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Big Branding Opportunity For Pope Francis

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Lots of shoutouts for the interview Pope Francis gave to Italian Jesuit journal Civiltà Cattolica this week, including this piece from Friday’s Wall Street Journal front page. Pope Warns Church Focusing Too Much on Gays, Abortion Francis Sets Out Vision … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abortion, Civiltà Cattolica, gays, Humble Pontiff Schtick, Italian Jesuit Journal, New Balance, New York Daily News, Oldest Altar Boy Ever, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Prada, Product placement, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

FTC To Go Negative On Native Advertising?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtracking staff has been negligent in, well, tracking developments in stealth marketing over the past few weeks. So, the missing links. From Digiday: The New Yorker Goes Native In January, when the Atlantic ran sponsored content on behalf of Scientology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ad Age, advertorials, Amazon, Digiday, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Jeff Bezos, Mashable, Mental Floss, native advertising, paidContent, promoted tweets, Sneak ADtack, sponsored content, The New Yorker, Washington Post | Leave a comment

NYT’s Fascinating Huguette Clark Chronicles

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Party of the First Part desk For the last several years the New York Times has run a series of stories about Huguette Clark, “a copper heiress whose father was once one of the richest … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anemona Hartcollis, Beth Israel Medical, Carla Hall, copper heiress, Dickensian, Huguette Clark, Katherine Hall Friedman, Miss Havisham, New York Times, William A. Clark | 2 Comments

MA 5th Candidate Carl Sciortino Jr. Makes His Mark(ey) In TV Spot

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Political newcomer Carl Sciortino Jr., who is running in the Democratic primary for Ed Markey’s vacated Massachusetts 5th District Congressional seat, has made quite a splash with his first TV spot. From Politico’s Morning Score: MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL: COMING OUT: This week … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Carl for Congress, Carl Sciortino Jr., Ed Markey, Katherine Clark, Massachusetts 5th Congressional District, Morning Score, Politico, Tea Party father | 2 Comments

NYT’s David Carr Catches Up To Sneak Adtack

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtracking staff yields to no man in its admiration for New York Times media critic David Carr, whose columns are invariably insightful and informative. Regarding his piece in Monday’s Times, though – frankly, we were there first. But Carr did a nice … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged banner ad, Buzzfeed, David Carr, Gawker, Joe McCambley, native advertising, New York Times, Sneak ADtack, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Wonderfactory | Leave a comment

Actually, New York Beat Boston Yesterday

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Forget the New York Yankees’ pathetic seven-of-eight losses to the Boston Red Sox over the past two weeks. Consider this instead: The New York Times beat the Boston Herald on the quintessential Red Sox story of this season. As the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Town, Boston Herald, Boston Red Sox, Duck Dynasty, Made Yankee Fan in Boston, New York Times, New York Yankees, Red Sox beards | Leave a comment

Dead Blogging ‘The Other Place’ At The Central Square Theater

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to Central Square yesterday to catch the Nora Theatre Company/Underground Railway Theater co-production of The Other Place and say, it was . . . interesting. From the Central Square Theater website: Renowned neurologist … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Central Square Theater, Debra Wise, Nora Theatre Company, Operation Epsilon, Photograph 51, Sharr White, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Other Place, Underground Railway Theater | Leave a comment

That’s Just So Well-Earned! (Chet Curtis Edition)

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The great Chet Curtis was inducted this past week into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, as the Boston Globe’s Names column noted on Friday. Chet Curtis honored by Mass. Broadcasters Hall of Fame The Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Chet Curtis, Dana Keep, Dawn Hanley, Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, Names | 1 Comment

Correction o’ the Day (Red Sox Hideous Beards Edition)

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From yesterday’s New York Times: An article on Monday about the Boston Red Sox’ bonding by growing beards misstated the year the team adopted the catchphrase “Cowboy Up.” It was 2003, not 2004. Well, the hardworking staff had missed that piece, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Miller, beards, Boston Red Sox, corrections, Cowboy Up, David Ross, Duck Dynasty, Mike Napoli, New York Times | 3 Comments