With the experience still painfully fresh, some will no doubt regard the decision to let Seth Macfarlane host the 2013 Academy Awards show as the worst Oscar call of all time. But as Charlie McCollum of The San Jose Mercury News reminds us, the Oscars have produced plenty of cringe-worthy... read more →
Feb
25
Feb
22
Thursday night, Mayor Steve Benjamin welcomed book lovers to Richland Library for a community discussion of A.J. Mayhew's novel, The Dry Grass of August. Mayhew's book is this year's selection for the mayor's One Book, One Columbia program, which encourages everyone in the city to share the enjoyment of reading... read more →
Feb
22
If you're not sleeping in Saturday morning, you might want to listen to Weekend Edition on NPR. ADCO's Brad Warthen taped an interview over at S.C. ETV Radio with Don Gonyea this morning about the 1st Congressional District special election. That is, it was sort of about the 1st Congressional... read more →
Feb
20
Remember the new identity campaign we rolled out in partnership with Richland Library at the end of 2012? Well, we're proud to announce that that work yielded us two silver ADDYs at the annual awards program for local ad agencies, under the auspices of the American Advertising Federation of the... read more →
Feb
15
This week, our own Brad Warthen received the above notice via email, and wondered what to make of it. We suspected it had something to do with his 1,134 connections. In any case, if you received a similar notice, and more to the point, if you're one of the 190... read more →
Feb
12
This was brought to our attention by Slate, which Tweeted that it was "The best Twitter story you'll read all day." The tale to which the message linked more than lived up to that modest standard. As Slate noted, "this shaggy dog story shows how hospitable the medium is to... read more →
Feb
11
At first, that question sounds anachronistic: Haven't we been enjoying all the benefits of two-way wrist radio and TV for some time, with cell and smartphones? But the word is circulating that Apple -- which hasn't introduced a truly ground-breaking product in a while -- is working on a device... read more →
Feb
08
"30 Rock" is no more, except in reruns and on Netflix, Hulu, etc. So how are you going to get ahead in business, and in life, without the unsolicited advice of the ultimate complacent, conceited, sexist, paternalistic, right-wing, perfectly-coiffed boss, Jack Donaghy? Well, you won't have to, because Salon marked... read more →
Feb
06
Before we move on from the subject of 2013 Super Bowl ads, here's a nod to the enterprise shown by USA Today's Ad Meter. Not satisfied to simply look at VW's ad making allusions to viral videos, these go-getters went and rounded up all the original clips that made these... read more →
Feb
04
Just in a quick Monday morning poll around the office, we were able to discern that this year's Super Bowl ads were, compared to previous years, underwhelming. Which is a shame, since apparently more people saw them than have ever seen any other American TV event in history. Of course,... read more →
