Tom Messner

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The Tuesday Team: The Inside Story of the Admen Who Got Reagan Re-elected in ’84

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Mike Deaver had an idea. Instead of making commercials and a convention film with the political professionals, he wanted to see what Madison Avenue could do taking on Ronald Reagan's [...]

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Art & Commerce: Burned By Bloggers

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Have you ever scrolled through any of the blogs devoted to the advertising business?You should for your own self-interest: You never know when you will find yourself on the receiving [...]

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Art & Commerce: Sorry To Say, It’s So

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Say it ain’t so, Joe,” has, 88 years later, given way to, “Say it ain’t so, Tim.” That’s the time that’s passed between Joe Jackson’s Black Sox scandal and Tim [...]

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Art & Commerce: The Perfect Storm

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Al Gore (former two-term vice president, former multi-term senator and congressman, former nominee for president who won the popular vote and lost the electoral vote, former candidate for the Democratic [...]

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Art & Commerce: Ask The Expert

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My favorite politician of all time was Sen. S.I. Hayakawa from California, and not just because he constantly fell asleep during hearings and sessions. When he was running for the [...]

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Art & Commerce: Volume 1, Number 1

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Iused to collect first issues of magazines. Sports Illustrated’s first cover was Eddie Matthews of the Milwaukee Braves, newly moved from Boston and heading toward a 47-homer season, taking a [...]

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Art & Commerce: Back In Business

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The problem with socialism is socialism; the problem with capitalism is capitalists.” So said Herr William Schlamm some 50 years ago. I didn’t overhear Willi getting off his mot, but [...]

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Giving Your Work Away

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Consumers, those hot new creatives taking over the business, need to improve their compensation agreements or suffer the consequences: Chapter 11 and penury.To date, You the Consumer’s most visible creative [...]

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Travelin’ Man

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James Dines, the almost infallible investment analyst (precious metals, Internet bubbles, uranium mining stocks), said a while ago that because of such pressing issues as the Holy Trinity versus monotheism [...]

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War Correspondence

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“Sept. 11 was my call to action. If you saw the towers fall and smelled the burning rubble—you understand why I joined.”This is BBDO vp, associate creative director Vann Graves [...]