http://nielsenpodcasts.com/thecritic Barbara Lippert brings her knowing eye and incisive voice to analyze the advertising industry and how it fits into the rest of pop culture- including politics, music, television, and movies. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:57:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our ad critic goes a second round with Euro RSCG exec Tom Messner, this time discussing politics and the presidential election. Tom was a member of the "Tuesday Team" that crafted Ronald Reagan's influential reelection campaign ad strategy of 1984. He also worked on the election effort of George H.W. ... http://nielsenpodcasts.com/thecritic/2008/08/12/talking-politics-with-tom-messner/ Our resident ad critic Barbara Lippert talks with Tom Messner about the veracity of the latest episode of AMC's Mad Men. Messner, currently a partner at Euro RSCG, entered the business in 1968, working at BBDO and then DDB, among others, before founding his own agency, Messner Vetere Berger Carey, in ... http://nielsenpodcasts.com/thecritic/2008/08/05/mad-men/ Barbara analyzes the new Wal-Mart logo with Brian Collins, Chairman and Creative Director of COLLINS, a brand innovation and design company based in New York. In a wide-ranging interview, Collins explores the issues at the heart of the extreme redesign (by Lippincott). It not only softens the colors, the font, and ... http://nielsenpodcasts.com/thecritic/2008/07/16/the-new-wal-mart-logo/ In her latest podcast, Adweek's critic Barbara Lippert talks to One Show Chairman David Baldwin about the big winners from last week's One Show Awards, "Believe" the multiplatform campaign for Microsoft's XBox Halo, from T.A.G. and McCann San Francisco, and HBO "Voyeur," from  BBDO New York and Big Spaceship. What ... http://nielsenpodcasts.com/thecritic/2008/05/16/the-one-show-awards/ Today, Barbara and David Baldwin discuss some smokin' hot promotional ads aimed at teenage girls on the CW (OMFG!)  and  also whether advertisers are doing the right thing by going green. Download Barbara Lippert - The Critic http://nielsenpodcasts.com/thecritic/2008/04/21/gossip-girls-racy-ads-and-advertisers-going-green/ In this issue, Barbara talks with Nielsen's Andy Hartnett about the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. Specifically, Barbara skewers the now infamous "3:00 AM" TV spot which buoyed Hillary to victory in the Ohio primary election. Additionally, Barbara and Andy look at Starbucks, their new website, the $86M judgment against them, ... http://nielsenpodcasts.com/thecritic/2008/03/24/hillary-clinton-3am-commercial/ In her inaugural podcast, Barbara chats with David Baldwin, former Executive Creative Director at McKinney. Barbara and David chat about the state of the advertising business, and David offers some optimistic insight into the future of the advertising industry, as it continues to be transformed by digital media.Download First Podcast! http://nielsenpodcasts.com/thecritic/2008/03/21/future-of-advertising/