Yes, here at BrandlandUSA we like Herb, and we also like the brand of A&M Records. What other brand could sell The Police, Pablo Cruise, Peter Frampton, Captain and Tennille and The Carpenters. We hate what has happened to A&M. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer andMORE HERE

We ran across a great trivia quiz on the website www.Brandvault.net. It is the BrandVault SportsTrivia Brand Challenge. The quiz asks folks to identify the heritage name for a baseball team, and connect it to a current team. Click on the site and test your knowledge. Most of us don’tMORE HERE

NEW YORK – Brandchannel.com has put out a call for industry enthusiasts to participate in its annual global awards competition called Brand Junkie. The awards recognize brands that “inspire and shape our world.” The survey www.brandchannel.com/brandjunkie.asp challenges respondents to think critically about how brands influence the marketplace and consumer spending.MORE HERE

LAKE BUENA VISTA – The new media landscape is a “vacuum that represents enormous opportunity.” So says Michael Mendenhall, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ). Mendenhall, speaking Monday, Feb. 23 at the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Annual Meeting entitled Ecosystem 2.0: Brands Battle Back, saidMORE HERE

We know it’s sort of a joke. But our reader in New York, we’ll call him for lack of a better term Big Apple Brand Guy, sent us this licensing prototype. You know in car marketing, they always release the prototype car to get folks interested in the brand? WellMORE HERE

WASHINGTON – AAMCO, the iconic car care company, selected Qorvis Communications as its new agency of record. Qorvis will lead all creative development for AAMCO’s television and radio advertising, interactive marketing and public relations.”As only AAMCO’s fifth agency in almost 45 years, it is an honor to be leading theMORE HERE

Cuticura ointment in the Works Progress Administration museum in Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, Florida. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.MORE HERE

We just thought this was good, Shug. And we say “Shug” because our old friend Bunny Tomerlin used to say it in her blog, and we miss “Shug.” BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Contact him about freelance writing and editing; his personalMORE HERE