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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Advertisers Try To Derail Do Not Track Movement
Pity the poor online marketers. Their unfettered access to your consumer data is being threatened, and they don’t like it. From last Sunday’s New York Times: Do Not Track? Advertisers Say ‘Don’t Tread on Us’ THE campaign to defang the “Do … Continue reading
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Tagged Do Not Track, Microsoft, New York Times, Sneak ADtack
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brian McGrory: Assignment Desk For The Boston Herald)
On Friday, Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory submitted this piece (boink! sorry, paywall): Ads up; it’s just way too much I was walking near Copley Square one recent morning when I made a profound mistake. I stopped to appreciate the scenery … Continue reading
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (‘Scout’ Brown In The Boston Herald)
The thoroughly reprehensible Boy Scout scandal got – wait for it – very different coverage in Saturday’s local dailies . . . Read the rest at IGTLTDT.
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Dead Blogging ‘American Vanguards’ At The Addison Gallery
So the Missus and I trundled up to Andover yesterday to catch the American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, De Kooning, and Their Circle, 1927-1942 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. And it’s a corker. John Graham, Stuart Davis, and … Continue reading
State-of-the-Cuisinart Marketing: How To Blur The Line Between Advertising And Editorial Content
Once upon a time, there was a bright line between advertising and editorial content/entertainment. As in, here’s where the news content stops and the advertising starts; or here’s where the entertainment programming stops and the advertising starts. No more. Marketers … Continue reading
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Tagged MediaPost, native advertising, newsvertising, Sneak ADtack
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Who Hates The Yankees More: The Globe Or The Herald?)
Red Sox Nation – and the Boston dailies – are relishing the meltdown of the Bronx Bummers. So who’s hatin’ on the Yankees the most? You might – or might not – be surprised. Details at IGTLTDT.
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Did WGBH Run New Hampshire Public Television Out Of The Bay State?
Several days ago the hardwatching staff noticed that Channel 11 and Channel 44 were missing from our television. So we tasked (as they say) our Investigative Unit (aka the Missus) to find out what was up. And here it is: … Continue reading
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Tagged Ch. 16, Ch. 44, Comcast, Massachusetts PBS, New Hampshire Public Television, WBUR, WGBH, WGBX
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Detroit Mercifully Puts The Yankees Out Of Our Misery
This is the way the World Series chase ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper. The 2012 ALCS saw the Detroit Tigers sweep the Chernobyl – sorry, New York – Yankees, who submitted one of the most pathetic … Continue reading
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Tagged ALCS, Brian Costa, Chernobyl Yankees, Detroit Tigers, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (‘Binder’ Blinders At The Boston Herald?)
The local dailies look back at Mitt Romney’s hiring record as Massachusetts governor and see – wait for it – very different pictures. Details at IGTLTDT.
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Is The Mass. GOP Laundering Money For Mitt Romney?
Interesting NPR piece about the $236 million raised in the past few months by Romney Victory, Incorporated, “a joint fundraising committee that allows donors to give far more than the usual $5,000. Its limit is over $75,000 per person.” And … Continue reading