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GOP Social Studies

It’s not that retail politics is for losers in the Republican presidential primary race, but the candidates stumping hardest in Iowa and New Hampshire – Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry – are generally polling lowest. (Exception that … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (FCC Full Disclosure Edition)

The opaque organizations behind a whole bunch of political advertising these days may soon have to drop the veil if the Federal Communications Commission has its way. From Advertising Age: FCC’s New Political Ad Disclosure Plan Has Broadcasters Concerned Planned … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street Goes Commercial

The Occupy Everything set has apparently gotten fed up with establishment media drive-by hits like this and this from the Wall Street Journal. So the Occupyniks have decided to create their own media vehicles, starting with print publications ranging from … Continue reading

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Weak ADtack: Do Online Marketers Really Know Us That Well?

Advertising Age’s Matthew Creamer decided to check out how well online marketers know him, given all the hoopla about Internet  privacy, data mining, and etc. So he decided to keep track of the ads tracking him on the web. He didn’t exactly … Continue reading

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