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NEW YORK – Ipsos Healthcare has appointed Paul Snyderman to its health research team as a senior-level researcher, following a career with pharmaceutical company Merck.

LONDON – France’s Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema take on German striker Kevin Kuranyi in the latest ad for Electronic Arts Fifa 09 game.

American Airlines? Lets see… They reported today that systemwide traffic, capacity and load factor fell in September. AA just wants to go whole hog about it. The airline was also ranked 8 out of 10 on being the worst of the big ten American airline companies. Considering that consumers are constantly pissed at both the airline and the industry a new ad campaign, might be a good thing. One that addresses the concerns of fliers directly, yeah?

Roger Frizzell, vice president of advertising and corporate communications for American Airlines, said: “As with all of our advertising, we wanted to develop the best story that relates to our customers.“

So, they focus on business class fliers in the ad above, which was created by TM Advertising.. Hmm… yes, business/first class is where airlines traditionally make c-c-cash. Yet, transatlantic business class fares are dropping due to market competition. Yet, this ad focuses on those fares. Plus, AA is jacking up these corporate travels in an attempt to try and double down.

The airline industry is tricky sure, but erm… companies are already cutting back on business travel due to the economic climate. But, wait – how many regular consumers will be flying at all this year? Oh what a dilemma! It’s all bad.

What do you think? Would it have been better to target the business class or general consumers in this new campaign?

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(TrendHunter.com) Knitting has experienced a revival of sorts, with all kinds of crazy things going down in the world of those two clacking needles.

Why Would You Knit That?! is an awesome new blog that chronicles some…

LONDON – Haymarket Media is to relaunch The Spikes, its major advertising awards for Asia, after teaming up with Cannes Lions organisers The International Advertising Festival.

A recent campaign from Droga5, New York, encourages Jewish Obama supporters to drop some facts on Bubby and Zaidy down in that hottest of election battlegrounds, Florida.

(TrendHunter.com) This is what I call a catwalk–using a cat as a model for an edgy fashion shoot.

This is a collection of images from a brilliant shoot here for Vice Magazine that mixes the most tolerant cat in the world…

(TrendHunter.com) While Sarah Palin struggled to answer important questions about her stance on political issues such as the Bush doctrine and her running mate’s record, the official Obama campaign is so confident in Barack…

Update time kids – I was right (ain’t I always?) – the Jill Greenberg crying child photograph was not sold out for commercial use at all. I knew that wasn’t her style to sell her art project photographs for commercial use. I thought – even hoped actually – that there might have been some shady imagebank involved who we could all agree to spend hate on, but as Admeta has told me over there telephone, it was all “a mistake”.

Meanwhile Ms Greenberg has contacted me and confirmed that this is a case of copyright infringement, as well as a case of model release troubles. Remember, that little girl has parents who never agreed to this type of publication either.

Please see original thread here: Greenberg’s crying toddlers used in ads for Admeta (Sweden).

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Elisabeth Hasselback may be looking for a new gig if Barbara Walters has her way about it. In Walters’ mind (so they say) Hasselback is too “conservative” for ‘The View’ (and you sure as hell don’t want to be filling her…shoes). I mean, she’s just so…bleh. But don’t let that get you down, ‘cuz it’s time for ‘No Wukkas’.

Ziff Davis Media seeks a Senior Manager, Online Advertising Solutions

AdaptiveBlue wants a Community Evangelist (whatever the heck that is)

ValueClick Media is panning for a Media Planner

Organic wants a Senior Copywriter (Contract)

Good is hiring an Art Director

Google busca un Account Planner, Tech Commerce

Magnani Caruso Dutton is hiring an Interactive Associate Creative Director

As always, send us your job needs and we’ll post ’em, right here…if you’re nice (matt@mediabistro dot com).

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