Top headlines

• Where to Find the Bright Spots in 2009
• NBC Taps Leading Women to Offer Advice to Marketers
• Wanted: $50 Million to Improve the Image of Detroit's Big Three
• Burnett Tainted by Army Billing Fiasco
• Obama Bonanza as Media Milks Inauguration
• At CES, Tech Players Promise to Spend Despite Sour Economy
• New-Product Pipeline Clogged
• New Year, New Round of Diet Programs
• Networks Hold Firm on Ad Deals
• State-Owned TV Goes Commercial-Free in France
• Does a $3M Super Bowl Ad Make Sense in a Recession?

News

• New Year, New Round of Diet Programs
• State-Owned TV Goes Commercial-Free in France
• At CES, Tech Players Promise to Spend Despite Sour Economy
• Burnett Tainted by Army Billing Fiasco
• Wanted: $50 Million to Improve the Image of Detroit's Big Three

• Networks Hold Firm on Ad Deals
• Obama Bonanza as Media Milks Inauguration
• New-Product Pipeline Clogged
• NBC Taps Leading Women to Offer Advice to Marketers
• Where to Find the Bright Spots in 2009

Ad Review

• 'G' Is Not Only Gatorade, It's Good -- So Far, Anyway

CMO Strategy

• Does a $3M Super Bowl Ad Make Sense in a Recession?
• Protecting This Brand While Running Ahead

• It Was a Tough 2008; Resolve Not to Do These Things in 2009

Digital

• Election Is Over, but Google's Still Chasing Political Spending

• What Needs to Happen for Cellphone Video to Take Off

Lenore Skenazy

• Extinction, Innovation and the Sad Future of Iceberg Lettuce

Media

• I Hate You, 'American Idol'! You've Ruined Everything!

Rance Crain

• Why the Ad Industry Shouldn't Foot the Bill for Big-Biz Bailout

Viewpoint: Editorial

• A Little Opportunism and Optimism Will Go a Long Way

• Letters, Jan. 12, 2009