Friday, May 16, 2014

My speech to graduates.

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I'm flying out to LA this morning--the whole family is going--to see my younger daughter graduate from college. I've never been as...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

They shot it wrong.

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Today, the big news in New York is the much-delayed opening of the 9/11 Museum. I say much- delayed because to my mind, we should have prove...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Breasts in the Tempus Fugit.

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I’ve been busy lately, running around town to different agencies and working fairly like a dog. It’s harder I think to do ten little assi...

Thoughts on briefs.

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Through 30 years in the business, the phrase I've probably heard more often in advertising than any other is "the brief sucks....
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

12 Things no one in advertising ever said.

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1. Great 162-page Powerpoint presso! Let's put that on the air. 2. I chose this job because they had the best holding company culture...
Monday, May 12, 2014

News and trust.

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I am reading a book right now called "The Invention of the News: How the World Came to Know About Itself" by Andrew Pettegree. You...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Uncle Slappy tells me the famous Moth Joke.

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This is Uncle Slappy’s famous “Moth Joke.” For the last thirty years or so he has said to me about every two weeks “are you ready to hear t...
Friday, May 9, 2014

The "Merger," part 2.

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The merger between Omnicom and Publicis has been declared stillborn. Maurice Levy and John Wren will go back to their corner offices, lick t...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

Future un-shock.

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It was reported yesterday that the NBC Universal has paid $7.75 billion for the rights to six Olympic games from 2022 to 2032. I'll ad...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Signal vs. noise.

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In the constant battle between signal and noise, noise has won. We surround ourselves with Buzz-Feedy junk and act as if we are getting ne...