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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Sponsors To Donald Trump: You’re Hired!
NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice is to product integration what plaid is to Bermuda shorts. From MediaPost: New Sponsors Join ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ For 12th Season One of the original big-ticket branded entertainment-connected TV shows, “Celebrity Apprentice” has announced a new slate of in-show sponsors: food … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump, Kraft, M&Ms, NBC, Sneak ADtack, sponsors, Walgreens
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That’s Just So Sad! (Rafa Can’t Beat This Guy Edition)
The hardworking staff loves Rafael Nadal, a tennis player who’s classy, humble, and supremely talented. But he’s clearly met his match in Noval Djokovic, a tennis player who’s admirable in his efforts to rehabilitate Serbia’s international image, and even more … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Open, French Open, Novak Djokovic, Rafa, Rafael Nadal
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Daily Beast Edition)
Smart Daily Beast piece by New York ad gal Judith Grey rounding up the GOP presidential primary ads in Florida. Representative excerpts: Mitt Romney is enduring attack ads—accurate and otherwise –by the Gingrich campaign and the pro-Gingrich super PAC Winning Our Future; … Continue reading
TV Needs More “Modern Family” Values
Given the distressing – and depressing – state of product placement in television programs these days (see here for an especially egregious example), it was good to see this (via Advertising Age): Many Brands Bid for Product Placement on ‘Modern Family,’ but So Few Make … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising Age, Apple, Audi, iPad, Modern Family, Product placement, Sneak ADtack, Target, Toyota
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For Romney, NBC = New Broadcaster Complaints
Yesterday, it was NBC complaining that the Romney campaign had ripped off footage from the network’s newscast. Now, add ABC, CBS, and CNN to the list of rippees, according to TV Newser: Several networks have asked the Mitt Romney campaign to stop … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Anderson Cooper, Carole Simpson, CBS, CNN, Jan Crawford, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, NBC, Newt Gingrich, Tom Brokaw
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It’s Good To Live In A Two Daily Town (Kevin White R.I.P. Edition)
From our Boston Herald as Lively Index to the Boston Globe desk: The respective front pages of the Herald and the Globe on the death of legendary Boston Mayor Kevin White: The text tells the tale, though: the Herald was … Continue reading
Newt Gingrich’s Suckabee Ad
The Florida GOP presidential primary has turned into a Who Struck John, and this is the latest roundhouse from Newt Gingrich (R-Callista): Except former GOP presidential flameout Mike Huckabee does not approve this message. From Politico’s Morning Score: HUCKABEE … Continue reading
For Romney, NBC = Not Being Co-opted
As the GOP presidential primary campaign heats up in Florida, new ad from Mitt Romney (R-No More Mr. Nice Mitt) channels NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw circa 1997. From Politico’s Morning Score: ROMNEY’S NEW AD HIGHLIGHTS GINGRICH’S 1997 ETHICS … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997 NBC Nightly News, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, NBC, Newt Gingrich, Politico Morning Score, Tom Brokaw
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WSJ Tracks Super PACs
As the hardworking staff has relentlessly chronicled, Super PACs are driving the GOP presidential primary in a way no one (Paging the Supreme Court . . . paging the totally clueless Supreme Court) could have imagined. But at least someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizens United, Super PACs, Supreme Court, TechPresident, Wall Street Journal
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Campaign Outsider 