– Miller is looking at five agencies after exiting Crispin: Saatchi, Y&R, Mother and two unnamed agencies.
– On July 16-17, youth-focused YPulse will host a conference called The 2007 Mashup which will cover all aspects of youth marketing.
– Hadji Williams gets a nice review for his book, Knock the Hustle: How to Save Your Job and Your Life From Corporate America.
– Copyranter dug up an old pro-asbestos ad that touts the material’s fire-retardant qualities and features an image of The World Trade center. Particularly prescient is the ad’s headline which reads, Whenthe fire alarm went off, it took two hours to evacuate New York’s Trade Center.”
– Mr. Clean has launched a consumer-generated effort and is offering $10,000 to th person who creates the best 60-second ad. Nothing like getting what would normally cost about $100K for a tenth of the cost.
– In Belgium, you can Rent A Wife. Actually, you can rent a lot of stuff.
