Posted in Analysis, Brands, Stealth Operation on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blackwater, the notorious private army, contracted by the Bush administration to protect “high value” military personnel, and accused of numerous crimes against Iraqi civilians, has recently undertaken an extensive brand repositioning.
The corporate name itself, Blackwater, had become a public relations liability, a toxic asset if you will. The company spent more than a year in an [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting story this week covering the Pew Research Center’s analysis of media coverage during the Great Recession. The more we hear about the recession, the worse the market gets. The less we hear, the better it gets. Much of the data was sourced using MemeTracker, which builds maps of the daily news cycle by [...]
Posted in Announcements on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you in Portland, one of our city’s most interesting mid-career artists, Tom Cramer, is speaking at the Laura Russo Gallery tomorrow at 11am. I’ll be there.
- Doug
Posted in This Business of Ours, tagged Adbase sucks, photographers on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, for those photographers out there who didn’t believe me when I said creatives hated email blasts from Adbase and preferred a postcard with an image, here’s a recent post on the subject.
- Doug
Posted in Brands on October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Farewell, brave effort. The last of Detroit’s idealism. A response to what people were asking for, both in a car that met their needs and in a car company that could restore American pride.
Different has a way of being whittled down to same.
I guess we’ll have to look to meet our needs, and our heroes, [...]
