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Is George Parker too big to fail?

Why am I not jumping up and down with joy when I read that Multi-zillionaire, Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chief Executive douchenozzle reported a 27% increase in profit in the third quarter, signaling what he referred to as the beginning of a recovery in the...

Posted Oct 16 2009, 03:26 PM by George Parker with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Bullshit, Financial Advertising, Me, Media, On-Line, US Craziness, WTF!!!, google, AdScam, BDA's

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President Sarkozy dans le mer*d!!!

In the truth is stranger than fiction dept, French satirical investigative journalism weekly “ Le Canard Enchaîné ,“ has outed holier-than-thou French president, Nicolas Sarkozy for violating copyright laws. In a stunning display of hypocrisy, the presidential...

Posted Oct 12 2009, 04:45 AM by George Parker with | with 8 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Bullshit, Celebrity, Journalism, Media, OnLine, AdScam, WTF!!! French crazyness

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I just need $100 million to start this new social network. Trust me, it’s going to be worth billions!

Did you happen to read the amazing interview in Monday’s Wall Street Journal with Jeff Horing, co-founder of Insight Venture Partners, a New York private-equity firm that was the lead investor in Twitter’s third and latest fund-raising round? These are...

Posted Sep 29 2009, 10:29 PM by George Parker with | with 11 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Bullshit, Journalism, Media, On-Line, Social networks, WTF!!!, OnLine, google, Facebook, MySpace, VC morons, Twitter, AdScam

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Old celebrities never die, they simply appear in bad TV spots!

With the news today in the US that the latest Burger King gross out campaign from the frat boys in Boulder is once again relying on the use of celebrities to push stuff that will probably kill you, only serves to make me once again wonder if this stuff...

Posted Sep 08 2009, 10:24 PM by George Parker with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Agency insanity, Branding, Bullshit, Campaigns, Celebrity, Media, Sponsorship, TV Advertising, TV Commercials, US Craziness, WTF!!!, AdScam

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How to make it big in advertising – Well, for a few weeks!

I know the job scene in the ad biz is pretty bad over there, over here it’s desperate. And with the news out of the holding companies of their continuing drastic losses of income and declining profits, you know it’s only going to get worse. Particularly...

Posted Aug 28 2009, 04:59 PM by George Parker with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Bullshit, Campaigns, Media, On-Line, Social networks, US Craziness, WTF!!!, What we do., Facebook, MySpace, Twitter

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It isn’t about reach, it’s about rejection!

In case you hadn’t realized it, I am a multi-tasking, uber-achieving prince of the blogosphere… Meaning that apart from writing this occasional blog for BrandRepublic, I also write a US blog, and manage to bore the *** out of people with various articles...

Posted Aug 14 2009, 04:53 PM by George Parker with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Agency insanity, Blogging, Branding, Bullshit, Campaigns, Media, On-Line, Social networks, TV Advertising, WTF!!!, OnLine, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, AdScam, BDA's

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Rumors, lies, and the blogosphere!

One of the things you have to accept about the Internet in general, and the blogosphere in particular, is that you should only believe about fifty percent of what you read. Traditional newspapers and magazines – Even those aimed at the brain dead people...

Posted Jul 09 2009, 01:44 PM by George Parker with | with 5 comment(s)

Filed under: British Craziness, Bullshit, Journalism, Media, On-Line, US Craziness, WTF!!!, OnLine, AdScam, The Ubiquitous Persuaders

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Will GM & Chrysler kill off the small agency?

With the terrible financial situation and impending bankruptcy of both Chrysler and General Motors, all the talk in the Ad and Media trades is about how this is going to affect the agencies currently working for both these brands. What has been virtually...

Posted May 16 2009, 03:25 PM by George Parker with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Agency insanity, Campaigns, Media, TV Advertising, US Craziness, WTF!!!

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The future is here… Again!

I was intrigued to read last week that Blackwell's Charing Cross Road branch in London, now has the first example of the “Espresso Book Machine” in the UK. This is the digital one that prints and binds books on demand in five minutes, while customers...

Posted Apr 27 2009, 04:39 AM by George Parker with | with 6 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Journalism, Media, On-Line, Product launches, WTF!!!

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Show me the money, social networker!"

My last post gathered quite a selection of comments with about half of them telling me I was full of ***... Which is fine, I have thick skin and at least the piece caused a reaction. But only one commenter picked up on my observation of how few social...

Posted Mar 25 2009, 03:55 AM by George Parker with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Bullshit, Media, Social networks, OnLine

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Google going GaGa!

The Google steamroller continues on its merry way. Once again they've pulled off another monster coup with the news in today's AdAge that they've landed a search deal with Yahoo that by some estimates could boost its revenue by $1 billion...

Posted Jun 17 2008, 10:21 PM by George Parker with | with no comments

Filed under: Media

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Big brother is watching you... Again!

I'm not sure I'm one hundred percent in favor of the new billboards with tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by -- their gender, approximate age and how long they looked at a billboard. These details are then transmitted to a central...

Posted Jun 02 2008, 03:51 PM by George Parker with | with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Media

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You should invest all your money in mobile advertising... Or at least, until you find out it doesn't work!

I'll admit that sometimes, I am a cranky old sod, particularly when it comes to people who never stop going on about a lot of the "New Media" out there. Don't get me wrong, I am on board with about 75% of it, even though most of the...

Posted May 27 2008, 10:49 PM by George Parker with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Media

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TV says... "Wake me up when the Internet is over."

Exactly like the music and publishing biz, the network TV people here in America don't seem to get it... The news today is that, ABC announced its first significant revision to its Web TV plans since 2006. In an effort to distribute programs across...

Posted May 22 2008, 09:28 PM by George Parker with | with 6 comment(s)

Filed under: Media

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Throwing money down the rancid TV tubes!

With all the hoo ha about the increasing use of "New Media," There's still enough loonies around ready to blow big bucks on certain TV shows. So the big media news of the week is that if you're crazy enough to think that buying a TV...

Posted May 11 2008, 03:23 PM by George Parker with | with no comments

Filed under: Media

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Is George Parker too big to fail?

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President Sarkozy dans le mer*d!!!

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I just need $100 million to start this new social network. Trust me, it’s going to be worth billions!

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Old celebrities never die, they simply appear in bad TV spots!

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How to make it big in advertising – Well, for a few weeks!

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It isn’t about reach, it’s about rejection!

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Rumors, lies, and the blogosphere!

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Will GM & Chrysler kill off the small agency?

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The future is here… Again!

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Show me the money, social networker!"

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Google going GaGa!

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Big brother is watching you... Again!

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You should invest all your money in mobile advertising... Or at least, until you find out it doesn't work!

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TV says... "Wake me up when the Internet is over."

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Throwing money down the rancid TV tubes!