AdWeek... Hello AdWeek... Are you out there?
Anyone had a chance to check out the Gawker piece on the "Re-Launch" of AdWeek yet? Fucking brutal... Wow, it's even worse than I would do, well, almost. And I had a nice email from Alison Fahey just a few days ago, asking me if I would like to review the new format, which I said I would be happy to do. Went to the Web site, and they want me to sign up for $300 fucking dollars. How about a comp subscription Alison? I'm a big fan of Barbara Lippert, and I wrote a column for AdWeek's "Marketing Technology" for nearly ten years... So I would love to say nice things about the book... But I have to be able to read it to have that option. Yeah, I think Jonah and Ken are doing a great job over at AdAge, which is now a completely different book from what it was a few years ago... But shit, we need all the coverage of this biz we can get, particularly with all the shit that it's in now... And increasingly will be. So, C'mon Alison, give me a chance to say something nice. In spite of what some might say... I'm not a complete wanker.
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When you put Kevin and Donny on the same cover... You know it's time to make some changes.
oh George, hello hello hello,
fat tuesday is almost over, i skimped on pancakes and donuts and even mutzemandeln (that's a cologne delight) and you still havent found my blog to comment. It's such a shame now that I may even start blog fasting at midnight (and that's no twitter) and you didn't even say hello you are out there on my new blog.. I was so hoping you would convince me otherwise...esoteric...well there's always the sundays till the everready bunny appears in the pumpkin patch down the road to look forward too.
you all have fun worrying about the advertising world. And don't worry about losing corporate accounts. I head the political arena has billions to waste. Me I gotta just watch my waist. I read that if by menopause you are under 30 inches as a woman youre in good hands healthwise. i don't know whose hands, probably just my own angry ones all akimbo.
Posted by: Nancy | February 05, 2008 at 09:18 PM
The editorial staff of Adweek may be decimated, but the damage is entirely self-inflicted. Sloppy reporting, bad sources, rushing to beat AdAge to the story, etc. has all resulted in a complete lack of credibility. After years of trashing the industry, the industry is returning the favor. Say goodnight, Alison: you and your bargain-basement lackeys are toast.
Posted by: Mick | February 05, 2008 at 09:48 PM
George, this post seems to be quieter so I'll ask my question here. Just what the fuck IS the super bowl? Please explain, the Europeans are very confused by it all.
Posted by: The Kaiser | February 06, 2008 at 01:45 AM
Starting in the 1920s, college football in the U.S. ended its season with what were called "Bowl Games." Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl being the most noteworthy as they would pit the winners of college football conferences (Rose Bowl in Pasadena between the Pacific 8 winner and the Big 10 winner).
So after professional football (the National Football League) saw a competitive league (the American Football League) form and thrive, the two leagues merged and the winners of the two leagues met in a Championship game that, after a couple of years, was dubbed the Super Bowl as a kind of obvious play on the college bowls.
Posted by: Tom Messner | February 06, 2008 at 05:33 AM
I am still cracking up from that Gawker piece. That Fahey e-mail is hillarious - no wonder the Adweek staff is getting smaller all the time. I think she has a real future as a 1st grade teacher.
Posted by: Walsh | February 06, 2008 at 07:48 AM
If the staff of Gawker moved over to Adweek, what would happen? Would accuracy or lawsuits increase? Would the would-be journalists at Gawker work well at print journalism? Actually I think they would. Altho, the one time I was mentioned in Gawker, five of the six facts presented were wrong. (.167 is a pretty bad batting average for an outfielder or a journalist.)
But Ms. or Mr. Walsh,
first grade teachers are the most important teachers you will ever have. They teach you to read, write, add, and subtract. Or at least should. Not much else is necessary after that. Was that teacher reference meant as a compliment to Ms. Fahey? First grade teacher is an upgrade from almost any profession.
Is "hillarious" a pun or a typo?
Or a weakness in spelling brought on by an illiterate first grade teacher?
Posted by: OLYMPIO | February 06, 2008 at 08:42 AM
@OLYMPIO: Um, what?
Posted by: Walsh | February 06, 2008 at 09:00 AM
All I know is the latest issue has an ad (with scantily clad photo) for 70 year old Julie Newmar's spokesperson services. The old chicken DOES make the best soup.
Posted by: Studio Maven | February 06, 2008 at 09:57 AM
Tom’s Super Bowl explanation is a metaphor for a possible solution here. AdWeek merges with Ad Age. One mag. One site.
Done.
Posted by: bg | February 06, 2008 at 03:04 PM
Bad explanation by me, given the fact that "bowl" itself referred to the stadiums which someone from Europe or Mars might not know.
Baker Bowl at Columbia; The Rose Bowl in Pasadena; the Orange Bowl in Miami and on and on. Although the Hula Bowl and Fiesta Bowl and Liberty Bowl didn't have stadiums to begin with or to end with for that matter.
These days, of course, stadiums have quaint names like Citifield and Fed Ex Arena and The MCI center which changed to Worldcom Center and back to MCI center and then to Verizon Center.
Posted by: Tom Messner | February 06, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Tom...
I've just posted a full explanation for Europeans.
Cheers/George
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