Hasta La Creative!

The Ad Council is teaming up with the U.S. Forest Service in a new campaign to raise an awareness of nature among America's youth. The campaign, launched to coincide with National Get Outdoors Day, June 13, is designed to encourage 8- to 12-year-olds and their parents to reconnect with nature.

It’s telling that eclectic music lover @quikness apprised us of this ad, featuring Dr. Dre for Dr. Pepper, with nothing but a sad face.

Sharpie unveils a new multichannel effort to celebrate the marker's — and it's users' — artistic side.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The U.S. media industry has cut 87,200 jobs since the recession began in December 2007, according to an Ad Age DataCenter analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But one media agency that's in the enviable position of growing during this downturn used its good fortune to try to help some of those less fortunate in the business.

30Rock’s Jane Krakowski appears in this tacky ravaging of Gone with the Wind for Breyer’s ice cream.

Clients are desperate for answers and many are not in the right mind-set to consider solid advice. It is an agency's job to bring clarity to the situation and options to weather the storm.

LONDON – ESPN, the Disney-controlled sports broadcaster, has denied reports it is in talks to buy troubled sports broadcaster Setanta and has effectively ruled itself out of contention.

LONDON – Kellogg’s is set to launch an experiential and sampling campaign for its muesli brand Nature’s Pleasure.

I love Joe Scarborough. When one of his co-anchors notes that "The worst of the recession seems to have passed," he booms "Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!" in the background. When Rep. Maxine Waters is announced as an upcoming guest, he chimes in with an enthusiastic "Maxine!" His "I'm stuck here and so are you, so we might as well make the best of it" attitude proves a refreshing antidote to the clenched smiles and meticulously peppy banter of most morning-hour personalities. I'm not as fond, however, of the show that puts him front and center.

LONDON – Richard Foster, the former Fox TV executive and current commercial director of GroupM’s UK content arm, GroupM Entertainment UK, has been promoted to managing director of the operation.