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Product Place-mint In New Jason Reitman Film
From excellent Sneak ADtacknaut Jeff Francis: [L]ast night I saw a secret screening of the new movie directed by Jason Reitman (Up In The Air). I thought of you and your Sneak Adtack site. The movie, “Young Adult,” contains excessive product placement, … Continue reading
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Tagged Jason Reitman, Jeff Francis, product place-mint, Sneak ADtack, Up in the Air, Young Adult
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More Marketing Sleaze From Ashton Kutcher
Ashton Kutcher is still not sweating the details. Last month the newly minted “Two and a Half Men” star was called a massive media whore by Gawker (the massive media pimp) for conflicts of interest regarding a special online issue of Details that he edited, in which … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashton Kutcher, CBS, conflicts of interest, Details, Gawker, Sneak ADtack, Two and a Half Men
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Weak ADtack: Do Online Marketers Really Know Us That Well?
Advertising Age’s Matthew Creamer decided to check out how well online marketers know him, given all the hoopla about Internet privacy, data mining, and etc. So he decided to keep track of the ads tracking him on the web. He didn’t exactly … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising Age, internet privacy, Matthew Creamer, online marketing, Sneak ADtack
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Retailers Get with the Program(s)
This fall, major department stores will be offering some exciting new brands: TV and web networks. Via MediaBistro’s PRNewser: The NBC network and Bloomingdale’s have entered into a two-month Fall partnership that will provide branding opportunities for both organizations: Bloomie’s catalogs will feature actors from some … Continue reading
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Tagged Alloy Entertainment, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, MediaBistro, NBC, Prime Suspect, PRNewser, Sneak ADtack, synergy-efficient, The Playboy Club, Variety, Wendy
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Squawkers Give Radio Waves To Stealth Advertisers
Conservative talk-radio hosts, according to Politico, are peppering their commentary with paid plugs from think tanks looking for donors. If you’re a regular listener of Glenn Beck’s radio show and you wanted to contribute to a political group that would advance … Continue reading
The Price of Privacy Loss and the Cost of Privacy Protection
It’s the Data Do-Gooders vs. the Gossip No-Goodniks. Public disclosure of private information was hot in Sunday’s papers, with both the New York Times and kissin’ cousin Boston Globe featuring big takeouts on the topic. The Times piece chronicles the gossip industry’s increasing … Continue reading
‘History Sniffers’ Take It On The Nose
The New York woman who sued the behavioral advertising network Interclick last month for “history sniffing” (Sneak ADtack post here) is now suing Interclick’s clients, specifically McDonald’s, CBS, Mazda, and Microsoft. As MediaPost reports: In a complaint filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court … Continue reading
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Tagged CBS, history sniffing, Interclick, Mazda, McDonald's, MediaPost, Microsoft, Sneak ADtack
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