ClusterStock:
On Friday, oil refiner Valero (VLO) announced the completely shutdown of a plant in Delaware City, resulting in the loss of over 500 high-paying jobs.Edward Harrison of CreditWritedowns.com argues that the fact that Valero ha (Read More)
ESPN.com:
Seeking closure, Titans owner Bud Adams bought a prime piece of Buffalo real estate -- Sunday's back page of The Buffalo News' sports section. (Read More)
SMC:posts:
In 2010 Marketers and PR professionals must resolve their personality crisis. It is an issue that Age Ad editor Ad Age Editor Jonah Bloom highlighted at the ANA Conference this week in this 3 minut... (Read More)
SMC:posts:
Whether we like it or not, we're going to start seeing many more ads in Twitter. As The New York Times reported today, services like Ad.ly, IZEA and Likes are furiously putting twitter ad networks in ... (Read More)
TechSheep:
Brad Stone / New York Times:A Friend’s Tweet Could Be an Ad — Tuesday was another typical day for John Chow, blogger and Internet entrepreneur in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Chow treated his 50,000 Twitter followers (Read More)
The Guardian:
Once he joins, Marc Bolland's to-do list will have a familiar theme – find trendier clothes and younger customersYou would think that the soundtrack to the Sir Stuart Rose years at Marks & Spencer would be something by Frank (Read More)
The Guardian:
How did fur, once taboo, become so acceptable – desirable even – again? Elizabeth Day investigates an ethical dilemma that goes to the heart of the fashion industry – and meets the animal rights campaigner who refuses to be d (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Peter Landers reports from WashingtonIn case all the groups trying to get Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s attention were wondering — yes, she’s noticed. Groups involved in the health-care debate, realizing Ms. Lincoln is a crucial swi (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Sic itur ad astra = Latin for "thus you shall go to the stars". Yet another beautiful work from artist Michæl Paukner. "I used some scans of old astronomy maps from the 17th century," he says. You can buy prints of his work n (Read More)
Jalopnik:
We knew it on these shores as the 200SX Turbo, while the Japanese and Europeans called it the Silvia ZX Turbo. Either way, it served as an excellent herpes vector! We see an exquisitely mid-80s British couple having a Silvia- (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Most TechCrunch readers have never heard of Tracking202. But affiliate advertisers love the service, which manages advertising campaigns on Facebook, MySpace and other platforms. In fact, Tracking202 was at the center of the (Read More)
Ahmedabad-Cities-The Times of India:
Giving a relief to students of several government polytechnic and engineering colleges, the state government has finally done an ad hoc appointment of 915 lecturers for this year. (Read More)
New York Times:
A group of start-up marketers see value in getting regular people to send a sentence or two of text to their friends and admirers.
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New York Times:
Movie studios have cut paid advertising and are leaning more heavily on free coverage in print, television and online outlets generated by publicists.
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I Believe in Advertising | Advertising Blog & Community:
Your flight has an impact. Plane Stupid’s new cinema ad, written and commissioned by creative agency Mother and made by production company Rattling Stick. Director Daniel Kleinman. www.planestupid.comWe wanted to confront peo (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
This morning my crazy thing locator pointed to this pro-Palin oped by Mary Matalin, who pooh-poohs complaints in Palin's book about the rough, nasty and foul-mouthed staffers inside the McCain campaign:Time is the most valuab (Read More)
mediabistro.com: AgencySpy:
Forgetting to turn the caps lock off, Jerks in Your Area has another amusing post from this guy: YO THIS SHIT IS THE BOMB IST A FUCKING DOPE ASS MATTRISS N THIS SHIT IS MAD COMTFORABLE!I BET DIS SHIT LIEK 2 G'S AT SLEPY'S OR (Read More)
mediabistro.com: AgencySpy:
Lord help us, it's like the Wii but only holier. A new (faux) ad for some organization called Mass We Pray lets loose with some family fun in the name of crucifix-wielding, pew-sitting, rollicking good time. It's for a game c (Read More)