More coverage of the 4As Leadership Conference

Thought I'd bring you a few more links this morning to coverage of the 4As, as some of our favorite publications (or most high-profile anyway), have posted a few more stories. Here you go:

—Yahoo and Microsoft tell the assembled multitudes that they're not the agency world's frenemies.
—Lee Clow, sporting "adidas" t-shirt pronounces, "Yes, television can work. Just shitty television doesn't work."
—Google CEO Eric Schmidt on the problems with YouTube.
—Stuart Elliott's wrap-up, including the appearance of non 4As member Jeff Goodby to remember Hal Riney, and lots and lots of naughty words, said from the podium no less! Truly a new day has dawned.

By the way, unless I'm missing something, The Wall Street Journal didn't send anyone.

Upon his death, a selection of Hal Riney spots

Thought I'd start the morning with a selection of Hal Riney commercials, because, if you haven't heard already, he passed away yesterday at the age of 75. Best obit I've seen so far is at Adweek.com, written by Jeff Goodby. First, a Bartles & Jaymes ad that played off the "Bo Knows" Nike commercial from Wieden.



Here's the famous 1984 Reagan commercial, "Morning Again in America," narrated by Riney.



Here's a two-and-a-half minute clip from a documentary about Henry Weinhard breweries, which includes a Henry Weinhard spot. Not absolutely sure this is Hal Riney's voice, but it's definitely patterned after him. No doubt about that.