MORE SuperBowl Ads - Part 2

So here we are, a solid week past and the story, at least ad-wise, is still the Clint Eastwood spot. Kind of amazing when even something as simple as a Knute Rockne-type rah-rah speech can be parsed and dissembled...

A Foul-Smelling Disgrace: Old Spice Embarrasses Itself

What in hell has Old Spice done? They had me. Just a few months back I finally caved in to what millions had already figured out: Old Spice was cool again. Somehow, Old Spice’s moronic (but insanely confident)...

Soda Jerks: Why Pepsi drinkers might need an attitude adjustment

   Okay, in the interests of full disclosure I deem it important to note that when it comes to choosing Coke or Pepsi I am definitely a Coca-Cola guy. This means that if asked in any direct way about which...

Theatre-media can help dispel myths around HIV/AIDS

"If theatre and media join hands I am sure that they will be able to shatter many myths that abound in society about AIDS," this is what Ms Tripurari  Sharma, associate director, National School of Drama (NSD) said while addressing media persons at 'Media for Children'...

Greenpeace Releases Ads Featuring Aged World Leaders - PHOTOS

The pro-environmental organization Greenpeace has released ads featuring world leaders as a gray-haired old men and women in year 2020. The slogan next to the aged politicians says, "I am sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change...We didn't." On its website...

48 Pages of Sears Black Friday Ads Leaked

Sears Gives Black Friday Shoppers 48 Pages of Something to Talk AboutSan Jose, CA, October 27th, 2009 -- Now that the buzz about last week's false Office Max ad has finally quieted down, shoppers already have something new to talk about.  Today, a 48 page Black Friday...

Why Black Media Houses Aren't Getting More Mainstream Advertisers

From my blog on Pamoja Media: "The excerpt below was published in a recent issue of Black Enterprise magazine and it speaks to the growing difficulty that black owned media companies have faced when presenting their offerings to mainstream advertisers. "“…the challenges...

Pork adverts banned

A major advertising campaign for British pork has been banned from further use for misleading the public with claims of ‘very high welfare’ following a complaint made by Compassion in World Farming. The Pigs...

Tight times mean internet ads more in your face

Are you finding that your visits to the web are being waylaid by ads that are bigger, more instrusive and that requre more work to get off your screen? According to the Wall Street Journal, internet providers are...

Advertising Industry Projects Massive 2009 Layoffs

How Not To Get Ahead in Advertising..."Ad executives and recruiters expect agencies, which have been cutting in dribs and drabs, to hand out a flurry of pink slips early next year as the ad downturn worsens. The...

MySpace and MTV Bring Ads to Piracy

Why go after the pirates directly when you can advertise on their copyright infringements?Instead of asking users to take down copyrighted content that's been posted to MySpace, MTV is proposing to overlay ads on...

Weekly Radio Spin: How to Negotiate Climate Change Treaties and Influence People

Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we dissect a PR bailout, where environmental reporters and...

Leading Market Research Shows McCain Can't Sell Hope

An interesting study by a group that studies people's facial reactions to ads concludes that McCain isn't effective in selling hope but is very good at projecting anger and selling fear.  "A marketing...

Microsoft 'I'm a PC' Ads Were Created Using a Mac

It is rare that you see a company pushed so far back on their heels as Microsoft.  Apple's campaign to ridicule the PC and the spectacular failure of Vista has made Microsoft a bit of a laughing stock with...

Microsoft Let's Loose New “I’m A PC” Ads

Hot on the heels of canceling its decidedly meh Seinfeld/Gates ad campaign, Microsoft is trying to bounce back with a cameo-filled, 'PC-of-the-people' series of commercials. Check them out here. (Thanks to...

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