– Hill, Holliday lays off 10 people. (link)
– Communication Arts magazine is cutting its issue frequency from eight down to six issues per year. (link)
– Mad Men will return to the airwaves with or without creator, Matt Weiner. (link)
– The new Spiderman/Barack Obama comic book is flying off the shelves. (link) Obama, along with consumer groups, also wants to delay the transition to digital TV, but it may be a little too late. (link)
– Looking for a job in digital media? Here’s for four ya’. (link)
– TV stations in 22 U.S. cities say they will start broadcasting their signals this year in a format designed to be received by mobile devices like cell phones, MP3 players, GPS units and in-car entertainment systems. (link)
– Ex-MySpacers have launched Corkin – a new web service that combines classifieds listings with a set of social tools that the company says differentiates it from juggernauts such as Craigslist and eBay’s Kijiji. (link)
– The Zune looks to be on its way out. (link)
– The first British baby genetically selected to be free of breast cancer to avoid developing the disease in later life has been born. (link)
– “Just look at this fucking guy and tell me he wasn’t supposed to go out like this.” I’m saying – what an ad for New Balance! (link and link to photo set)
– “The History Of Visual Communication” is worth checking out. (link)
– Shepard Fairey helps out Saks with this Soviet inspired campaign – pic above. (link)