Tag Archives: Bloomberg

MFABoston’s Fling With NFTs: Not Fiscally Tangible, Maybe?

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Campaign Outsider

The other day the hardworking staff received this email from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Not to get technical about it, but we don’t have a digital collection of NFTs, mostly because they’re the pet rocks of the art world. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged (Bit)coin flip, 19th century French pastels, Bloomberg, Boston Globe, Brendor Grosvenor, British Museum, Businessweek, Diary of an art historian, Edgar Degas, Hokusai, J.M.W. Turner, laCollection, Malcolm Gay, Matt Levine, MFA NFT fling, MFABoston, Terry Sullivan, The Art Newspaper, vapor-art, Yahoo | 2 Comments

South Boston’s 02210 Lands on Wall Street Journal’s ‘Rich Zips’

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

For the past several years, the hardworking staff has been largely disoriented by Boston’s Waterfront development. Every time we venture there, it seems three new high-rises have sprung up and three dozen parking spaces have disappeared. Still, we were a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon, Bloomberg, Brian K Sullivan, Charlie Baker, Chuck Watson, Enki Research, Fan Pier, Fort Point, General Electric, Marty Walsh, Prashant Gopal, Reebok, Rich Zips, Seaport, South Boston, Trader Joe's, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Ads ‘n’ Ends From the New York Times (CYA Edition)

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff is always interested in the issue advocacy/corporate image ads that appear in major U.S. newspapers, most especially the New York Times, which functions as sort of the community bulletin board for corporate America. The thing is, though, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ad Age, Bloomberg, Carolyn Weirick, Chipotle, Coca-Cola of New England, exvertisements, FDA, heat-not-burn cigarettes, I-Quit-Ordinary Smoking, IQOS, J&J, James Twitchell, Jef Feeley, Jessica Wohl, Johnson & Johnson, Lisa Rapaport, Margaret Cronin Fisk, New York Times, Philip Morris International, Reuters, Sarah Favot, talc cancer case, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | Leave a comment

WSJ Disses NYT, FT, and Bloomberg All in One House Ad

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

The Wall Street Journal is feeling its oats. Exhibit A7: This full-page ad in yesterday’s Journal. The fine print dismisses even more business publications. The Journal’s tagline is “Read ambitiously.” We’ll see if those maligned publications choose to rebut ambitiously.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #FT, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Let the $10 Billion Rumpus Begin!

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From our Val-PAC desk The hardworking staff recently trumpeted the estimated $9 billion price tag for the 2016 election cycle, but Bloomberg’s Al Hunt has a slight adjustment. How Record Spending Will Affect 2016 Election The role of money and politics … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Al Hunt, America's Liberty PAC, Barack Obama, Bloomberg, Charles Koch, Conservative Solutions PAC, Dathan Voelter, David Koch, Hillary Clinton, J. Warren Tompkins, Jeb Bush, Jesse Benton, Keep the Promise, Matea Gold, Mitt Romney, Priorities USA Action, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Terry Sullivan, Things Go Better with Koch brothers, Washington Post | 2 Comments

Let the $9b Rumpus Begin! (Ad Early and Often Edition)

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The air wars of Dustup 2016™ have gone from zero to :30 in no time flat. So the hardwatching staff is pleased to provide this handy clip ‘n’ save guide to the preliminary rounds, which range from the Presidential Donnybrook to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC News, Barack Obama, Bill Kristol, Blessing, Bloomberg, Blue Grass State GOP Gubernatorial Slap Fight, Buzzfeed, Conservative American Legacy PAC, Dustup 2016, Kelly Ayotte, Kentuckians for Growth Opportunity and Prosperity, Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primary, Mark Kirk, Matt Bevin, Moms Clean Air Force, NARAL Pro-Choice America, NBC News, Neville Chamberlain, New York magazine, Newt Gingrich, NRDC, Politico, Presidential Donnybrook, R-Great White South, R-Please Don't Confuse Me with Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Richard Burr, Rob Portman, Ron Johnson, Sen. Rob Portman, Ted Cruz, The Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America, The Hill, U.S. Senate Rumpus, Washington Post | 4 Comments

Time Says Magazine Editors On Its Side

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Party Line desk As the hardtracking staff noted last fall, Time, Inc. has decided to trade journalism’s traditional Chinese Wall between advertising and editorial for the Berlin Wall – that is, a thing of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Advertising Age, Bloomberg, chief content officer, Inside Tucson Business, Jim Romenesko, Joe Nocera, Joe Ripp, New York Times, Norman Pearlstine, Sneak ADtack, Time, Time Inc. | 2 Comments

Whose Side Is ‘Time’ On?

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

In his latest New York Times column, Joe Nocera marks yet another another chip in the traditional Chinese Wall between editorial and advertising (which in truth is more and more resembling the Berlin Wall circa 1990). The Fall of the Wall? … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Advertising Age, Bloomberg, chief content officer, Church-State divide, Joe Nocera, Joe Ripp, New York Times, Norman Pearlstine, Sneak ADtack, Time, Time Inc. | 3 Comments

On Native Advertising, BuzzFeed Schools While Google Scolds

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Here’s bad news for anyone who values the separation of advertising and editorial content. “Native advertising is going to be the only advertising. The question is only what people are going to put in those units.” Thus spake BuzzFeed’s Jon … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Advertising Age, Bloomberg, Buzzfeed, Captain Morgan, ComScore, Facebook, FishbowlNY, Google, Hearst, Hearst Magazines, Jaguar, Jon Steinberg, Jonah Peretti, New York Times, Sneak ADtack, Social Storytelling Creator Program | Leave a comment

Hey, Does THIS Violate The People’s Pledge?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From our False Alarm desk: An outfit called United Steelworkers Political Action Fund has released what it describes as “Shame on You, Scott Brown :30 TV.” But it’s not actually a TV ad. According to a press release published … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Americans for Tax Reform, Bloomberg, Crossroads GPS, Elizabeth Warren, League of Conservation Voters, People's Pledge, Sacramento Bee, Sunlight Foundation, United Steelworkers Political Action Fund | 2 Comments