And Ukraine wasn’t on a path to getting into NATO, as @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social and I argue in our new piece “NATO did not cause Putin’s imperial war” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Cameo is cool and all, but I'm not sure Chris Hansen is the one you want "here with you."

We are delighted to share that SIS PhD program director and former SIS dean Jim Goldgeier (@jimgoldgeier.bsky.social) has been elected President of the International Studies Association (@isanet.bsky.social) for 2027–2028! Congratulations, Jim, on this distinguished leadership role!

"...the team spent seven weeks of sleepless nights writing prompts. “This wasn’t an AI trick. It was a film,” she said." Welcome to the future of advertising. adage.com/brand-market...

At the end of the Cold War, we hoped Russia would become more like the United States- democratic, with a market economy and respect for rule of law. The new NSS makes clear that Trump’s goal is to make the US more like Russia, supporting Putin’s transactionalism and spheres of influence approach.

A lot of this sounds simply insane. I worked for Omnicom a long time ago and the benefits weren't as bad as described here. www.adweek.com/agencies/exc... #advertising #marketing #omnicom

"The producer gave the client the wrong file." Perhaps the most authentic thing about the ad industry related to "Mad Men."

They waited until the Monday after Thanksgiving to release this turkey... adweek.it/4a7is4H #advertising

Alaska Airlines at the golden hour at JFK.

Mergers like this only benefit the accountants, lawyers and other execs who pushed it. Clients, employees and vendors will get screwed. Bet on it. #advertising www.businessinsider.com/omnicom-ipg-...

Maybe for one year, we could have a moratorium on commercials featuring songs with rewritten lyrics to holiday & Christmas songs. One can dream... #advertising

Can we pay for these with Enron stock certificates???

Very few Super Bowl commercials air much after the big game. But the Lay's one with the girl growing her own potato to add to the pile has aired incessantly since. Go figure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmzk... #advertising

WHERE. THE. FUCK. ARE. THE. PROTESTS????

This is fun.

This would come as no surprise. #advertising #marketing

More people are loyal to Apple products than GM vehicles. If a vehicle doesn't have CarPlay capability, I won't even rent it. www.macworld.com/article/2953...

Interesting list here, but there's only one ad here created before 1980 so clearly a recency bias. I suspect you can substitute "caused a ruckus on social media" for "controversial." www.thedrum.com/news/the-25-... #advertising #marketing

Just saw an email from someone who calls himself the "Chief Burnout Officer" at his company and yeah, we had a few of those in my college fraternity.

If this weekend’s games are any indication, this year’s Super Bowl will be filled with commercials for AI-related services. #advertising

It's been two years since the deadliest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. 48 hostages still remain in Hamas custody. Hamas must release them now.

Interesting timing. This will be quite a...headache for the agencies pitching this. #advertising #Marketing adage.com/agencies/acc...

"Except for its relatively hands-off operation of Whole Foods, Amazon does not have a competence for the high street or for grocery." www.thedrum.com/opinion/2025...

Great new book on behavioral science. #marketing www.adpulp.com/hacking-the-...

"Television commercials might soon look a lot like the ads in your Instagram and TikTok feeds: scrappy, niche and often obscure." www.wsj.com/articles/tv-...

From the line of questioning here, it appears Ad Age wanted the backlash to tank this campaign and AE’s sales. They don’t ask these types of questions to other CMOs.

The last thing J. Crew oughta be doing is replacing humans with AI imagery to sell quality clothes. The whole thing feels cheap. adage.com/brand-market...

Was brushing really all that complicated before?

How to get right-wingers and graphic artists together in harmony? Show them the new Cracker Barrel logo.

And here's another valid perspective. I think you know the author. 😉 medium.com/@DanGoldgeie... #advertising

Just saw a LinkedIn post where a recruiter is looking for creatives to move to NYC. Agency says: "They have "scoured" all of NYC already." In this market, how the hell can't an ad agency find decent talent?

It’s been 663 days since October 7. Hamas must accept the ceasefire, free the hostages and bring an end to the war.

Lots of senior #advertising pros spend too much time lamenting the death of the "good old days" — even if they weren't that good. medium.com/@DanGoldgeie...

I used to collect Communication Arts magazines, thinking I would browse through them for inspiration. Ha. Since they weighed a quarter-ton each, I donated them to an agency where I was freelancing. I don't think they were ever read.

For All the Ad Folks Still Preoccupied with 1995 medium.com/p/for-all-th...

So many old memories. And people keep bringing 'em up. medium.com/@DanGoldgeie...

A little something I wrote for all the senior advertising professionals remembering the good old days... medium.com/@DanGoldgeie...

Because Seattle traffic wasn't snarled enough...

Who gets custody of Cheez Whiz?

I’ll believe it when I see it.

I'll bet the advertising & publishing worlds will welcome her back to another cushy gig, despite her X antics.

I'm late to watching the show "The Bear," but I'm now noticing commercials whose concepts were clearly influenced by it, like the Papa John's one I just saw.

I like this idea.

"Gut’s global CEO, Andrea Diquez, was the Creative Effectiveness jury president this year—she handed the award to her Gut colleagues on stage." adage.com/events-award...

So now that makes 2 of the 34 Cannes Grand Prix winners which have some sort of controversy attached to them. Wonder how many the judges (and awards officials) missed.

This story ran during Cannes. No mention of it on @adage.com. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

An advertising awards show "investigation"?? Just exactly what kind of shoe-leather detective work is happening? I'm sure they'll get right to the bottom of all this flimflammery and chicanery! adage.com/events-award...

Because of course he does... adage.com/events-award...

When NATO conducted air strikes against Serbia in 1995, Russians were upset they didn’t get advance warnings. But any info would have been conveyed to Serbs. Just as Ukraine would have feared any advance notice given to US would go right to Putin.

It’s hard to try to improve things in DC if you have no respect for public service, have no idea what you’re doing, and are mainly focused on steering government contracts to yourself.