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Getting Restless About Native Advertising

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Turns out it’s not just the hardtracking staff that thinks native advertising is a menace to editorial integrity. Exhibit A This piece headlined “What the Atlantic learned from Scientology: native advertising is harder for news brands” in the aptly named paidContent: At an ad … Continue reading →

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Editors’ Note o’ the Day (Ryan Holiday Victory Edition)

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From yesterday’s New York Times: Editors’ Note An article on April 19 about how to buy a record turntable quoted Ryan Holiday of New Orleans The reporter reached Mr. Holiday through a Web site that connects reporters to sources on … Continue reading →

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The Secrets Life Of Marketers

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Must-read cover piece in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, detailing the means and methods marketers exercise to extract consumer information that nails you to the selling post: How Companies Learn Your Secrets Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for … Continue reading →

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WSJ’s Facebook Story Fails To Disclose Paper’s Deal With Site

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Facebook is facing “access tension” according to Thursday’s Wall Street Journal: Technology start-ups are stepping up their bets on Facebook Inc., as more developers create companies that rely on the social network’s 750 million members, rather than build a user … Continue reading →

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NYT Gags On Brit Gag Order

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Is it just me or is there something odd about this piece in today’s New York Times: Free Speech on Twitter Faces Test SAN FRANCISCO — What began as seamy gossip about an affair between a famous British soccer player … Continue reading →

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NYT Goes Hollywood

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

First it was the New York Times’ spectacular tick-tock on the Deepwater Horizon explosion that got a movie option. From Forbes.com: BP Oil Spill: The Movie Summit Entertainment, Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi, have announced that they’ve acquired the … Continue reading →

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