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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The U.S. Government vs. Mad Ave.



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Ken Wheaton mentioned after the last open diversity hearing that the industry needs to do something before the lawyers do. Too late. Looks like Cyrus Mehri is looking into legal means to possibly force changes in minority hiring practices for agencies. After speaking with Mr. Mehri, it was clear to me that the NFL model of promoting and hiring minority coaches and staff was something to be looked at. Will this turn into nothing more than a quota system? Who knows, but status quo apparently hasn’t cut it.

*With all due respect to Jetpacks and his great ad series, I threw together a Big Advertising homage. (Click to enlarge.) The general views expressed are not meant to be those of any of the fine upstanding gentlemen pictured from Big Tobacco, I just needed a photo. Besides, that group has probably already earned a first-round by in the Hell post-season with the whole lying about nicotine thing.

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