February 20, 2008
The snap. The hold. It’s up… and it’s good!
No, we’re not talking about the Super Bowl – we’re talking about our new website. After months of self-reflection – how should a communication-arts firm communicate about itself? – Paolucci Communication Arts Advertising Read More
February 20, 2008
Has the U.S. hit a deadly recession, or it just resting? Either way, a “stimulus” proposal is coming from Washington. In the progressive American Prospect magazine, economist Robert Kuttner assigns lots of blame for the housing/credit bubble (including the Federal Reserve for allowing Read More
February 20, 2008
Hot Sheet Editor Jack Skelley joins an Urban Land Institute (ULI) workshop in Las Vegas, February 19. His presentation is part of the two-day ULI event, Experts Arsenal: Sales and Marketing in a Down Market at the MGM Grand. Skelley, who is Paolucci Communication Arts’ copy director and public relations Read More
February 20, 2008
The Los Angeles Planning Department and the Community Redevelopment Agency have controversially proposed limiting residential development in Downtown’s industrial-zoned land to a mere 20%. The reason? They want to preserve industrial jobs. But residential developers are pointing Read More
February 20, 2008
Officials with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race – Alaska’s historic mush through the slush – have announced big changes to the event… all seemingly the result of global warming. Read the Associated Press’ account of how they chopped the race by seven miles and moved it 30 miles north.
February 20, 2008
For good reason, the National Collegiate Athletic Association opposes unfair recruiting. Contact with a potential student-athlete is forbidden except certain times of the year, by certain university representatives. But – as with all legislative practices – bureaucracy often defeats common sense. Read More
February 20, 2008
Save the world while you’re on vacation? That’s the idea at Vacation Village on the Laguna Beach coast. The hotel recently unveiled its Wipeout travel package, a philanthropic collaboration between the hotel, extreme athlete Tom Jones and the health-conscious energy beverage EX Drinks. Read More
February 20, 2008
The more the MTA invests in rail, the less Angelenos take public transportation. So says USC transportation gadfly James Moore (along with Libertarian analyst Tom Rubin) in a recent Los Angeles Times op-ed. They write, “The MTA has spent more than $11 billion since 1986 to build Read More
