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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Uphill Lift’ Edition)
From our annual That’s Just Sad desk As the hardworking staff wends its way through this veil – sorry, vale – of tears, we’ve felt obliged to keep track of the mangled phrases employed by our differently worded brethren, who go … Continue reading
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The New ‘New Republic’ Has No Advertising
In the wake of the revolution/evolution at The New Republic last year, the hardworking staff has noted the Potemkin quality of the magazine, which is to say no advertising. But in its current issue, the new New Republic has hit rock bottom. It … Continue reading
Editorial Cartoonists Think Alike About Eric Garner Decision
In the wake of the New York grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the choking death of Eric Garner, the hardworking staff noted similar treatment by two editorial cartoonists. Dan Wasserman, Boston Globe: Bill Bramhall, New … Continue reading
Native Is the New Bleak
Marketers Flock to Ads in Sheep’s Clothing First, an introduction: For the past four years, the hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has chronicled the explosion of stealth marketing, which attempts to trick out advertising as entertainment or editorial content. From … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Be aujon, branded content, Confessions of an Advertising Man, David Ogilvy, Financial Times, Joshua Benton, Mad Men, Mashable, Medium, native advertising, New York Times, NiemanLab, Poynter, product integration, Product placement, Racked.com, Sneak ADtack, State of the Cuisinart Marketing
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Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The Two Blank NYT Ad Pages?
Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, So I read this on MediaPost’s Out to Launch and, yeah, I was intrigued. “If you have a physical copy of today’s New York Times close by, … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century Fox, 21st Century Fox, Ask Dr. Ads, MediaPost, New York Times, news ad, Out to Launch, Poynter, The Book Thief, wordsarelife.com.
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Aereo Dynamics Coming To Boston
Aereo, the ant(enna) farm that lets viewers access broadcast networks on the Internet for a monthly fee, is expanding into Boston, but not without opposition. Via The Verge (tip o’ the pixel to Poynter): Aereo files suit against CBS to head … Continue reading
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Tagged Aereo, ant(enna) farm, Boston, CBS, Fox, NBC, Poynter, The Verge
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Snow Kidding! New York Dailies In Storm Coverage Photo Finish
What are the odds that three of the four Big Town dailies would feature the same Page One photo in their coverage of this weekend’s big storm? Pretty good, as the Poynter website reported yesterday: Same photo appears on front pages of … Continue reading
Poynter Goes Over To The Dark Side On Stealth Marketing
The hardtracking staff is acutely aware that stealth marketing ranks somewhere below Ghana on the average American’s radar screen. Still, you’d think the media hall monitors of this world would give it serious consideration. WRONG!!! Exhibit Umpteen: This piece by Andrew Beaujon … Continue reading
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Tagged Buzzfeed, Ghana, Jonah Peretti, Nevada, Poynter, Reddit, Sneak ADtack, sponsored posts
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