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2 hrs ago | Business Journal

New P&G logo reminds us of old controversy

Procter & Gamble Co. has tweaked its logo, returning to the moon symbol reminiscent of the one that caused it so much grief over the years.

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Related Topix: Procter and Gamble, Household Products, Landor Associates

6 hrs ago | The New Zealand Herald

Book: The pitch that paid off

After some youthful business ventures, including selling pirated video games, he survived a near-bankruptcy experience with sharemarket investing, took a short-lived job with Fletcher Challenge Forests and started the online-betting business Feverpitch.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Saatchi and Saatchi

Thu May 23, 2013

SiliconValley.com

Google may face new antitrust probe over display ads

Google is facing a new antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display- advertising market to illegally curb competition, people familiar with the matter said.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, WebMD, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Napster, Encinitas, CA

Albany Times Union

WPP Ceo Martin Sorrell Is Targeted In An 'Open Letter' From One Of His Own Creative Directors

The letter - sent exclusively to Business Insider - was written in a spirit of debate and fun, as a reaction to a speech Sorrell gave in London which said that, in advertising today, the medium has become more important than the message.

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Related Topix: WPP Group

This is Guernsey

Superb tops car owners' favourites

And another Skoda model - the Yeti - was second in the list compiled from owners' views by What Car? and information services company JD Power and Associates.

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Related Topix: JD Power and Associates, Jaguar, Jaguar XF, Sedan, Lexus, Lexus RX, Chevrolet Spark, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Mercedes-Benz B-Class, Mercedes-Benz

Forbes.com

Amazon's Kindle Fire HD: A Stealth BYOD Tablet Competitor

Amazon announced today that its Kindle Fire HD tablet offerings will rocket from availability in just seven markets to 170+ countries in mid-June. The 7" and 8.9" Amazon Kindle Fire HD models have enjoyed great success in the consumer market, as Forrester predicted they would even before the first device was released in November, 2011.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Forrester Research, Skype, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Ipad, Science / Technology

The Hartford Courant

New car sales seen up about 8 percent in May: research firms

Auto sales in May are expected to rise about 8 percent and the annual sales pace should rebound back above 15 million vehicles after a disappointing result in the prior month, two research reports said on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, JD Power and Associates, TrueCar, Ansonia, CT

AdWeek

Firehouse Combines Business Consulting With Advertising Work

Who Tripp Westbrook, partner, executive creative director; Steve Smith, partner, planning insights; Mark Hall, president, founder; Doug Miller, partner, finance and options What Advertising agency Where Dallas offices Farmers markets have always held snob appeal for urban foodies seeking organic produce.

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Business Journal

Clear Channel wins deals at O'Hare and Midway

Chicago's City Council has voted to award Clear Channel Airports a new five-year contract with five one-year extension options to provide indoor digital media programs at O'Hare and Midway International airports.

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Related Topix: Clear Channel Outdoor, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Rahm Emanuel

Wed May 22, 2013

KTKZ-AM Sacramento

Wal-Mart hires Hill & Knowlton executive

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named Dan Bartlett, most recently president and CEO of the U.S. arm of global business advisory firm Hill & Knowlton Strategies, as its new executive vice president of corporate affairs.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Public Relations, Hill and Knowlton, George Bush, W., Bentonville, AR

MyPrintResource.com

Out of Home Advertising Industry Leaders Presented with Top Awards

The out of home advertising industry honored seven leaders at its national convention on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Marketing

WTOP-FM Washington

ND ad agency sues creators of Cartoon Network show

A North Dakota advertising agency is suing the creators of a Cartoon Network show, alleging that they copied a state marketing campaign.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Fargo, ND

The Beaumont Enterprise

Adhere Creative Hires New Marketing Coordinator

Adhere Creative Hires New Marketing Coordinator In its continued growth, Houston based Inbound Marketing Agency adds Eunice David to the team.Within her role, David will be managing a team of writers who produce client blog articles, web copies, and press releases.David comes to Adhere with solid experience, having previously worked for a local ... (more)

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Related Topix: Marketing

Boston Herald

Long haul' eyed for victims of bombings

Mayor Thomas M. Menino wants to keep The One Fund Boston going as an all-volunteer nonprofit even after all the money is distributed next month with an eye to helping victims of the marathon bombings with long-term "deteriorating" injuries.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Non-Profit, Hill Holliday, Opinion

SiliconValley.com

Adobe Creative Suite subscription move sparks complaints

Adobe Systems ' recent decision to stop selling the popular Creative Suite design tools as a packaged store product and offer it via subscriptions has triggered outrage among some of those who depend on the software, which is widely used by Web developers, video editors and others.

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Related Topix: Startups, Adobe Systems, Omniture, Serious Business

Chicago Reader

Portrait of Jason delves inside a hustler's world

A portrait is a delicate transaction: the subject might look at it and, shocked, see not himself but how the artist feels about him.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, The Connection, Connection, New York, Gay/Lesbian, City College of New York, City University of New York, Chicago, IL

Tue May 21, 2013

IBerkshires

Greylock Federal Promotes Two Employees

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Greylock Federal Credit Union announced the promotion of two employees, Bob Maxwell to vice president of marketing services for Greylock Marketing Group and Anthony "Tony" Hyte to assistant "I'm thrilled to be announcing the promotion of these two individuals," said Greylock President and CEO Marilyn L. Sperling.

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Related Topix: Pittsfield, MA, Marketing

St. Petersburg Times

Dunedin neighbors have questions about proposals for Nielsen property

Groans, angry outbursts and a plethora of questions punctuated a neighborhood meeting aimed at gauging public support for a proposed zoning change at the former Nielsen Media Research property.

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Related Topix: Dunedin, FL, Nielsen Media Research

Globe and Mail

Six of legendary designer Philippe Starck's favourite concepts

Persuasion Notebook offers quick hits on the business of persuasion from The Globe and Mail's marketing and advertising reporter, Susan Krashinsky .

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Related Topix: Marketing

Canada.com

Gluten for punishment: Much-maligned protein cause of major shift in food culture

If restaurants operated like pharmacies, bread and pasta would be kept behind the counter as controlled substances.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, NPD Group, Dieting, Celiac Disease, Health, Low Carb Diet, Atkins Nutrional Method

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