Obama Zombied, Nike Gets Courageous, Cuil Not Cool

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– Obama gets some zombie-style YouTube video parody. With bikinis!

– Deep Focus has created a new site for Nike called Courage which has a social media component. People can upload their own video representation of courage.

– No one likes the new search engine Cuil.

– Writing in Ad Age, Marti Barletti, who has seemingly watched half an episode of Mad Men, makes a twisted analogy between the show and the supposedly awful state of affairs when it comes to marketing to women. In a nutshell, it’s a puff piece to promote her book.

– Minneapolis agency almost names itself after actress Kelly Preston.

– Bob Garfield insinuates Snickers’ Mr. T ad somehow had something to do with a Knoxville Tennessee man shooting and killing two people at a Unitarian Universalist Church because the organization is accepting of gays, The only proper response to this is: Jesus Fucking Christ, Bob. That’s a bit of a stretch.

– You can’t look anywhere without seeing iJustine. Now that she’s made an appearance at the premier of Richard Branson’s White Knight II, the launch is official.

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