Why would Polaroid appoint Lady Gaga to creative director position?


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Why would Polaroid appoint Lady Gaga to creative director position?


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According to Wired Magazine’s Steven Levy (2011) Lady Gaga is now the “creative director for Polaroid” (p. 54). Why would Polaroid appoint a celebrity such as this to such a position?Is this an effective short or long term measure, why or why not?

Levy, S. (2011, April). VP of Gaga: The celebrity endorser gives way to the celebrity executive. Wired, 54, 58.

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