BMW Targets ‘Creative Class’

Posted on May 5, 2006 Under Press

In an effort to reach the "creative class" online, GSD&M, which also handles media, is placing ads on sites such as www.theonion.com, www.gawker.com, www.joshspear.com, www.gothamist.com and www.weblogs.com. GSD&M won the $180 million account in November. Full Article Here

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The Campus Press

Posted on April 17, 2006 Under Press

When Josh Spear talks trends, companies pay big bucks to hear what he has to say. Cool just isn't cool anymore. At least according to Josh Spear a 21-year-old college dropout and self-described "brand ambassador." "Maybe it'll make a comeback…

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Canada’s National Post

Posted on April 15, 2006 Under Press

There's a nice cover article about me and this site in the Weekend Post today throughout Canada. Last weekend it was Canadian Radio, this week it's a newspaper-- I guess I'm really stepping up my image in the friendly-land. A…

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Listen to me on CBC Radio One

Posted on April 7, 2006 Under Press

Want to hear a quite possibly very entertaining interview with yours truly on the radio? I did an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that's airing this Saturday on the 'Definitely Not The Opera' show with radio host Sook-Yin Lee…

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Denver Post: Brand Josh

Posted on December 13, 2005 Under Press

I recently did an interview with Doug Brown from the Denver Post-- he turned out to be a really great guy and we spent some time together talking about everything I was up to. He wrote a nice little feature…

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Time Magazine: Messengers of Cool

Posted on October 17, 2005 Under Press

A special welcome to all the Time Magazine readers visiting my site. If you didn't see it yet, this weeks Time has a great article on cool hunting and trend spotting in which I'm featured. It's called "Messengers Of Cool:…

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The Boston Globe

Posted on September 1, 2005 Under Press

''There's a silent etiquette, I think, where most people in the community look for individual content because there's probably a huge overlap between readership," says Josh Spear, 21, of Boulder, Colo., who runs www.JoshSpear.com. ''I always give credit and it…

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Welcome NYT Readers

Posted on July 26, 2005 Under Press

I wanted to personally welcome all the New York Times readers to my site-- Rich Meislin gave me a nice mention in his article in the technology section titled Blogs 101. Joshspear.com, dubbed: "the pulse of cool", was listed with…

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