It's amazing how video continues to be so dominant all over the Internet.  For this, we have YouTube to thank.  But as that category killer has grown and become an even greater force in web entertainment, something interesting has been happening back at the network ranch.  NBC ...

He can certainly get information out of Sangala terrorists.  And he can even weave his way through the labyrinth of Senate hearings.  But can he sell you your next car?  That's a good question. Hyundai is moving Ford over, and integrating its brand into 24 in the hope of buildi...

I was reading Tom Taylor the other morning, and happened across this news item out of Boston: John Hogan, David Field and Peter Smyth meet in Boston for today’s Ad Club “Radio Day.� CBS Radio is also participating in a presentation for the Ad Club that starts with a keynote from Hill Holliday ...

As the radio sales environment gets more precarious, and advertisers take pot shots at just about every format and station, I continue to marvel at how Classic Rock is often overlooked and underrated.   Classic Rock is America's music.  It's mainstream, center-lane stuff, e...

Schadenfreude.  We all feel it from time to time, some of us more than others.  It's that emotion that causes us to feel good when someone else suffers.  Many people are feeling it about Wall Street brokers and the Detroit 3 CEOs right now.  Whether it's rational or e...

What a geek dad does over his lunch hour. Fucking cool....

This spot has been around awhile, but I hadn't seen it until this weekend. On Father's Day, actually. Maybe it was the mood of the day, but this just jumped out of TV and slapped me around a little in terms of relevance. A great example of the right spot placed at just the right time. Creating spots...

One of my favorite transparent marketing examples from Don't Think Pink, which I use pretty often in my presentations (especially when my audience is fairly male-dominated) is that of ESPN: The Magazine.  That brand (in all its forms) does a great job of nailing its roughly 18 - 34 year old mal...

Have you ever noticed that if you really want good information about a product, you’re much more likely to find that information in a product review than in the product description itself? Why aren’t product descriptions more helpful? Here’s one thought: Men and women may care abou...

Mania TV adds $5M to their $17M in funding, bringing the total to $22M. Ripe TV remains “king of the hill” funding-wise with $32M… followed by Heavy.com’s $25M but I am not sure if they really fall in video creators anymore… These amounts are just a “tad” mo...