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Monthly Archives: September 2015
The Times (New York and Financial) They Are A Changin’
Stealth marketing proceeds apace in swallowing up mainstream media. Exhibit Umpteen, via Digiday’s Jessica Davies. The Financial Times readies paid posts for advertisers The Financial Times is revamping its approach to branded content, with the aim of giving advertisers more … Continue reading
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Tagged #FT, Advertising Week, Darwin, Digiday, Dominic Good, Financial Times, Fiona Carter, Jessica Davies, Karl Greenberg, Margaret Sullivan, Marketing Daily, MediaPost, New York Times, Paul Caine, Public Editor, Santander, Sneak ADtack, Squared, Tara Walpert Levy, Zurich Insurance
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Presidential Ad Flashback (1952 Campaign Song Edition)
First in a series from our Dustup 2016 NostADgia® desk The first presidential campaign television commercials ran in 1952 (the Eisenhower/Stevenson I bakeoff.) At the time, apparently, the inaugural political admakers thought that borrowing from the entertainment world might be … Continue reading
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Tagged 1952 Presidential Campaign, Adlai Stevenson, Dustup 2016, Dustup 2016 NostADgia desk, Dwight Eisenhower, hole in his shoe, I Like Ike, I Love the Gov, Irving Berlin, th man who saved the world from Hitler, University of Wisconsin Advertising Project, Walt Disney Studios
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Dead Blogging ‘Broken Glass’ at New Rep Theatre
Well the Missus and I trundled out to Watertown last night to catch Broken Glass (through September 27) at the New Repertory Theatre and say, it was . . . heavy. Then again, Arthur Miller can get that way. The New … Continue reading
‘South Park’ Invades Donald Trump’s South Parts
From our To Know Trump desk Full disclosure: The dustupping staff is not a regular viewer of Comedy Central’s South Park, but we’ve always admired the show’s ability to not give a damn what anyone thinks about it. And never … Continue reading
Conflict of Interest at Politico Massachusetts Playbook (II)
Well the hardworking staff wandered into a bit of a quagmire yesterday when we looked at the confluence of a Massachusetts Playbook ad and some Massachusetts Playbook editorial content that both seemed to have the same objective: to boost the expansion … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Baker, Dan Currie, Dinah Washington, Erik Wemple, Great Schools Massachusetts, Katie Lannan, Lauren Dezenski, Massachusetts Playbook, Mike Allen, Politico, Politico Rain Man, Sneak ADtack, State House News Service, State of the Cuisinart Marketing, Twitter
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Conflict of Interest at Politico’s Massachusetts Playbook?
Well the hardworking staff was just sitting here in the Global Worldwide Headquarters minding our own business, when this popped up on the Twitters. Of course we immediately asked Dan Currie if he has any connection to the … Continue reading
Attention @realDonaldTrump: Hugh Hewitt Blew It
Popular conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt – who tied Donald Trump to the whipping post recently over Middle East affairs, then folded like origami when he was criticized for it – took to Politico yesterday to do the crystal ball thing … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘Academy Fight Song’ at Calderwood Pavilion
Well the Missus and I trundled downtown yesterday to catch the Centastage world premiere of Andrew Clarke’s Academy Fight Song and say, it was swell. The production highlights the cutthroat world of academic politics, rendered in vivid detail by the play’s four … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (Porky Pig Edition)
From yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Review section. The news analysis (by Sabrina Tavernise) in question: Why Russians Hate America. Again. MOSCOW — ON a warm August evening, I found myself sitting with three educated young Russians at the Beverly … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverly Hills Diner, Marilyn Monroe, Moscow, New York Times, Porky Pig, Sabrina Tavernise, Sunday review
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Dead Blogging Round Two of the GOP Presidential Rumpus
In the interest of full disclosure, the dustupping staff should mention that we lost interest in last night’s CNN Republican Presidential Debate around the time Ben Carson spoke about hizzzzzz . . . Whatever. Regardless, here’s some dotsam and netsam … Continue reading
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