McCain Crapped, GnR Seeks Agency, Josh Needs Help

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– The McCain campaign finds itself in a pile of dog crap.

– Writing in MIT Advertising Lab, David Rostan discusses ListensToYou and how it can improve online advertising by allowing people to choose the ads they see.

– Guns ‘n Roses is looking for an ad agency to help promote the release of its long awaited new album, Chinese Democracy.

Help Josh decide who to vote for on November 4. No idea who’s behind this (other than Josh, himself) but there are a growing number of comments for both Obama and McCain. But a quick Whois search (not to mention her email address) points to Lori Nygaard who works at AKQA in San Francisco.

– Risdel Marketing Group has put together an uber list: A Top Ten List of Top Ten Lists. Does that mean the page will get ten times the usual traffic?

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