Tag Archives: The Guardian

Rafael Nadal Makes History, Roger Federer Makes $neakers

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

This past weekend Rafael Nadal led Spain to its sixth Davis Cup championship, winning all eight of his matches (five singles, three doubles) without dropping a set. Nadal’s 6-3, 7-6(7) victory over Canada’s Denis Shapovalov that clinched the title on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2019 Davis Cup, Elizabeth Paton, Kevin Mitchell, Laver Cup, New York Times, On, Rafael Nadal, Roger Dodger, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Sunday Styles, Tennis Warden, The Guardian | Leave a comment

Recycling My 17-Year-Old Boston Globe Piece On . . . Recycling

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

Back in 1991, when curbside recycling was still in its infancy, I wrote a Boston Globe Magazine piece with the headline, “I’m Recycling As Fast As I Can (Label Removed).” It wound up with this headline instead. And etc. Seventeen … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BinCam, Bob Oakes, Bora Chhun, Boston Globe Magazine, Daily Mail, Leo Hickman, Lowell, Newcastle University, recycling, The Guardian, WBUR, Yasmin Amer | Leave a comment

These Stealth Ads Are Literally the Pits

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

This is the post our kissin’ cousin Sneak Adtack was born for. From Ng Huiwen’s piece in The Strait Times: No sweat: Japanese company sells advertising space on women’s armpits Looking to promote your brand? No sweat. A Japanese advertising company has … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged armpit ads, armpit rentals, armpitch, Buy My Face, Ng Huiwen, Sneak ADtack, SoraNews24, The Guardian, The Strait Times, waki, Wakino Ad Company | Leave a comment

Welcome to the 2016 Billion-Dollar Digital Adlection

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

If the 2004 presidential campaign was the Internet Election, and the 2008 campaign was the Social Media Election, and the 2012 campaign was the Twitter Election, then the 2016 presidential campaign is the Digital Ad Election. From USA Today: TV, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2015-2016 Political Advertising Outlook, Ad Age, Borrell Associates, David Carr, digital ads, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, Felicia Greiff, GDP of Iceland, Here & Now, Howard Dean, Internet Election, Issie Lapowsky, Jeb Bush, New York Times, NPR, Pew Research Center, Robin Young, Social Media Election, The Guardian, TV commercials, Twitter election, USA Today, Wired | Leave a comment

These Are the Saddest of Possible Words: Rafa to Rahfa! to Feh

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

With apologies to Franklin Pierce Adams In the swift decline and fall of Rafael Nadal, this was the worst. Last year he was Number One in the world. Last night he was just numb. In his third-round U.S. Open match with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Douchebag Hall of Fame, Fabio Fognini, Rafael Nadal, The Guardian, U.S.Open | Leave a comment

Evaluating E-Cigarettes Is a Drag

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Splendid readers! The hardlysmoking staff could use your help in sorting this headscratcher out. Over the past several days we’ve encountered two radically different reports on the relative merits/hazards of electronic cigarettes, and we can’t quite figure out which one is right. Or if both … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Daily Beast, e-cigarettes, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association, PHE, Public Health England, The Guardian, Tripp Mickle, vaping | 4 Comments

In Apple Music Rumpus, Maybe Taylor Swift ISN’T All That and a Bag of Clips

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Music maven Taylor Swift is getting all kinds of kudos for taking a bite out of Apple Music’s effort to strong-arm independent labels into getting no royalties for the new streaming service’s trial period. But maybe she didn’t do it alone. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1989, Adele, Apple Music, Beggars Group, Ben Sisario, Eamonn Forde, independent labels, New York Times, Taylor Swift, The Guardian | 1 Comment

Round Midnight at the Global Worldwide Headquarters (‘Extravagant’ Anita O’Day Edition)

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has always had a thing for the great Anita O’Day. (She chose that stage name because it was pig Latin for “dough,” which is what she wanted to make.) And lately we’ve been hitting Replay on her … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anita O'Day, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Man with a Horn, Newport Jazz Festival, RoundMidnightTV, Sarah Vaughn, Stan Getz, Sweet Georgia Brown, Tea for Two, The Guardian | 4 Comments

Scott Brown Is So Phony, Even His Ads Are Faked

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Accidental Sen. Scott Brown (R-Elsewhere) has always struck us as a manufactured item, and his latest ad in the 2014 New Hampshire Senate rumpus only cements that impression. From BuzzFeed‘s Dorsey Shaw: Scott Brown’s Campaign Ads Feature Green Screened Stock Footage … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Buzzfeed, Dorsey Shaw, Downturn Scotty, green screen, New Hampshire, Paul Lewis, Scott Brown, Secure Borders, Security, Shutterstock, sleight of handiwork, SNL, The Guardian | 2 Comments