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Union Plays The 9/11 Card In Verizon Dustup
The 45,000 once (and future?) striking Verizon workers are back on the job, but the advertising battle rages on. On one side, the telecom giant is still running newspaper ads like this one: On the union side, the Communications Workers … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11 card, Communications Workers of America, Iran-Iraq war, newspaper ads, Verizon
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (U.S. Chamber of Commerce Edition)
With Labor Day in the rearview mirror, the Campaign 2012 adstravaganza is starting to heat up. Full-page national newspaper ad from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: (Actually readable version here.) No one knows how much the Chamber will spend this … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 Steps, Campaign 2012 adstravaganze, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ron Paul Whacks Rick Perry Edition)
Presidential primary thorn Ron Paul (R-Have I Pricked You Now?) has turned his advertising sights on GOP frontrunner Rick Perry (R-Prick This). Paul’s latest ad (and, credit where credit’s due, he’s the only Republican candidate running a real on-TV – v. … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Gore, Mitt Romney, Politico, Reagan Revolution, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Texas cheerleader
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Is Wikipedia Turning Into A PR Playground?
From last weekend’s Wall Street Journal: Wikipedia has a numbers problem: Its use is growing, but fewer editors are opting to edit the sprawling online encyclopedia. And it isn’t clear how many more editors are needed to sustain the critical … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Hernández, encyclosite, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia
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Is Sports Medicine In Need Of An Rx?
The Missus and I were watching Caroline Wozniacki reduce Svetlana Kuznetsova to a pile of rubble in the U.S. Open when this ad for SonoSite’s hand-carried ultrasound contraption popped up: Pretty dramatic, no? Injured athlete: “See anything, Doc?” Hot doctor: … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Starbucks Political $$$ Edition)
By now it’s clear that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is overcaffeinated on the topic of partisan gridlock in the nation’s capital. But his crusade is really percolating thanks to this full-page ad in Sunday’s New York Times (via Mogulite): The text … Continue reading
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Tagged coffeerati, Dunkin' Donuts, Howard Schultz, Mogulite, New York Times, partisan gridlock, Starbucks
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Who Is @BCSubpoenaNews?
The dustup over US prosecutors’ stooging for British authorities in the quest for Boston College’s IRA oral history archives has spilled over into the social mediascape. Say hello to @BCSubpoenaNews, a new Twitter feed that promises to “Keep [you] up … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony McIntyre, BCSubpoenaNews, Boston College, Boston Globe, Ed Moloney, Irish Republican Army, Jack Dunn, Kevin Cullen
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WSJ: Elizabeth Warren Could Beat Scott Brown
Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured a front-page piece with the headline, “GOP’s Hopes Rise for Senate Control.” It laid out the the Senate politiscape for 2012 thusly: The political arithmetic for 2012 shows what Democrats are up against. Republicans would … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (NYT Basic Mistake Edition)
From our All the News That’s Fit to Print a Day After Campaign Outsider desk: Friday New York Times The Caucus item: Ad by Group Supporting Bachmann Assails Perry When Representative Michele Bachmann hits the campaign trail, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. … Continue reading
A Boston Parking Spot Is A Better Investment Than Your Home
Maybe you can’t live in a parking space, but in Boston you can certainly profit from one. So says the Wall Street Journal: For Sale: 200 Sq. Feet, 0 BRs, No View: $125k Helen and Bob Alkon paid $1.3 million … Continue reading
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