According to Ad Age, 24,100 ad agency jobs have been lost to the recession so far. Total media jobs lost have climbed to over 65,100.

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Peep this parody commercial for the fake Greed perfume directed by Roman Polanski and starring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams.

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Gawker published a story about Subway’s efforts to distance themselves from celebrity spokesperson Michael Phelps that was accompanied by this excellent graphic.

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Google has launched Latitude, a new Web service that tracks your location on Google Maps and shares it with your friends and family. The mobile social landscape is already quite crowded despite its youth and (presently) low demand from users. The reason for all the excitement is simple: in addition to being really neat, it’s seen as the holy grail for advertisers.

Latitude in its current form isn’t earth-shaking for Google’s users or its advertisers. In face, more sophisticated platforms are currently available. The exciting part of the Latitude announcement is that it represents the first step in Google’s iterative approach to making its ads and its users geo-aware.

Industry News, Trends

File under: Everyone else is doing it. Coca-Cola has joined the legions of brands racing onto the iPhone with a well timed spin the bottle game.

From the iTunes store:

“Aaaah, young love. Stolen glances in the cafeteria. Passing notes in social studies to see if she likes you the way you like her. And then, the real test: spin-the-bottle.

The Spin the Coke application is for those who recall those heady days of first crushes. A fun way to break the ice, or to give that someone special a not so subtle hint, just spin your finger in a circular motion and let the Coke bottle do the rest. “

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Featuring Ed McMahon and MC Hammer

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