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Does This Boston Globe Chart Look Right To You?
Friday’s Boston Globe Business section featured this piece about local burger chain b.good’s expansion plans (dead-tree hed and subhed): B.GOOD READY TO GROW All-natural burger chain’s first franchise location is set to open in Shrewsbury, and dozens more are slated … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Ackil, b.good expansion, Boston Globe, Five Guys, Jon Olinto, Panera, Subway
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TV Guide: “IS TV $ELLING OUT?”
Right question, wrong verb tense. Does any rational person really believe that the TV industry has not sold out to product placement? Regardless, TV Guide asks the (rhetorical) question in a current piece that provides this answer: Product placement isn’t new — it’s been … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck, corn is off the cob, CW, Hawaii Five-0, Kia, Nikita, Product placement, Sneak ADtack, Subway, TV Guide
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Hawaii Five-0 Takes The Oy Train
This might be the worst sellout ever in primetime TV product placement. From a recent episode of Hawaii Five-0: Actually, that’s not product placement – that’s a friggin’ commercial. And friggin’ insulting. Not to mention the incessant Chevrolet flogging on the show. Enough already, CBS! Originally … Continue reading
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Tagged CBS, Chevrolet flogging, foot-long, Hawaii Five-0, Product placement, Sneak ADtack, Subway
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