Are you watching Mad Men? You have not been getting a truly balanced view of what it was like to be gay in advertising in that time period. I was there. There were plenty of gays who, like me, didn't bother to stay in the closet, succeeded, and thrived in this tough world.
Twitter insists that the day is just around the corner that companies will want to spend millions in advertising on the site, but Twitter's commitment is still prioritizing users over a desire to quickly generate cash revenue.
Good column in Ad Age from Pete Blackshaw, EVP of Online Digital Strategic Services at Neilsen, which echoes what Rupert Murdoch had to say about the ...
I'm with everyone else who couldn't figure out Lindsay Lohan's $100 million lawsuit against E-Trade because one of the babies in a TV spot had her nam...
"Latinos love their cell phones. The passionate nature of the culture fits perfectly with our first-rate sports programming and their desire to stay connected."
Brands are ditching advertising, which is really pretty transparent in its intentions, in favor of spin and PR, which really is not. This shift is partly because advertising is failing and partly because PR is right for the times.
Here's the central paradox: there's more opportunity for all to publish, but more than ever, only the mega-sellers profit at all. It's like a rapidly expanding casino with a shrinking winner's circle.
More people say they'd rather have a smaller phone with less features than a larger phone with more capabilities. Can it be that we're actually ready to simplify? Is multi-tasking on its way out?
As the fourth convergence of Advertising Week begins in New York this week, what seems to be Topic A? The flight of ad dollars online? The effect of T...