http://www.detroitmakeithere.com News and feature stories from Detroit Make It Here en-us Fri, 5 Dec 2008 03:07:54 EST 10 159 143 http://www.detroitmakeithere.com http://www.detroitmakeithere.com/Assets/dm/bg/logo_red.gif Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:52:00 EST Detroit's advertising and creative world took a momentary break Wednesday night from the litany of bad industry news -- gutted client budgets' layoffs' the automakers demanding leaner accounts -- to honor the best work from the past year at the second D Show awards. Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:39:00 EST Company has eight brands' but no brand messaging Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:27:00 EST “Nothing will be alright.” If you've driven down Woodward Avenue after dark' you've likely seen that ominous neon sentiment across the front of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. The new sign' which replaces a nearly year-long neon installation proclaiming that “Everything is going to be alright'” was added to the museum's facade in September' and there's been strong reaction since. Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:21:00 EST Detroit Free Press boss Dave Hunke says his newspaper isn't going to online-only publication five days a week. An e-mail and print offer of Thursday and Sunday home delivery and online access the other five days fueled speculation the newspaper verged on a radical departure from its traditional publication model. Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:11:00 EST The Ford brand will unveil the next step toward its global design language next month at the Detroit auto show. Ford has refused to identify the vehicle' but industry sources expect it will be the 2010 Taurus. Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:16:00 EST It looks as if Pontiac' Saab and Saturn could be on the General Motors endangered-brand list -- and with them some $300 million in measured-media spending. Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:01:00 EST Kresge grants help keep Stagecrafters rolling along Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:21:00 EST The Detroit Symphony Orchestra said it lost $500'000 in fiscal 2008' which ended Aug. 31. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:34:00 EST General Motors Corp. is ending its nine-year relationship with its most visible endorser' golf superstar Tiger Woods' citing the difficult economy as well as Woods' desire for more family time as he and his wife prepare for the birth of their second child. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:09:00 EST Will mostly avoid inappropriate car-as-$40'000-gift messages