adage.com — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Apple CEO Steve Jobs cried uncle today in response to what he termed "Antennagate," the first major brand attack on the popular iPhone handset. But before he offered free cases to iPhone 4 users as solution to the phone's antenna issues, Mr. Jobs, during a press conference at  

adage.com — Our agency is getting ready to head out onto the highway for the fourth annual Humongo Nation social-media road show. We've learned some valuable lessons over the years, but by far the most worthy is that effective self promotion doesn't have to be about us.   

adage.com — LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- Rather than retrofit its product into an existing or original entertainment properties, razor marketer Schick is creating its own brand-first web production called "Clean Break."   

adage.com — LONDON (AdAge.com) -- Richard Branson's Virgin group is planning to extend its brand into consumer magazines with the launch of a new title, Maverick, which will be available as an app for the iPad, iPhone and eventually, Android. It will be published by his 28-year-old daughter Holly.   

adage.com — These were smart, talented and creative people, even the ones who were bad bosses. As an industry, we have got to bring our training programs back. It is simply bad business to promote the wrong person to a leadership role.   

adage.com — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- At a time when many newsrooms are contracting or consolidating, the BBC is growing its editorial operations with an original news site aimed at the American audience. Launching Thursday, BBC.com will feature U.S.-focused articles on politics and general news to be produced by  

marketingvox.com — Web 2.0 Trends: Online ad rally may sidestep newspapers. Are retailers going too far tracking consumers online? How high will real-time search fly? Mazda increases online spend as TV ads send...  

adage.com — CANNES, France (AdAge.com) -- In the only Lions so far for the U.S. Hispanic market, Leo Burnett's Latino agency Lapiz won two Gold prizes this week at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival for a radio spot called "Battle" for Procter & Gamble's Bounty paper towels.   

adage.com — Remember when all you had to worry about from blogs was excessive snark? If you overdosed on the acid commentary, you could always just pop a few Tums or spend 10 minutes with the fluffy kittens on CuteOverload.com. (There -- all better.) Now you might want to bring a flak jacket.   

adrants.com — Seattle-based agency Creature has launched a new campaign called Citywise for the City University of Seattle. The campaign touts the school's philosophy which is said to encompass a "unique blend of experiences, both in and out of the classroom."   

afaqs.com — In his new role, he will be responsible for the agency's Delhi and Kolkata branches  

afaqs.com — Gurgaon First section in the Hindustan Times, NCR edition, caters to the residents of one of the fastest growing cities in India  

adrants.com — Yea. We know. There's really no redeeming quality nor reason to mention this new campaign featuring the Kardasian sister's pimping their new Beach Bunny swimwear line   

adage.com — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Cisco Systems is enjoying prominent screen time within news programming on the business-news cable channel CNBC, which is using Cisco's TelePresence videoconferencing technology to snare a wider array of talking heads to discuss on the big stories of the day. Despite precauti  

adrants.com — - Some hot women. Four martini flavors. A webcam. Fun.   

adage.com — MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) -- David Letterman may have a little explaining to do at home. But in America's households, his on-air explanation has probably already contained whatever damage has been done.   

marketingvox.com — Ben & Jerry's is abandoning its e-mail marketing initiatives to focus exclusively on social media advertising. It will be among the first large brands to make that leap, reports New Age Media. (via...  

adage.com — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Apple storms the chart as this week's as salutatorian with 1.8 million views for its highly anticipated iPhone 4. The Cupertino company's clip is a smart spot that focuses entirely on the new phone's Face Time app, which allows people to video chat over their respective iPhon  

adrants.com — Joining Kellan Lutz and Eva Mendes, Avatar actress Zoe Saldana will model Calvin Klein Envy line of underwear in a new ad campaign.   

afaqs.com — After the expiry of its contract with Saatchi & Saatchi, the telecom player is on the lookout for a fresh approach and idea