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Tag Archives: Marketplace
New York Times Gets Yahoodwinked by Toyota Ad Exec
Fact #1: This Sunday, Yahoo will live-stream from London an NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars. Fact #2: Yahoo has sold ads during the game to over 30 advertisers. Fact #3: A Toyota advertising executive apparently (we don’t … Continue reading
Zombie Apocalypse for Product Placement
From our Dead Brand Walking desk The hardtracking staff doesn’t want to say we told you so, but . . . we told you so. Product placement is starting to wear out its welcome. From PRI’s Marketplace: Product placement lessons from … Continue reading
There’s Crying/No Crying in the Corporate Workplace!
As the hardwalking staff headed home last night, we heard this report by Ashley Milne-Tyte on APM’s Marketplace. Is it getting easier to show emotions at work? We all spend a lot of time at work. Sometimes stuff happens that drives … Continue reading
FTC’s Stealth-Ad Warning Not Strong Enough
This week the Federal Trade Commission addressed the blurring of the lines between advertising and editorial content on search engines. From MediaPost: Search engines are increasingly blurring the differences between paid ads and organic listings, the Federal Trade Commission said on … Continue reading
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Tagged AOL, APM, Bing, FTC, Google, Marketplace, Mary Engle, Mediaite, MediaPost, New York Times, search engines, Sneak ADtack, sponsored content, White House Down, Yahoo
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When A Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .
Well, that’s just sad. The hardworking staff has a habit of recording mangled phrases in the press, and here’s our latest batch. • About a week ago, the Boston Globe ran a story about CBS’s decision to stop broadcasting the … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, APM, Boston Globe, Boston Pops, CBS, CBS This Morning, Cheryl Miller, Chris Christie, Chris Hughes, David Mugar, Eli Manning, Hall of Fane, July 4th fireworks, Legal Sea Foods, Marketplace, Mohamed Morsi, MSNBC First Read, New Hampshire Journal, New Republic, New York Times Magazine, NPR, Peyton Manning, Reggie Miller, Roger Berkowitz, The Note
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Strong Boston ™ Push For ‘Boston Strong’
From Tuesday’s APM Marketplace: Can you trademark a rallying cry like ‘Boston Strong’? The phrase “Boston Strong” became part of the vernacular last week, after the attack on the Boston Marathon. It was printed on posters. It was on “The … Continue reading
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Tagged Allston Mass., APM, ™, Born Into It, Boston Strong, Chowdaheadz, Huffington Post, Kerim Senkal, Marketplace, trademark
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More Wind From The GOP’s Biggest Gasbag
A new ad from GOP gunsel Karl Rove’s front group, via Politico’s Morning Score: CROSSROADS GPS – GOING UP WITH A $1.7 MILLION BUY IN 6 STATES: In an ad entitled “Too Much,” focused on President Barack Obama and energy prices, … Continue reading
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Tagged Crossroads GPS, Gallup, Great Gas Price Bakeoff, Karl Rove, Marketplace
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Daisey Chain Entangles David Sedaris
The Mike Daisey rumpus over his fabrications about Apple’s manufacturing practices has put formerly bulletproof David Sedaris in the crosshairs. But not with everyone. From David Carr’s New York Times column today: Mr. Daisey’s one-man show, “The Agony and the Ecstasy … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, David Carr, David Sedaris, Marketplace, Mike Daisey, New York Times, Rob Schmitz, Steve Jobs, This American Life
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Ad o’ the Day
From the distinguished – not to mention virtual – University of Phoenix, Damage Control Division: A full-page New York Times ad with the headline, “Dear Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Counselors of University of Phoenix.” Sample copy: Let’s defy our critics … Continue reading
