Tag Archives: Time

Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The NYC Girls Project?

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, Did you see this story in the New York Times yesterday? City Unveils a Campaign to Improve Girls’ Self-Esteem The fashion industry and Madison Avenue are … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ask Dr. Ads, girls self-esteem, If You Let Me Play, Kat Stoeffel, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York Times, Nike, NYC Girls Project, Slate, soda ban, The Cut, Time, tobacco ban | Leave a comment

Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar Rumpus Begin! (Poetry And Pros Edition)

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Michael Scherer waxes lyrical at Time’s Swampland blog: AFP Brings Poetry To Political Boob Tube Politicians are supposed to campaign in poetry and govern in prose. But political advertising this cycle has been, for the most part, a bunch of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Americans for Prosperity, Free the Files, Michael Scherer, mystery donors, Political Ad Sleuth, Pro Publica, Sunlight Foundation, Swampland, TechPresident, The Dinner Table, Time | Leave a comment

All Those Dollars And No Sense

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Fun fact to know and tell: According to the Associated Press, through the end of August Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and the various independent groups supporting him had spent $245 million on advertising. Barack Obama’s campaign and its allies had … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ad spending, Associated Press, Barack Obama, Buzzfeed, gut welfare reform, Los Angeles Times, Mark Halperin, Mitt Romney, Real Clear Politics, Scott Conroy, Time | 1 Comment

So Is This The “Twitter Election” Or Not?

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From our We Don’t Have a Clue desk: Lots of conflicting stories about social media’s influence on the 2012 presidential bakeoff. Consider these headlines collected by the hardworking staff in just in the past week. From Time’s Swampland blog: Campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Advertising Age, Chris O'Brien, Facebook, Pew Research Center, Silicon Valley, social media, Swampland, TechPresident, Time, Twitter, Twitter election, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

The Year In Review In Review

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Haven’t had your fill of year-end reviews? Maybe these will strike your fancy. 1) From the New York Times style-chasing Thursday Styles: The 110 Things New Yorkers Talked About in 2010 Representative sample: 1.Bedbugs. 2.Pee-wee Herman’s comeback. 3.Larry King’sfarewell. 4. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Betty-on-Betty, BettyConfidential, Daily Beast, New York Times, Real Clear Politics, Time, Year in Review | 4 Comments

Something Doesn’t Ad Up About Facebook

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Facebook is all the rage these days, what with founder Mark Zuckerberg being Time’s Person of the Year 2010 and the site itself having “changed the way human beings relate to one another on a species-wide scale.” Sure. Even better, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg News, Mark Zuckerberg, Person of the Year, Steven Johnson, Time, Twitter, Wall Street Journal | 2 Comments

Dead Blogging Jonathan Franzen At The BPL

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

America’s Litt-It Guy Jonathan Franzen entered a banged-out Rabb Lecture Hall at the Boston Public Library Saturday afternoon and tried to move the podium to the center of the stage. Unsuccessfully. Undaunted, Franzen proceeded to read the “Mistakes Were Made” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All Things Considered, Boston Public Library, Bright Eyes, Freedom, Guy Raz, Jonathan Franzen, Litt-It Guy, Time, Tina Fey | 1 Comment

Politics Is A Virus

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Time magazine loves lists, and this week it lists the Best Viral Campaign Ads of 2010. Random sample, starting with Old Spice Dan: Time verdict: Long-shot Vermont Senate candidate Dan Freilich’s spoof on the Old Spice ad campaign is equal parts … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arizona Third Congressional District, Ben (Potatoe Head) Quayle, Dan Freilich, Old Spice Man, Time, Vermont, viral campaign ads | Leave a comment

Is McDonald’s Violating Massachusetts Law?

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Party desk (via Time.com): Two weeks ago, the Center for Science in the Public Interest served McDonald’s “a notice of its intent to sue, fulfilling a legal requirement of several states in which CSPI might … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Center for Science in the Public Interest, CSPI, deceptive marketing, intent to sue, McDonald's Happy Meals, slim-dunk, Time, unpaid drone army, word-of-mouth marketers | 1 Comment