covertly monitors a user's Web-surfing habits and uploads the data to a remote server. People who downloaded Gator eWallet soon found their screens inundated with pop-up ads …
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Banking On Eco-Consciousness
ShoreBank Pacific, a Washington State chartered, FDIC insured bank, is the first commercial bank in the United States with a commitment to environmentally sustainable community development. We believe that long-term community prosperity goes hand-in-hand with a healthy environment. Through our lending programs, we support individual and community efforts to bring together conservation and economic development. With …
Lowe Ballin’
Ad Age: Lowe Worldwide founder Frank Lowe emerged from retirement today with the surprise announcement that he is setting up a new advertising agency with Paul Weinberger, who resigned as chairman of Lowe London. Mr. Weinberger is expected to take with him Lowe London’s biggest account, the $75 million Tesco supermarket business he has overseen for years. The unexpected move from the eccentric Mr. Lowe, who is 65, …
Agencies In Strange Places: Twelfth In A Series
According to Adweek and his own press releases, Ernie Mosteller, an author and creative director who founded production houses in New York and Florida, has launched an advertising agency in Galveston, Texas, called Tangelo Ideas. The agency identity was inspired by Mosteller's youth spent on a citrus farm in Florida. Author of a book on advertising entitled Use a Stick (available for free download), Mosteller worked …
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Close But No Cigar
Forbes: The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court yesterday ordered two Chinese companies to pay more than 300,000 yuan in compensation to Hennessy Cognac for infringing the French company's trademark, the China Daily reported. Zhuhai Xiangmutong Trading Co and Xiamen Golden Huanya Food Co, a bottling company, have been ordered to pay compensation, cease infringing the Hennessy trademark immediately and publish …
Cleveland Clinic Offers Second Opinions Online
Washington Post: "My Consult" is a Web-based second opinion service offered by e-Cleveland Clinic, the facility's Internet service. Patients who have received a diagnosis of any of more than 600 life-threatening or life-altering conditions can request an electronic consultation with a Cleveland Clinic doctor. For $565, a physician provides a written second opinion and a treatment recommendation -- all within five to …
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