Tag Archives: New York Times

Times Three (The Gray Lady Sings Like A Trio*)

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Three from the New York Times: 1) State of the Patent Review (pat. pending) Monday’s Times featured an overview of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which currently has a backlog of 1.2 million applications. That’s a lot of potential … Continue reading →

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A Tweet New Advertising Gambit

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Consumer-generated ads are so last Super Bowl. (See Pepsi Max and Doritos spots from version XLV.) Trending now are social-network-fueled ads. Thursday New York Times report: Chobani, Greek Yogurt Leader, Lets Its Fans Tell the Story THE leading brand in a … Continue reading →

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Dead Letter Artifice: The Triangle Waist Company Fire

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Excellent piece in Tuesday’s New York Times about documentary filmmaker Anthony Giacchino’s project to memorialize the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Waist Company fire in the Big Town that claimed 146 lives. Anthony Giacchino thumbed through a stack of letters, … Continue reading →

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After Disastrous Super Bowl Ads, Groupon Tries To Regroup

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From the New York Times: Groupon is ending a campaign that made its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, days after making changes in response to considerable criticism of the ads. The decision is a major setback for Groupon, the purveyor … Continue reading →

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The New York Times Actually Ran This Image In An Ad

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Agent Provocateur ad photo from the Times Thursday Styles section: O tempora, O00000 . . .

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Two-Handed NYT Coverage Of Social Media In Egypt

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Sunday’s New York Times is its own compare-and-contrast exercise regarding the power of social media to “[fuel] the fires of the Egyptian protests.” In the news pages, there’s this report: Anger and a Facebook Page That Gave It Voice It … Continue reading →

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Fox 86es John 3:16 Super Bowl Ad

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff has noted, there are lots of scambit ads associated with Super Bowl LXV (spots submitted with the express purpose of being rejected by Super Bowl broadcaster Fox Sports, the better to get press). But only one got … Continue reading →

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Hooked On iPhonecs

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Two high-profile/high-tech hall monitors have weighed in on the much-awaited Verizon iPhone, and as Johnny Most (rest his soul) liked to say, “It’s good!!!” From New York Times gadget guru David Pogue’s review: It’s here. After almost four years of … Continue reading →

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Bill Keller’s Revisionist History

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff finally got around to finishing New York Times executive editor Bill Keller’s 8000-word wet kiss to himself about his handling of the WikiLeaks documents (and manhandling of Julian Assange, apparently) over the past six months. Along the … Continue reading →

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Banner Days For European Museums?

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Monday’s New York Times: European museums are reeling from culture shock these days. Long reliant on government subsidies, they avoided the layoffs, salary cuts and ticket increases that struck American museums hard in 2009 when the endowments upon which … Continue reading →

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