Tag Archives: New York Times

Why The New York Times Is A Great Newspaper (Invisible Child Edition)

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Read this New York Times piece and weep for the 22,000 homeless children in NYC, especially Dasani. It’s a totally heartbreaking story stretching over four full pages of Monday’s Times. Outgoing New York Mayor Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill de Blasio, Dasani, Invisible Child, Michael Bloomberg, New York homeless children, New York Times | 2 Comments

Did NYT Public Editor Just Endorse Pay-for-Play?

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

In her New York Times column today, Public Editor Margaret Sullivan takes on The Thorny Challenge of Covering China. Thorny in two ways for the Times: First because the Chinese government is aggressively responding to news organizations that produce coverage critical … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg News, Margaret Sullivan, Matthew Winkler, Michael Forsythe, New York Times, Public Editor, quid pro quo, Tom Goldstein | 1 Comment

Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With BlackBerry’s ‘Department of Defense’ Ads

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, So I’m reading the New York Times the other day and what do I see but this full-page ad: Wait – BlackBerry? Gold … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Apple, Ask Dr. Ads, BGR, BlackBerry, Chuck Hagel, CrackBerry, Fox Business, John Chen, Kantar Wordpanel ComTech, national security, New York Times, Samsung, US Department of Defense | 4 Comments

Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The ‘Bees Can’t Wait’ Ads?

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, I saw this ad in the New York Times (and the Boston Globe) the other day and I just don’t get it. Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ask Dr. Ads, Beyond Pesticides, Boston Globe, Center for Food Safety, Ceres Trust, EPA, H.R. 2692, New York Times, Pesticide Action Network, Save-Bees.org, Saving America's Pollinators Act, Surgeon General of the United States, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Leave a comment

The Art Seen In New York (Magritte/Balthus Edition)

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to The Big Town last weekend and say, it was swell. (After, that is, we crawled our way through the Mother-in-Law of All Traffic Jams: From the New York City line to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 59E59 Theaters, Al Hirshfeld, Alexander Calder, All That Fall, American Modern, Balthus: Cats & Girls, Barneys New York, Calder Shadows, Cezanne, Charles Demuth, Dennis Freedman, Designing Modern Women, Dubuffet Frayeur, Eileen Atkins, Eykyn Maclean Gallery, Gauguin, I Saw the Figure Five in Gold, Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, Lincoln Center Library, Magritte, Malkine Untitled 1927, Marcel Duchamp, Matisse, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Gambon, MOMA, Mother-in-Law of All Traffic Jams, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York Times, New-York Historical Society, Nude Descending a Staircase, Picabia, Picasso, Robert Indiana: Beyond Love, Roberta Smith, S.J. Perelman, Samuel Beckett, Surrealism and the Rue Blomet, The Armory Show at 100, the Big Town, The Line King, The Met, The Missus, Van Gogh, Venus Over Manhattan, Westward Ha!, Whitney Museum, WWD | 6 Comments

Manga! Manga!

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk The hardworking staff freely admits that it’s painfully out of touch with modern culture, but really . . . We have no idea what this ad is about or why it ran in Thursday’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 'Straw Hat' Laffy, Japan, Manga, New York Times, One Piece, VIZ.com, Weekly Shonen Jump | 5 Comments

Blackberry Still Whistling Past The Adyard

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Blackberry reminds us of Sidney Falco in Sweet Smell of Success when J.J. Hunsecker tells him, “You’re dead, son. Get yourself buried.” (1:35) Blackberry ads in Wednesday’s New York Times: Remain in power? Seriously? Rest in peace is more like … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BlackBerry, J.J. Hunsecker, New York Times, remain in power, rest in peace, Sidney Falco, Sweet Smell of Success, Whistling Past the Adyard | Leave a comment

Mark Zuckerberg Thinks You’re A Faceshnook

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Facebook CEO Mark (Data) Suckahberg has just sunk his talons deeper into your digital carcass. New York Times piece (via the Boston Globe): Critics probably won’t like Facebook’s policy SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook pressed ahead Friday with changes to its privacy … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, FaceShnook, FTC, Mark DataSuckahberg, Mark Zuckerberg, New York Times, Privacy policies, Red Lobster, Robert Pinsky, Sneak ADtack, Sponsored Stories | 2 Comments

NYT Beats Boston Globe On Old South Church Bay Psalm Book Sale

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Late last year, the Boston Globe was on the Old South Church sale of its historic Bay Psalm Book like Brown on Williamson. But now that the auction is actually on, it’s the New York Times that has … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 23rd Psalm, Bay Psalm Book, Boston Globe, David N. Redden, Declaration of Independence, Magna Carta, New York Times, Old South Church, Sotheby's | 2 Comments

State Of The Cuisinart Marketing #Umpteen: Everyone Jump In The Branded Content Pool!

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Once upon a time (about three months ago), branded content – read: ads in sheep’s clothing – was pretty much the exclusive province of online publishers from BuzzFeed to Gawker to TheAtlantic.com. That was then. Now mainstream news organizations are on branded … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ad Age, Adweek, AP, branded content, Buzzfeed, Digiday, FishbowlNY, Forbes, Gawker, Journalism.co.uk, Ken Detlet, MediaBistro, Meredith Kopit Levien, Meredith Levien, Michael Sebastian, Nancy Gibbs, Native Advertising Summit, New York Times, Sneak ADtack, State of the Cuisinart Marketing, TheAtlantic.com, Time, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment