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<title><![CDATA[Articles by Michael McCarthy]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Chevy to Return to Oscar Advertising With User-Generated Ad]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/special-report-cannes-2013/chevy-return-oscar-advertising-user-generated-ad/242202/</link>
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Chevrolet will return to advertise on ABC&rsquo;s annual Academy Awards telecast next year after a 5-year absence. But the General Motors division&#039;s return to the Oscars will come with a twist, said Paul Edwards, GM&rsquo;s executive director of global marketing strategy.

Chevrolet will work with the MOFILM creative community to invite aspiring f]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Volvo Faces Identity Crisis In U.S.]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/volvo-faces-identity-crisis-u-s/242162/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Volvo Cars on June 6 confirmed seeking a global lead creative agency. But Volvo needs more than a global ad campaign --&nbsp;it needs to re-establish its credibility and voice in the U.S.

The Swedish auto brand once defined safety and durability, but is now struggling through &ldquo;an identity crisis,&rdquo; said Edmunds.com analyst Michelle Kreb]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:30 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Behind the Cadillac Review and Interpublic's New Agency 'Rogue']]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/cadillac-review-interpublic-s-agency-rogue/242049/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The move of Cadillac&#039;s creative account from Publicis Groupe&#039;s Fallon &nbsp;in Minneapolis to a&nbsp;new Interpublic Group of Cos. team&nbsp;dubbed Rogue&nbsp;has prompted numerous questions.

How will a structure that&#039;s spread out across multiple cities work for GM? Why the name &#039;Rogue&#039; for the agency? And did Interpublic -- which has been expandi]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[NBA Teams to Sell New Ad Space on Courts and Backboards]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/media/nba-teams-sell-ad-space-courts-backboards/242031/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Media news, views, data, criticism and a few laughs too. The best media journalists and commentators, and a sprinkling of leading experts, report and analyze all the stories that matter on media planning and buying; TV advertising and programming; web publishing; magazines; newspapers; radio and out-of-home.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cadillac Taps Interpublic Team to Handle Global Creative]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/agency-news/cadillac-taps-interpublic-team-handle-global-creative/242029/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ad, media, direct, PR and promotions agency news: Need-to-know account shifts, personnel moves, and best ideas and campaigns to come out of the agency business.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tesla Generates Small Sales, Big Buzz Without Paid Ads]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/tesla-generates-small-sales-big-buzz-paid-ads/241994/</link>
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Tesla Motors has no advertising, no ad agency, no CMO, no dealer network. And that&#039;s no problem.

The electric-vehicle company, co-founded by tech billionaire Elon Musk, is the buzz of the auto industry and Wall Street, where its stock has tripled so far this year. But some analysts warn that shares of Tesla, which recently produced its first quar]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:30 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Volvo Cars Launches Global Creative Review]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/agency-news/volvo-cars-launches-global-creative-review/241950/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ad, media, direct, PR and promotions agency news: Need-to-know account shifts, personnel moves, and best ideas and campaigns to come out of the agency business.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:57 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Creativity 50 2013: Ian Callum]]></title>
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Ian Callum already has an armful of design awards. Now he&rsquo;s topping himself with Jaguar&rsquo;s all-new F-Type, the English luxury carmaker&rsquo;s first two-seat convertible in the last 50 years.

The stakes have never been higher for the Scottish-born designer: &nbsp;Jaguar&rsquo;s D-Type and E-Type roadsters were pop culture icons of the ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:35 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[NBA Could More Than Double Its Annual Rights Fees in New TV Deals]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/media/nba-double-rights-fees-tv-deals/241839/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Media news, views, data, criticism and a few laughs too. The best media journalists and commentators, and a sprinkling of leading experts, report and analyze all the stories that matter on media planning and buying; TV advertising and programming; web publishing; magazines; newspapers; radio and out-of-home.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Women to Watch: Melissa Rosenthal Brenner, NBA]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/special-report-2013-women-to-watch/ad-age-women-watch-melissa-rosenthal-brenner-nba/241766/</link>
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Melissa Rosenthal Brenner&rsquo;s late mother Linda Rosenthal started her love affair with sports.

&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t tell you how many [Philadelphia] Eagles and 76ers and Flyers and Phillies games we watched together,&rdquo; said Ms. Brenner, the 38-year-old senior VP-marketing for the NBA. &ldquo;She was a teacher. And she taught my sister an]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Cadillac's Craig Bierley: Great Communications is 'Missing Ingredient' for GM's Luxury Brand]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-interviews/interview-cadillac-ad-director-craig-bierley/241725/</link>
<description><![CDATA[General Motors&rsquo; Cadillac boasts stylish new cars such as the 2014 CTS sedan, double-digit sales growth and the heritage of being the quintessential American luxury brand. But what it lacks is knowing how to strike the right tone in communications, and how to change consumer&nbsp;perceptions of the brand, said Craig Bierley, who was promoted t]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 12:15 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[High Sports Prices Take Toll at ESPN]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/media/high-sports-prices-toll-espn/241699/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Media news, views, data, criticism and a few laughs too. The best media journalists and commentators, and a sprinkling of leading experts, report and analyze all the stories that matter on media planning and buying; TV advertising and programming; web publishing; magazines; newspapers; radio and out-of-home.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Porsche Keeps Creative at Cramer-Krasselt After Six-Month Pitch]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/agency-news/porsche-creative-cramer-krasselt-pitch/241591/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ad, media, direct, PR and promotions agency news: Need-to-know account shifts, personnel moves, and best ideas and campaigns to come out of the agency business.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:47 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[NBC's $800M Ad Haul for 2014 Winter Games Might not Include A-B InBev]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/media/nbc-projects-800m-2014-winter-games/241498/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Media news, views, data, criticism and a few laughs too. The best media journalists and commentators, and a sprinkling of leading experts, report and analyze all the stories that matter on media planning and buying; TV advertising and programming; web publishing; magazines; newspapers; radio and out-of-home.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Jaguar Positions F-Type Roadster as the Badass on the Block]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/jaguar-positions-f-type-roadster-badass-block/241390/</link>
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Jaguar is launching its first two-seat roadster since Steve McQueen tooled around Hollywood in his E-Type in the 1960s. And the luxury carmaker is looking to tap into that old-school auto attitude with a $20 million campaign that plays up the 2014 F-Type&#039;s]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:15 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[The Right Fit? San Francisco 49ers' New Home Will Be Levi's Stadium]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/a-good-fit-49ers-play-levi-s-stadium/241372/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Levi Strauss & Co. and the NFL&#039;s San Francisco 49ers have announced a $220 million, 20-year deal to call the team&#039;s planned new home "Levi&#039;s Stadium." 

Naming rights deals for sports stadiums and arenas have gotten well-deserved scrutiny as marketing boondoggles -- especially in tough economic times -- but sports-marketing experts said that, given]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Teamless Tebow Still Supported by Brands, Has Fans in Media]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/teamless-tebow-supported-brands-fans-media/241362/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tim Tebow hasn&#039;t found another NFL team since the New York Jets cut him in April, and many of his religious fans are convinced that the devoutly Christian quarterback is being persecuted for his beliefs, but he still has supporters on Madison Avenue and in sports TV.

Jockey, TiVo, FRS and Nike are so far standing by their athletic endorser, and bo]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[To Sell the Stingray, Chevy Plans to Target Porsche]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/sell-stingray-chevy-targets-porsche/241301/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Corvette says there is a substitute for Porsche. And it&#039;s the all-new 2014 Corvette Stingray hitting showrooms this fall.  




General Motors&#039; Chevrolet and ad agency Commonwealth, Detroit, are plotting an ambitious marketing strategy for one of the automaker&#039;s biggest launches of the year. 










Chevrolet will market the seventh-generation v]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[How the NFL Turned Its Draft Into the 'McRib' of Sporting Events]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/nfl-turned-draft-mcrib-sporting-events/241141/</link>
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The legend goes that when a fledgling ESPN asked NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle to televise the 1980 NFL Draft, even the PR-savvy Mr. Rozelle doubted anybody would tune in.  




Fast-forward 33 years and John Brody, senior VP-sponsorship and sales for the NFL, expected 50 million viewers to watch the three-day event across ESPN, NFL Network and N]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Mazda Turns to 'Game Changers' in Apple-Like Campaign]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/mazda-apple-route-game-changers-campaign/241130/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mazda North American Operations is launching its first all-new brand effort in 13 years with the "Game Changers" campaign breaking this weekend. But the automaker&#039;s long-time "Zoom-Zoom" tagline will survive in ghostly form, flitting across the screen at the end of new TV commercials and appearing in small type at the bottom of print ads.

