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  • The Old College Try

    In the movie Risky Business, Tom Cruise plays a high school senior struggling to decide whether to stay on the straight-and-narrow or to put a little

  • Listen to This-Free Long Distance

    A new service allows people to sign up for “free” long distance service if they agree to listen to advertising pitches over the phone. One company, Eagle’s

  • Good Vibes

    NASCAR racing is less well known in the western U.S. than in the rest of the country. So when Tosco Marketing wanted to help the racing league celebrate

  • Britannia Cools Its Heels?

    Brits always claim to produce the best advertising in the world. Something about our quirky sense of humor and literate consumer base leads to the often-repeated

  • Blue’s Clues Land on Campbell Soup and in Subway

    Those blue paw prints of Nickelodeon’s newest hit character, Blue, are turning up with two additional partners this summer and fall.Blue, the animated

  • Special Deliveries, on Target

    Specialty printing posted no revenue growth last year, but industry sources say that demand for products including game pieces and high-quality direct

  • Coming in next month’s PROMO

    Fresh Look, New Start Fox Family Channel starts the biggest cable TV launch ever this month when it takes control of the former Family Channel. Fox is

  • Sponsorships Grow Without the Olympics

    If there was a year for sponsorship spending to drop, 1997 should have been it. For more than 14 years, the sponsorship category has seen growth of at

  • International

    Birthday Treats BUENOS AIRES – The Cartoon Network celebrated its fifth anniversary here with a program that got kids to show off their artistic abilities

  • NEW LISTS

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