Tag Archives: New York Times

When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Tamper Down’ Edition)

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

From our That’s Just Sad desk Every now and again the hardclipping staff chronicles the mangled phrases uttered by the differently clichéd among us and, man, they are legion. Here’s our latest batch, in reverse chronological order. • The other … Continue reading →

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Instagram Fesses Up to Instascamming Users

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

Turns out it’s not a pretty picture at Instagram. The wholly owned subsidiary of Facebook (a bargain at $1 billion five years ago) is the mobile equivalent of three-ad monte, allowing sponsored posts to masquerade as genuine content. As Gavin … Continue reading →

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Gillette and Harry’s Cross Blades in Sunday’s New York Times

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

The Battle of the Blades between longtime category leader Gillette and upstart razor maker Harry’s went full-page boogie in yesterday’s New York Times. First up: This Gillette ad on A7. The Harry’s ad (back page of the Sunday Styles … Continue reading →

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Museum of Fine Arts Gets Shoutout From Turkish Government

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Regifting Party desk The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey ran this ad in Friday’s New York Times. Talk Turkey grafs: Nice! Happy ending! Except . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Dallas Museum of Art, Geoff Edgers, MFA, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, Museum of Fine Arts, New York Times, Orpheus Mosaic, Perge, Weary Herakles | Leave a comment

Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (@elondumptrump Edition)

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

From our never-ending All Those Dollars and No Sense series Elon Musk, celebrated electric carhop and fledgling space cadet, generally gets positive press – except for yesterday, when this full-page ad appeared in four daily newspapers. Close-up for the … Continue reading →

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Hell-no, Dolly! NYT, WSJ Critics Make Very Different Bettes

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

It’s always fun when the bull goose theater critics in The Big Town provide the Broadway version of Bizarro World over some megabucks production. Case in point: The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reviews of Bette Midler as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barbra Streisand, Ben Brantley, Bette Midler, Carol Channing, Dolly Levi, Hello Dolly!, New York Times, Shubert Theater, Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal | 5 Comments

New York Times: All the Nudes That’s Fit to Print

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardblushing staff has noted on previous occasions (see here and here), the Grey Lady has been opening the kimono more and more of late, from an ulp-skirt Louis Vuitton ad several years ago to this eye-popping Christie’s ad last fall. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amedeo Modigliani, Christie's, Federico Beltran-Masses, Gagosian Gallery, hardblushing staff, John Currin, Louis Vuitton, M.S. Ray Antiques, New York Times, The Nude York Times, ulp-skirt | Leave a comment

Liz’s New Book Warren(ts) Full-Page New York Times Ad

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Nevertheless) has a new book out – This Fight Is Our Fight – and a spiffy marketing campaign to go along with it. Exhibit A (5): This full-page ad in today’s New York Times. But that’s … Continue reading →

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NYT Photog Sergey Ponomarev’s Page One Pic Is . . . Art

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

The hardlooking staff has long admired the photographic skill of New York Times shutterbug Sergey Ponomarev, who dominated the paper’s 2013 Year in Pictures review. Yesterday, though, Ponomarev outdid himself with this front-page photo. Close up: Man, that is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brexit, London, New York Times, Sarah Lyall, Sergey Ponomarev, The Gherkin, Year in Pictures | Leave a comment

New York Times Publishes Chinese Government Propaganda

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

In the run-up to yesterday’s Donald Trump-Xi Jinping hoedown at Mar-a-Lago, the New York Times ran this full-page piece of aditprop from Chinese government mouthpiece Xinhua News Agency. (To be fair graf goes here) To be fair, just … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aditprop, Donald Trump, Mar-a-Lago, New York Times, Xi Jinpng, Xinhua News Agency | 2 Comments