It's not anarchy, it's Synarchy

I kind of knew that George Parker would have a much better take on the name of the new WPP Group Dell agency than I would. It's called Synarchy. Go read George's post; don't waste your time here.

Sayonara SuperSpy

Was going to title this post "Sayonara AgencySpy" but that would imply that AgencySpy, the blog is folding, when it's just that the main spy, SuperSpy, is getting out of the blogging business. Says she got promoted and can't spend the time anymore. Trust me, though, she won't be able to entirely stay away. Happened to Copyranter. Happened to me when I left AdFreak. This blogging thing is a little like crack. (Not that I would actually know.) Story was first broken by my partner-in-crime George Parker at Adscam yesterday. Guess he wasn't supposed to do that.

Paul Tilley and the irresponsibility project

Wake up people! Amazed that this post on AdFreak hasn't garnered more than one irate comment. Here's the news: Liberty Mutual has actually bought the keyword "Paul Tilley" to link to a site it's calling responsiblityproject.org, allegedly an exploration of "what it means to do the right thing." Those who click on the ad will be confronted by a post once again dredging up the speculation about what role bloggers may have played in his death. As the writer of this post has no more insight than any of the rest of us outsiders do about why Tilley committed suicide, isn't it more than a little irresponsible to continue the speculation and try to enhance traffic about it by buying a keyword? Seems pretty obvious to me. Feel free to leave your comment below the post on the Liberty Mutual site, and don't make your comment anonymous. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE: A source points out that Liberty Mutual also bought the keywords of the two blogs most involved in the controversy: "Adscam" and "AgencySpy." LATE AFTERNOON UPDATE: Liberty Mutual has pulled the links. Also I should have credited the Tribble Agency which started this whole gosh darn thing.