By David Horsfall What makes a great commercial? If you could choose Seattle’s Best Commercials Ever, what would be on your list? A week before the Super Bowl I posed that question to readers of The Talking Horse Blog. Minutes later I had my first answer. Since then I’ve received dozens of suggestions. Mainly from advertising [...]

By Dan Japhet As we all know, or should know,  ad spending is largely a function of consumer spending, which is largely a function of consumer confidence. And consumer confidence has been in the toilet going back to the Fall of 2008. Those events, and the corresponding decline of the economy, probably took 25% of [...]

The latter stages of 2011 were a big—and busy—time for Seattle’s first advertising  agency. Founded here in 1931 by Arlyn Cole, George Weber and Mac Wilkins, the agency’s  aim was to bring Madison Avenue to the West Coast. On Oct. 28, it “celebrated creativity” and its 80th anniversary with a star-studded day-long event. Then, in [...]

Do you have a name in mind of someone you feel deserves to be considered as this year’s recipient of the prestigious AAF Silver Medal? It’s time once again for the AAFSeattle (formerly AdClub Seattle) Seattle ADDY Award competition, with a deadline of Jan. 13 for entry submissions. The organization also is receiving nominations for [...]

By Linda McCune Recent snowstorm challenged local TV new teams Applause is due our local television news teams for their expanded coverage of the recent snow/ice/wind storm the wreaked havoc across the Pacific Northwest for more than a week. There’s something about being snowbound at home during an above-average accumulation of snow that makes one [...]