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4A's chief Nancy Hill discusses the rejuvenation of the ad biz with our own Barbara Lippert.VISIT REAL-TIME ADVERTISING WEEK
Gurus, alchemists, champions, evangelists, insurgents, and genies. These kinds of job titles—some of which are parsed and pummeled in this roundup from Chicago agency Plan B—make adland sound a lot…
Though he describes himself as having a "workmanlike" creative career, James P. Othmer can at least boast of having collected a lot of terrific stories in his years at Young…
The NFL season that almost didn’t happen ended on a suitably triumphant note, as the instant classic rematch of the New York Giants and New England Patriots broke the all-time…
It seems fitting, ironic and ultimately tragic that Michael Jackson's best-known ad moment involved a freak accident. In 1984, at the height of his mega-fame in the wake of Thriller,…
We're in a crazy economic situation right now and it's affecting our whole industry in good ways and bad. One thing that seems to be particularly worrisome to traditional agencies…
Apple has taken a break from its tech-industry patent bullying to do some more traditional trademark bullying. Its target is Apfelkind, a small German coffeehouse/child's playroom that opened this year…
It seems like every time we turn around, the government is bailing out somebody else. The automakers, the mortgage brokers, the big-spending insurance companies, Wall Street. Why not Madison…
Dabitch, the proprietress of mother-of-all-ad-blogs Adland, is unimpressed by Showtime's new ads for Weeds—pinup pics of Mary-Louise Parker that are being packaged together with similar (and more appropriate) ads for…
I know I often rag on commercials for going too long, but this British spot for Megaman low-energy lightbulbs proves there's no way a farting lightbulb gag can overstay its…
