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AdAge on ... Beta-7?

Among all the "best of the decade" coverage floating around, we were surprised when people mentioned that the 2003 campaign we helped developed for SEGA (Beta-7) got picked by AdAge as one of the "Best Non-TV Campaigns of the Decade". The element they focused on: "It also introduced a unique ad-production model -- the agency and directors launched campaign elements on the fly in response to followers' feedback." Wow. Continued congratulations to everyone in the extended team that was involved in that effort and in tribute we found a copy of the Weiden+Kennedy ad awards pitch still floating around on YouTube:

Future of Entertainment @ MIT

Brian writes: "At the end of November, I went up to Cambridge for the 4th Annual Futures of Entertainment conference: every conversation with every attendee was mindblowing. Somehow, I managed to end up on a panel with Michael Monello again (as well as Derek Johnson, Victoria Jaye, Patricia Handschiegel and Jason Mittell) on producing transmedia storytelling -- our panel (and others) are also now available online on MIT TechTV."

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A few interesting things we've come across:

Long-time collaboraor Ty Montague gets a bump to Co-President & Chief Creative Officer of JWT North America. Congies, Ty!
Brian
The debate on what an ARG is and isn't continues to swirl around the advertising press.
Brian
Zombies and swarm filmmaking in indieWIRE features a number of good buddies and a nod to the ARG tradition.
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Old friend Peter Broderick throws down in indieWIRE on the new distribution world.
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