By Dorothy Thompson & Mark Ritson. Love him, hate him; but do not dismiss his views. Ritson is blunt, some might say rude, crude and read more …Continue reading WHATEVER THE MEDIUM, FAKERY IS THE NEW REALITY
By Marcus Honesta. In the normal tranquil seas that lap upon the shores of the BBC UK (now that dreadful Jeremy Clarkson has gone), things read more …Continue reading MY DEAR FELLOW I SAY: WE DIDN’T SEE THIS ONE COMING.
By Dorothy Thompson It’s all over the headlines “FACEBOOK IS ‘RIPPING APART SOCIETY”. This in not my claim, it is being said by the very read more …Continue reading FACEBOOK IS ‘RIPPING APART SOCIETY’
By Alex Wadelton, Consulting Creative Director and Writer…and Happiest Person in the World. I work as a writer in the advertising industry. Have done for read more …Continue reading Why I changed my by-line on LinkedIn to “Happiest person in the world.”
By Jeff Apter. There’s a great moment in the film High Fidelity where Rob Gordon (John Cusack) lists his five dream jobs. No 1: “Journalist for Rolling Stone magazine, read more …Continue reading ROLLING STONE AUSTRALIA: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM MUSIC MAG
By Steve May, Copywriter and Director at ROCKATANSKY. As one who has spent time playing in both creative corners, I thought I’d share some tidbits read more …Continue reading FREELANCE V PERMANENT: A Guide To Both Sides
By Dorothy Thompson. It has long been the untouchable and faceless cowards canvas where anything goes. Unsocial media’s keyboard zealot’s post hate speech without any read more …Continue reading SOCIAL MEDIA MUST BE HELD TO ACCOUNT
By Marcus Honesta. Blockchain is the buzzword that is getting a great deal of press at this moment. But what is Blockchain, and how will read more …Continue reading BLOCK WHAT? BLOCKCHAIN…WHAT THE HELL IS IT?
By Dorothy Thomson. If you have a child, a grand child, nephew or niece, any where from 5 to 25 years of age, then it read more …Continue reading APPLE URGED TO INVESTIGATE ADDICTIVE DEVICES
By Steve May, Copywriter and Director at ROCKATANSKY. I just want to say to all of my connections on LinkedIn, sorry for spamming. Seriously, I read more …Continue reading SORRY FOR SPAMMING: Social (media) etiquette
By Dorothy Thompson. In 2009, when Bitcoin was first created, nobody could have predicted how it would change the world. Bitcoin is a digital currency. read more …Continue reading THE BITCOIN BUBBLE
By Dorothy Thompson. It is one of my all time favourite headlines, “Headless Body in Topless Bar”, wow… I wish I had written this one. read more …Continue reading WHAT IS NEWS TODAY?
(Main image: AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ON THE KOKODA TRAIL- PNG, WWII “THE TRUE ESSENCE OF AUSSIE MATESHIP” – Photographer: Damien Parer -July 1943 Private Wally Johnson.) read more …Continue reading WHAT IS IT TO BE AUSTRALIAN?
歡迎回到“穿越大海”和 2018 年的“POOCH”。 Huānyíng huí dào “chuānyuè dàhǎi” hé 2018 nián de “POOCH”. By Marcus Honesta. As 2018 is upon us, and in the Chinese read more …Continue reading WELCOME BACK TO CROSSING THE LINE 2018 & THE YEAR OF THE POOCH.
By Alex Wadelton, Consulting Creative Director and Writer. I’ve worked in advertising as a creative for over twenty years. Throughout that time, I’ve bluffed my read more …Continue reading Why I’m washed up, a phony, and a hack
From the Publisher of CTL. So yet another year grinds to an end, we at Crossing The Line wish to thank you our readers and read more …Continue reading 2017’s “It’s a Wrap”
By Dorothy Thompson. Given my recent piece on CTL “IS THIS A CASE FOR JUSTICE, OR SIMPLE BLOODY REVENGE”, and the case I made against read more …Continue reading THE END OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA CAN’T COME SOON ENOUGH!
By Dorothy Thompson. As the recent slew of explosive unproved accusations against well known Media Personalities and Entertainment Celebrities of accused sexual intimidation or inappropriate read more …Continue reading IS THIS A CASE FOR JUSTICE, OR SIMPLE BLOODY REVENGE?
By Libby Gandhi. In 1984 Paul Hogan offered to ‘slip an extra shrimp on the Barbie’ for Tourism Australia and charmed the world. Australia rocketed read more …Continue reading A FAIR DINKUM HOLIDAY: Marketing Australia
By Dorothy Thompson. In what now appears to be a more commercial, cynical, and secular world, we at CTL thought it might be timely to read more …Continue reading MERRY CHRISTMAS! From all at Crossing The Line
As Told To Marcus Honesta. In “Part Three” of my sit down with one of the Advertising Agencies more famous, retired Creative Directors I asked read more …Continue reading YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SHIT UP
As Told To Marcus Honesta. In “Part Two” of my sit down with one of the Advertising Agencies more famous, retired Creative Directors I asked read more …Continue reading MISSED HIM BY THAT MUCH AND OTHER MISDEMEANOURS (Part 2)
By Libby Gandhi, Writer and Art Historian. The Fine Art market soared to nosebleed territory last week with the sale of Da Vinci’s transcendental Salvator read more …Continue reading Droga5 and the Fine Art of Advertising
As Told To Marcus Honesta. I recently sat done with one of the Advertising Agencies more famous, retired Creative Directors to ask him to share read more …Continue reading WHO KNOWS WHERE THE MONEY GOES?
By Alexander McMahon. Do you remember your first day in the advertising industry? How you were full of hope, expectation, and a burning dream to read more …Continue reading SCARED STRAIGHT: Out of Advertising
By Dorothy Thompson. “HOW DO YOU VALUE A BRAND”? What is a brand really worth? There are many different reasons why companies buy and sell read more …Continue reading WHAT HAS LURED THE BEAN COUNTERS TO AD LAND? Part 3
By Phil Watson, ECD Momentum Worldwide. Or so Clint Eastwood’s character might have said if he were a vigilante CEO looking at what everyone from read more …Continue reading STRATEGIES ARE LIKE ASSHOLES. EVERYBODY HAS ONE
By Alex McMahon. Regular readers will know about my passionate anticipation for Blade Runner 2049. Thankfully, it did not disappoint. Director Denis Villeneuve has delivered read more …Continue reading WATCH: The sound of Blade Runner 2049
By Marcus Honesta. They say Customers are the assets of every business, but how often do you find that once you’ve bought the product from read more …Continue reading THE CUSTOMER IS KING: Why After Sales Service & Customer Satisfaction Is So Important.
By Carl Wyant. The return to the screen of what many regard as the all time, quintessential dystopian futurist film, 35 years after the original, read more …Continue reading Blade Runner: 2049 – a review