Saving CNN
| “Five chiefs since 2000. A revolving door of on-air employees. Start-stop attempts at lite-news programming. Hiring-practice lawsuits. Hollywood producers trying to “cast” anchors. CNN, to quote Jason Robards in Crimson Tide: “You’ve made one hell of a mess here.” And to quote the USS Alabama’s radio operator: “Recommend Alert One!” Still, CNN can [...]

The Decline of Brands | “Since 1991, the number of brands on US grocery store shelves has tripled. Last year, the US Patent and Trademark Office issued an incredible 140,000 trademarks–100,000 more than in 1983. The average American sees 60 percent more ad messages per day than when the first President Bush left office. A [...]

The Man Behind the FedEx Logo
| “Not long ago, I posted about the subliminal arrow in the FedEx logo. I received several emails regarding it, including one from design student, Bobby Dragulescu. Thanks to Bobby and his typography professor Leah Hoffmitz, I was put in touch with the logo’s creator: Mr. Lindon Leader of Leader [...]

Faces of the Fallen | “This is an interactive page developed by the Washington Post, searchable by dates or name, of every American soldier, sailor, airmen or marine who’s been killed in Iraq. Every single one of them with a picture, name, age, service, where they were from; how they died.”
BlogAds: Is There Life after [...]

The Decline of Brands
| Sure, there are more brands than ever. But they’re taking a beating - or, even worse, being ignored. Who’s to blame? A new breed of hyperinformed superconsumers. (That’s right - you!)
U.S. Postal Service Moves into Music Promotion
| “Think of it as a David-and-Goliath battle with a dance pop sound track and [...]

The Gonzo Way of Branding | “Hurricanes are so rare,” says Sir Richard Branson as he looks at the ocean from the Great House on Necker, his private Virgin Island. “You get plenty of warning.”So has he been in one? “On purpose,” he says. “I hate the idea of not experiencing something. It was a [...]

Brand Assocition Charts for Bush & Kerry
The Presidential ImagePower study released jointly by branding firm Landor Associates and research firm Penn, Schoen and Berland reveals how Bush and Kerry’s respective supporters, as well as how undecided voters, perceive the two candidates.
Google’s Ad Boom
Google, a company that refuses to make financial forecasts, expects to add [...]

Truth Stranger Than "Strangelove"
Dr. Strangelove," Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film about nuclear-war plans run amok, is widely heralded as one of the greatest satires in American political or movie history. For its 40th anniversary, Film Forum is screening a new 35 millimeter print for one week, starting on Friday, and Columbia TriStar is releasing a two-disc [...]

Debate Spotter
A pretty neat debate phrase search engine. 
The Machinist
First Off wow! Post-modern grunge-Noir. Gothic psychological mystery. Industrial thirller. In theathers October 22nd.
Hello, My Name is Scott
My name is Scott Ginsberg, although you may also know me as "that guy with the nametag." In the beginning, it all started out as an experiment. "What would [...]

I’ve been reading the Acts of Volition blog semi-daily for more then a year. It includes a lot of intersting stuff. This weekend I had too much time on my hand so I started digging on their site and found downloadable MP3s of a 15 different radio shows they’ve hosted and then posted online. Not [...]