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Cannes Video: BBDO's David Lubars

June 29, 2009

David Lubars, who served as president of the Film Lions jury, discusses this year's top winners.Read Full Article

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The Martin Agency: U.S. Agency of the Year 2009

January 25, 2010

The Pizza Hut win capped off an aggressive new business run for The Martin Agency, Adweek's U.S. Agency of the Year for 2009, as it posted an estimated 12 percent gain in revenue to $129 million. A double-digit gain would be noteworthy in most any year, but it's particularly impressive in a year when "flat is the new up" became a common, if wishful, refrain.Read Full Article

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Agency Report Cards 2008

April 13, 2009

This is the 26th time we have conducted this exercise to assess the performance of the country's top ad agencies.Read Full Article

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The AdweekMedia Plan of the Year

June 14, 2009

The global economy may be in a shambles. The prospect of world peace may again be at its nadir. The U.S. government may now even own a majority of General Motors. Despite all these dire circumstances and events, it’s a pleasure to present one reliable, stable, happy truth: Some media agencies continue to execute innovative, original and effective plans for their clients to move the needle -- sales or ratings. Here, we salute all of this year’s winners.Read Full Article

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Guerrilla Marketing's Newest Revolution

January 11, 2010

Welcome to guerrilla marketing, 2010 style, where the traditional street-level “gotcha” has been reinterpreted -- and made more effective -- through a digital lens. “As technology and the Internet grow, opportunities will grow,” observes Jay Levinson, the “father of guerrilla marketing” and author of many books. Technology, he adds, has become easier to use, “and we surely can’t discount the new mobility of markets.”Read Full Article

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AdweekMedia Forecast 2010

January 02, 2010

The bottom line looms large over the industry in 2010. In general, it is projected to be a better year than the previous one, but not by much, at least here in the U.S. Still, everyone's up for some good news at this point. At least you can count on the Winter Olympics and the congressional races for a bit of relief. If history is any guide, things won't play out the way you might guess. Disruptive technologies are, by definition, impossible to predict and immensely powerful for that reason. Here are our best guesses of where things are going, barring any unforeseen and inevitable new developments.Read Full Article

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Adland's Dot-Com Dog Days: An Oral History

December 07, 2009

Ten years ago, twentysomethings were CEOs, marketers had unlimited budgets and an obnoxious sock puppet was a brand icon for the future. Ah yes, you remember the dot-com boom, don’t you? So do the execs we tracked down for this fond look back. Here, we present an oral history of advertising's role in the boom ... and bust.Read Full Article

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VW Delivers Das Punch Line

February 07, 2010

VW's latest campaign wants to show U.S. consumers it's more than just Beetle. (Shown: "Sluggy Patterson.")Read Full Article

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'Adland' Author on the Horrors of Advertising

January 05, 2010

James P. Othmer tells tales from the trenches and discusses the state of the ad biz today.Read Full Article

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Sweet Harmony for Brands, Musicians

December 07, 2009

The potential synergies between consumer brands and the music industry have never been more important to explore.Read Full Article

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