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David St. Hubbins Was Way Out Front the Current Curling Craze
If you splendid readers have any doubts that curling is all the rage among Olympic sports, this Kansas City Star piece by Pete Granthoff should quell them. Mr. T loves watching Olympic curling. ‘You heard me, curling Fool!’ Like clockwork, the sport … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018 Olympics, curling, David St. Hubbins, ESPN, Jason Gay, Kansas City Star, Mr. T, Pete Grathoff, Spinal Tap, SportsCenter, Wall Street Journal
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WSJ Print Advertising Touts WSJ-Produced Native Advertising
From the Russian Nesting Ads desk at Sneak Adtack This week the Wall Street Journal started running tag-team ads in its print edition that direct readers to digital ads created by the paper’s in-house native advertising shop. This quarter-page ad, for … Continue reading
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Tagged Axios, Cole Haan, Fitch Group, ICSC, International Council of Shopping Centers, J Crew, Lands' End, Neiman Marcus, New York Times, Russian nesting ads, Scott Galloway, Sears, Sneak ADtack, State of the Cuisinart Marketing, Talbots, The Four, The Retail Implosion, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Custom Studios, WSJ.
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We’re Shocked – Shocked! – at ‘Casablanca’ Exhibit Reviews
The Natick-based International Museum of World War II has mounted a new exhibit, The Real and Reel Casablanca (November 10 through February 3), which features “75 artifacts drawn from the Museum’s extensive collection that provide unmatched insights into the decisions surrounding the … Continue reading
Rarer Than the Eclipse! Wall Street Journal Runs Ad in NYT!
Here’s something else you’ll see about once every hundreds years: The Wall Street Journal taking out a full-page ad in the Sunday New York Times. The hardsipping staff has no idea how many Times readers will discover the WSJwine … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider Gets No Love From ThirdLove Press Room
Yesterday the headscratching staff wrote about some puzzling ads that have run recently in major daily newspapers, including this one from Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. About which we commented thusly: First of all, a bra ad in the … Continue reading
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Tagged #CatSignal, Battle for the Net, Boston Globe, CNNMoney, David Ogilvy, Heidi Zak, Internet Blackout, Internet Defense League, Justice League of America, Mass Mutual, Net Neutrality Day of Action, New York Times, Pride 2017, Private Internet Access, ThirdLove, Wall Street Journal
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Very Strange Ads ‘n’ Ends From This Week’s Daily Papers
As the hardworking staff diligently perused its costly home-delivered newspapers the past few days, we’ve encountered a number of full-page ads that have left us, well, bemused. Start with this two-page spread in the Sunday New York Times Pride 2017 … Continue reading
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Tagged #CatSignal, Battle for the Net, Boston Globe, CNNMoney, David Ogilvy, Internet Blackout, Internet Defense League, Justice League of America, Mass Mutual, Net Neutrality Day of Action, New York Times, Pride 2017, Private Internet Access, ThirdLove, Wall Street Journal
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Zero Bostonians Pony Up For AJC Ad Supporting Israel
As the 50th anniversary of Israel’s six-day war unfolds in myriad narratives, the American Jewish Committee (a.k.a. the AJC) ran this ad in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Here’s the text: But what really caught the eye of the hardcounting … Continue reading
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Tagged AJC, American Jewish Committee, BDS, Israel, six-day war, Wall Street Journal
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JFK Library Shuns Boston Dailies, Runs Wall Street Journal Ad
The new exhibition JFK 100: Milestones and Mementos at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum will no doubt get some rocket-fueled promotion in the coming weeks, but its marketing campaign has sort of blown up on the launch … Continue reading