This program catalogues 2002's winners of the gold, silver, and bronze Clio Awards. Entries include Pepsi's "Beckham," Visa's "Dining Out," Blockbuster's "Carl and Ray-Kung Fu," Budweiser's "Mr. Pro Wrestling Wardrobe Designer," Nike's "Freestyle," Toyota Corolla's "School," AT&T's "I'm Okay," Neutrogena Skincare's "Glasses," Audi A3's "Babysitter," Sylvania Lighting's "Old Man," Heineken USA's "Birth of a Sign," Sealy Mattress's "Boy," Volkswagen...

Paul O’Brien is an entrepreneur, startup consultant, and founder of MediaTech Ventures. Why he says the future is now—and how his secrets could be the key to getting your next big idea funded, whether it’s VC, sponsorship, or grant—Paul breaks down the startup ecosystem as it relates to media and technology. Plus, John and Paul discuss the ever-changing role of today’s CMO, and why data should be at the top of every marketer’s mind. Filmed...

Movies, magazines, TV, billboards, the Web-the world is filled with captivating photographic images competing for viewers' attention. Not surprisingly, citizens of the Global Village are experiencing a growing need for visual literacy: the ability to read between the lines and extract meaning from that daily bombardment. This program takes a close look at the vital importance of visual language skills, how information overload is shortening the human...

In this short film, Bagnewsnotes publisher Michael Shaw explains how the Obama administration distributes its own imagery while often preventing the independent media from getting the same access as White House staff photographers. Strategically composed photos, taken by official White House photographers, travel from social media sites that are controlled by the administration to the front pages of newspapers around the world. "The White House has...

In this program, thirteen judges from the 2000 Clio Executive Juries speak on topics such as the teamwork involved in making an ad, how a campaign sometimes shocks people's ideas of advertising, and the motivation for being in the advertising business. In addition, industry leaders drawn from prominent agencies around the world, including Fallon McElligott, Minneapolis; Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai; Paradiset DDB, Stockholm; Clemenger/BBDO, Melbourne;...

After her boss is gunned down at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Mae Pruett, a "black-bag" publicist working at LA's most powerful crisis PR firm protecting the rich and depraved, decides to investigate, running afoul of the whole system.

This is a brilliantly chosen compilation of long forgotten film footage and newsreels produced by Nazi and French collaborators during World War II. From the small town of Vichy in central France, Field Marshall Petain's puppet government worked with their Nazi overlords in creating pro-Nazi propaganda. Seeking to turn the tide of public emotion against both the Allied Forces and the Jews, they skillfully produced a strange alternative history of...

In this film, Ross Campbell, CEO of RCA crisis management, advises companies on how to plan and train for worst-case scenarios. Henotes how rapidly crises get out of control very fast. In certain kinds of crises, companies inevitably lose control to government authorities. Campbell notes that crises can lead to business failure. He discusses planning & rehearsing a crisis response, and setting up a 'dark site' for use in crisis to either communicate...

Jamie Bartlett reveals how Silicon Valley's mission to connect the world is disrupting democracy. Many of the tech gods were dismayed when Donald Trump won the American presidency, but did they actually help him win? With the help of a key insider from the Trump campaign's digital operation, Jamie unravels the role played by social media in getting Trump into the White House. He learns how Facebook's vast power to persuade was first built for advertisers,...