Giant Balloons Company

Summary: The title is the phrase spoken by Cindy Gallop, former chairwoman of BBH, when she was speaking in the U.K. at the Guardian’s Changing Advertising Summit. Gallop apparently has issues with the way ad agencies are currently built, and believes that their current models are unsustainable.

Her sentiments for the future of advertising are not different from Havas’ David Jacobs, Droga5 Sydney’s David Nobay, and Goodvertising’s Tom Kolster. If these thought leaders are all on the same page, maybe their thoughts might be worth listening to.

Summary: As we search the online universe for information about AdLand, sometimes we receive a nice, solid reality check. Like we ourselves talk about the “bubble” many advertising professionals live in, only minding information we are interested in or focused on, we occasionally fail to take our own advice.

Example: obviously, we follow @BeyondMadAve to see when our posts go out.

Summary: The world has received some shocking news about the print industry in these past few months. First was the announcement in March 2012 that the Encyclopaedia Britannica will no longer produce printed editions. The company, which started in 1768, will cease being in print. That’s a big deal.

Second was the surprising announcement from Newsweek/Daily Beast.