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Leading the New Political Evolution in Advertising

Danny Groner | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media


Danny Groner

Both the media and President-elect Obama's strategists have worked -- hopefully independently -- to transform the man into a brand

50 Most Powerful Women

Fortune | Jessica Shambora and Beth Kowitt | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business


Talk about drama! Our 11th annual list is dominated by firsts (first woman to run a major U.S. oil company), superlatives (youngest honoree ever) and ...

Super Bowl XLII Ads Sell Well Despite Economy: Pepsi, CareerBuilder In, GM Out (VIDEO)

Wall Street Journal | Stephanie Kang and Suzanne Vranica | Posted 10.13.2008 | Business


Marketers may be tightening their belts amid the economic downturn, but you'd never know it from the sale of Super Bowl ads. The National Football Le...

Green Edge 7 - Bottled Water and the Fiji Flap

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 09.28.2008 | Green


John Tepper Marlin

The Fiji flap is a surreal poster-child for the global trafficking in bottled water. Ten local bottlers (#1 is Fiji Water) fill Chinese-manufactured b...

Madonna Turns 50: Wither Feminism?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.13.2008 | Entertainment


Philip N. Cohen

During the first decade of her megastarhood, Madonna perfected not only the arts of pop music, bothering feminists, and arousing boys (and girls), but the ability to use feminism to generate controversy.

Coke Muscles In On Arabian Pepsi Territory

Los Angeles Times | Raed Rafei | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Prompted by a recent surge of prosperity in the Middle East, the giant American beverage companies have engaged in a fierce race to win the soft-drink...

Justin Timberlake Superbowl Ad: Crotch-Slamming Sneak Peak

Huffington Post | YouTube | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


It's probably going to be one of the biggest ads this Superbowl, but you don't really come away with much. Sure, he kind of makes fun of his loverboy ...

Ad Industry Increasingly Relying On 'Branded Entertainment' To Market Products

New York Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Advertising is often like a game of cat and mouse. Consumers try as hard as they can to run away from sales pitches and commercial jingles, so markete...