Hasta La Creative!

McCann’s T.A.G unit (the only one that matters these days) has pushed out another installment in the Xbox Gears Of War franchise. If you recall, their first spot, “Mad World”, was an award winner, a record breaker and pushed sales of the song to the number one spot on iTunes. The same director, Joe Kosinski, is back for this new spot as well. The commercial is set to premier in the US on NBC during NFL football on 11/2, and will also run in cinema nationwide.

The shop also spat out another spot for Fable 2. Check it out above. I love both games, but the Fable spot has got me. Totally. The ECDs at T.A.G, Scott Duchon, Geoff Edwards (our 2007 Sexiest Man In Advertising winner) and John Patroulis, as well as their staff have just got this video game shit on lock.

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Looks like radio is starting to figure out digital media after all. IHeartRadio, a streaming radio application developed by Clear Channel for the iPhone, has become the 10th most-added free application in the iPhone's App Store.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Radar magazine's financial backers pulled the plug on the print edition today and announced a deal merging its website with American Media Inc., publisher of magazines including National Enquirer, Star and Shape. Terms were not disclosed. The news appeared first on Gawker.

Because everyone knows that’s tough to do.

GM is on its knees. Evidence comes by way of their massive lay-offs, possible merger with Chrysler and their pull out of this year’s Super Bowl.

NBC need not worry about those lost dollars. A young woman named Amy Borowsky in the midst of raising $3M to run her own ad… for a husband.

Amy told the New York Post that: “Dating is a numbers game. I need to reach a large pool of guys.” Oh sister. The desperation? It ain’t cute. Then again, Amy moonlights as a comedian and those guys (both male and female) traffic in self-depreciation. And catch this! She was also a Group Creative Director at Lowe & Partners.

If you’d like to donate to Amy’s fund raising drive, head over to her site. And if you’re interested in getting to know Amy better, here’s what she is looking for: “My ideal man would have a big brain, a good heart and a really annoying mother. I wouldn’t rule out a creative accountant unless his creativity resulted in federal charges.”

What else could a girl ask for?

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CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Pepsi has shifted creative duties for its Quaker Oats division to Omnicom Group's Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, according to people familiar with the matter.

Google's home page is the most valuable real estate on the web — if Google would sell it. But while it won't sully the coveted search page with advertising, the company will use it to launch its own products, like the new Google-branded G1 phone, from T-Mobile.

Could it be? Could it be that all my dreams have come true? TVSpy (no relation) is reporting that Donny Deutsch is on his way out at CNBC. From the rumor mill:

I’m told that CNBC is talking to a “Big Idea” contributor as a replacement for Deutsch. I hear the ‘replacement’ regularly appears on the show. BUT – It turns out Fox is also talking to the same person.”

If anyone here could actually stand to sit through this show, then maybe someone would have a guess as to who this regular contributor is, but alas.

Meanwhile, Donny is out selling his soul. Deutsch is the host of a new CNBC series called, The Entrepreneurs, where he interviews and examines the lives of start-up brands. That’s right folks. Lets move him off the main stage and into obscurity, please.

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