Hasta La Creative!

There are so many reasons to launch a consumer-generated media campaign. They save money and think time, encourage brand appropriation, and are pretty easy to sell to a client.

(TrendHunter.com) TrendHunter.com has featured the outstanding work of fashion photographer, Sølve Sundsbø before. This time, he has taken the sepia hues of his latest fashion shoot for Numero Magazine (“97”, October 2008)…

LONDON – Time Out, the city-centric listings magazine, has promoted publisher Mark Elliott to the role of managing director, with a seat on the board, ahead of a strategic review of the business.

You probably know Baz Luhrmann by reputation, if not by name. He directed Strictly Ballroom, a tribute to the art of dance; Romeo + Juliet, his altar to the written word; and Moulin Rouge!, a garish but dazzling musical homage to pop culture.

With Ms. Fey about the hottest name in show business right now, several NBC executives have asked why her show “30 Rock” won’t be on air until Oct. 30.

A good friend of ours forwarded the e-mail you see below. Our friend said he/she isn’t sure how he/she ended up being on Pesach Lattin‘s e-mail list, but nonetheless what you’re about to read showed up in all its scared, ranty goodness. Please for to enjoy (and a note &#151 we formatted the copy, because it came through as one giant ugliferous block).

“I wanted to send everyone a quick note, after thinking a little bit about the economy and how it is going to affect the industry. Nothing really that deep, and perhaps you get nothing from it. However, it seemed appropriate considering all that is going on. Perhaps you don’t really care what I have to say, but perhaps you’ll find this at least interesting and send me a note back. I’d appreciate it.

(Ed’s note: it’s not very interesting…)

First of all, thank God(ess) that Vizi is in a great situation. We are a small company, with a large network &#151 great revenues and a great hardworking team. While a lot of other companies have spent ridiculous amounts of money attempting to expand, we have been slim, kept low overhead while having constant growth each year. This past year we made a lot of changes and because of this, we keep on growing, little by little each month.

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LONDON (AdAge.com) — Marketing budgets are plunging in the U.K. as 35% of advertisers said they revised their budgets downward in the third quarter. The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, the U.K.'s agency association, issues a quarterly survey called the Bellwether Report that is based on marketers' online responses and has become a key indicator of the health of the U.K. marketing economy. The latest Bellwether Report shows the greatest decline in ad budgets in the survey's nine-year history.

Why are these people staring off into space and accepting bribes in the form of Pepsi?

Thanks to daytime TV, I get to see Sarah Chalke shake her ass about 12 times an hour to prove that Hanes won’t ride up my crack. But it wasn’t until this weekend that I witnessed Michael Jordan and Charlie Sheen’s Hanes-inspired shenanigans (which, yes, have been airing for a while). Spots by The Martin Agency here. The premise seems to be that Michael Jordan is awesome and other people are totally into talking underwear with him. Michael is there all like, “You people are crazy.” Shockingly, this has been going on longer than Jordan has been retired. Before Sheen (chosen by Hanes despite the nuclear press fallout after his divorce from Denise Richards), there was Cuba Gooding Jr., and before Cuba was Kevin Bacon, Matthew Perry, Jackie Chan and … oh my God, Jordan has been endorsing Hanes since 1993. Which means I must have seen a Michael Jordan Hanes commercial before now. Thing is, I can’t remember a single one. I remember Michael with Nike, Gatorade, Ball Park Franks and Wheaties. So either Hanes is doing a breathtaking job targeting men’s shows, or his Airness has oversaturated himself by endorsing too many brands. All I’m saying is, maybe it’s time they got their Hanes on someone else.

—Posted by Rebecca Cullers

(TrendHunter.com) The all-important question has finally being asked. Aside from Tina Fey and other obvious choices, what Hollywood actress would be most suited to play Sarah Palin in a movie?

The Palinized (by that I…