Month: January 2007

• Agencies

  Short Cuts

  Texas Pacific Group, a private investment firm, will offer 7.5 million shares of apparel marketer J. Crew’s common stock.

• Agencies

  Baskin-Robbins Kicks off Chocolate Lovers Sweepstakes

  Baskin-Robbins is out with a sweepstakes sure to satisfy ice cream lovers and chocoholics alike.

• Home Depot Signs Deal with NFL

  The Home Depot has inked a deal to become the “official home improvement sponsor” of the National Football League. The agreement extends the home improvement retailer’s existing relationship with the league.

• CKE Restaurants Taps Blumenstein to Carl’s Jr. Marketing Post

  CKE Restaurants, Inc. has named Anne Blumenstein as vice president of regional marketing and media for Carl’s Jr. restaurants, effective immediately.

• Turner Broadcasting Names Goss as EVP Sales, Marketing for Cartoon Network

  Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. has named Beth Goss executive vice president of Cartoon Network’s ad sales, marketing and enterprises group. The post takes effect Jan. 29

• Marketing Arm Names Stuart Hill Creative Manager

  The Marketing Arm has named Stuart Hill creative manager.

• News Brief

  COUPONS, INC.: has named Jon Schwartz as vice president of sales.

• The Next Silicon Valley – Part 1

  Close your eyes for a second and think about what you will be doing at the age of 65. If you are Dr. Leonard Liu whose career included helping create and implement SQL, serving as a C-level executive at more than one multi-billion…

• U.S. Teens Like Social Networking

  New numbers from the Pew Internet & American Life Project confirm the obvious: teenagers in the U.S. love their social networking sites. And, as expected, MySpace is the overwhelmingly favored site for teens when it comes…

• Mobile Gaming to Exceed $6 Billion

  According to iSuppli Corp., the worldwide mobile gaming industry will surpass $6.1 billion in 2010. This is a far cry from the $1.8 billion the industry realized in 2005.