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NINJA TURTLES as "art" .... ?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as classic art - Holy Kaw! Everyone knows that the green, mean fighting machines known collectively as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles got their names — Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo — from the world of ...

.. has your back Facebook friends! Monday January 25, 2010 we kick-off the worlds largest consumer focus group. Our client & also "your friend", to be decided ??, wants you to tell them & we quote:"We wanna Know if we're "IT" or "SH**" ? We suggested they ask their audience, and that is exactly what we'll do. Standard rules apply. Simon, Randy, Paula, blatant product placement prohibited. See ya'l Monday.

As we all get ready to ring in a New Year we look back on the past year and some the past decade. Watch http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/the-decade-in-three-minutes-17324332 as ABC news takes us back 10 years to cover the most pinnacle moments in news, pop culture, and technology all in 3 minutes.

Did they leave anything out?

The Decade in Three Minutes

Going to Vegas for the CONSUMER ELECTRONIC SHOW January 7-10? Well maybe a FREE registration code will help you decide! Go to CESweb.org/register. When asked for priority code, enter UPN. When asked for 'Primary Role': choose one of the Entertainment categories (Animation, Broadcast/Cable) When asked about 'Your Company' choose either Entertainment/Content or Film/Video (NOT Video alone.) Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from SmokinGun

Brandweek did a lil' holiday survey on the best Christmas ads check it out here: http://www.brandweek.com/bw/content_display/news-and-features/retail-restaurants/e3if667a78777fe70e1d10708fc3479e742

Then let us know which ad you liked and which ads you would rather never see again if you had a choice?

Walmart's Holiday Ad Voted No. 1 RSS Subscribe Now! FREE Newsletter | Whitepapers | Digital Edition brandweek web

See who floated and who floundered in the past 10 years in the world of marketing, advertising and media.

Some of the top brands maybe obvious with such names as google and facebook taking over the world and Apple pretty much reinventing the music scene, but can you guess the worst or better yet do you even remember the last time you maybe even used some of these brands? Well you can find out now as AdWeek did a little research of their own with some reader related help now at http://www.bestofthe2000s.com/.

AdweekMedia: Best of the 2000s If you happened to be frozen in cryonic suspension over the past decade, you missed a lot. Steve Jobs and the iPod reinvented the music business. Sergey Brin and Larry Page tamed the Web. Ad shop Goodby, Silverstein & Partners rewrote the creativity book. ...

Holiday Gift Ideas :: Angus signature model GIBSONs are shipping to stores now!!! You'll have to register on their website for a chance to "win" one this time. We wanna hear your "Award Season" picks???

AT&T does one up over competitors by tailing on the success that is Twilight. With the movie being released as of midnight promotional offers and partnerships prove very lucrative for anything that is apart of this machine. AT&T put a deal together to help put up New Moons mobile site and offered a lot of goodies to go with it including a special pre-screening for some lucky users.

http://www.brandweek.com/bw/content_display/news-and-features/promotion-incentive/e3i45e1bcc0b65a294fb7aaf82161455e1a

Now that is how you build brand.

'New Moon' Takes Over AT&T Mobile Devices RSS Subscribe Now! FREE Newsletter | Whitepapers | Digital Edition brandweek web

Adroid Vs. iPhone: You Decide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9YGvLHvUxQ

Motorola Droid Vs. iPhone 3GS Follow me on twitter: http://cuthut.com/0 TechnoBuffalo: http://technobuffalo.com/ We put the Motorola Droid & Android 2.0 head to head against the iPhone 3GS. Win a PS3 Slim: http://cuthut.com/xp3

Marketing Pet Peeves? What is worse marketing for Christmas two months before the holiday gets here or massively marketing for the Olympics? This year VISA starts off the race, but how could we forget NBC's push. Granted not as bad this year as they were during the summer Olympics (after all that push started a year before the Olympics started).

Burger King loses its chief marketer could this be cause of not doing as well as their competitors during a recession? Hard to say, but what would you do if you were BK to get sales up.What will be interesting is to see who the replacement will be.
http://www.brandweek.com/bw/content_display/news-and-features/direct/e3i090c88a5a8798507bc12b4e559f0c65e

Burger King Chief Marketer Departs RSS Subscribe Now! FREE Newsletter | Whitepapers | Digital Edition brandweek web

Congratulations Taylor Swift on being CMA's Entertainer of the Year!

CNET gives the first review of the Droid Phone: http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10385261-251.html?tag=nl.e404. So far the supposed iPhone killer has some nice features an improvement in the land of smart phones, but can it live up to the hype especially after Verizon's strong and perhaps arrogant campaign?

Motorola Droid live review | Android Atlas - CNET Blogs CNET has the Motorola Droid in the house. Check out our live review as we poke and prod Verizon's first Android phone. Read this blog post by Bonnie Cha on Android Atlas.

Taylor Swift Fearless Album Platinum Edition out today at www.itunes.com/taylorswift and also check out our tv promo for her fearless ad on our page now.

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Taylor Swift's Platinum Edition releases tonight with 6 brand new songs and a plethora of other goodies making this a fan must have. SmokinGun was lucky enough to help edit her promo spot on the first release of the album as you will see below.