The effo]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[NFL to Launch Airline-Style Perks for Season-Ticket Holders]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/nfl-launch-airline-style-perks-season-ticket-holders/240998/</link>
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National Football League season-ticket holders pay for tickets, personal-seat licenses, pricey beer and parking. Yet the only communication they typically get is a yearly invoice for their 10 regular/preseason games. 




Realizing that in a struggling economy it needs this core to keep paying for live games instead of watching them on TV, the]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How Hill Holliday Created Relief Effort One Fund Boston in Seven Hours]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/hill-holliday-creates-bombing-victim-relief-fund-fund/240989/</link>
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Within hours of the twin bombings at Boston Marathon Monday, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick were brainstorming ways to help victims of the terror attack that killed three and wounded more than 180 victims.





They conferred with Jim Gallagher, exec VP of John Hancock, which has title-sponsored the race for years]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:23 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adidas Brings Out 'Boston Stands As One' Shirt]]></title>
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Adidas today became one of the first corporate sponsors of the Boston Marathon to address the twin bombings that left three dead and 176 wounded on Monday. Adidas said it&#039;s rolling out a limited edition "Boston stands as one" T-shirt that will sell for $26.20. All proceeds will go to The One Fund Bo]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:38 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adidas Brings Out 'Boston Stands As One' Shirt]]></title>
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Adidas today became one of the first corporate sponsors of the Boston Marathon to address the twin bombings that left three dead and 176 wounded on Monday. Adidas said it&#039;s rolling out a limited edition "Boston stands as one" T-shirt that will sell for $26.20. All proceeds will go to The One Fund Boston, a foundation designed to help the victims]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Avis Taps Celebrities to Target 'Professionals' in Latest Ad Campaign]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/avis-taps-celebrities-target-professionals-ads/240932/</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the battle for a key segment, National Car Rentals has suggested that business travelers "Go Like a Pro." Now Avis Car Rental is turning to its own "professionals" in its latest campaign.








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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Tiger Effect' Didn't Dampen Golf's Popularity With Viewers, Advertisers]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/tiger-effect-dampen-golf-s-popularity-viewers-advertisers/240885/</link>
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Can you name the top three earning American athletes in Sports Illustrated&#039;s 2012&#039;s "Fortunate 50" list?  




The NBA&#039;s LeBron James and Kobe Bryant didn&#039;t make it. Neither did the NFL&#039;s Tom Brady or Major League Baseball&#039;s Alex Rodriguez.  




Instead, golfers Phil Mickelson ($60.8 million) and Tiger Woods ($56.4 million) ranked Nos. 2 and 3, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NBA Bans a Player's Adidas Haircut, but How Long Until Jersey Logos Arrive?]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/media/nba-cracks-iman-shumpert-s-haircut-ad-adidas/240792/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Media news, views, data, criticism and a few laughs too. The best media journalists and commentators, and a sprinkling of leading experts, report and analyze all the stories that matter on media planning and buying; TV advertising and programming; web publishing; magazines; newspapers; radio and out-of-home.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adidas Halts Sales of Controversial Kevin Ware T-Shirts]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/adidas-halts-sales-controversial-kevin-ware-t-shirts/240750/</link>
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Adidas said it has stopped the sale of controversial T-shirts around injured Louisville Cardinals player Kevin Ware. The athletic company would not elaborate on why it halted sales beyond citing "a logo issue." 



Adidas and Louisville began selling the "Rise to the Occasion" T-shirts with Mr. Ware&#039;s No. 5 on them for $25 a pop after he suffer]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:35 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NFL Gives Ticket Buyers A Peek Inside the Locker Room]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/nfl-ticket-buyers-a-locker-room-peek/240683/</link>
<description><![CDATA[One of the NFL&#039;s biggest marketing challenges is how to lure fans to attend live games when they can sit at home and watch for free on TV.



To give fans something inside stadiums they can&#039;t get at home, the NFL is mandating all teams install TV cameras in their locker rooms this season, NFL Exec VP Eric Grubman said at the 2013 IMG World Congress]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:11 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Check Out MLB's Best Opening Day Marketing Stunt]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/media/check-mlb-s-opening-day-marketing-stunt/240656/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Media news, views, data, criticism and a few laughs too. The best media journalists and commentators, and a sprinkling of leading experts, report and analyze all the stories that matter on media planning and buying; TV advertising and programming; web publishing; magazines; newspapers; radio and out-of-home.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:05 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Michael McCarthy</author>
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