Tag Archives: Washington Post

The Weekly Standard, Redemption Issue (Rick Perry/Edwin Edwards Edition)

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Comeback Party desk Last week’s issue of The Weekly Standard featured a pair of Act Two political characters – one failed, one jailed – auditioning for the 2014 Comeback Kid designation. Start with Fred Barnes’s take on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baton Rouge, Comeback Kid, David Duke, Earl Long, Edwin Edwards, Fred Barnes, Huey Long, Jennifer Rubin, Kingfish, KKK, Louisiana, Matt Labash, Rick Perry, Russell B. Long, The Weekly Standard, Washington Post | 2 Comments

Politico Pimps Out Its Daily Tipsheets to Advertisers

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From its inception, Politico has pursued one objective: to win the morning. Toward that end, the (mostly) online publication has launched an armada of daily tipsheets. For some time now, those daily digests have featured embedded advertising along these … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Capital Playbook, Chevron, Con Edison, Erik Wemple, Indian Point Energy Center, Katz Radio Group, Mike Allen, Morning Score, National Grid, NYSERDA, Patrick McGee, Playbook, Politico, Washington Post, win the morning | 1 Comment

NYT’s Jim Brosnan Obit Lacks Heinz-Sight

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Jim Brosnan, a baseball-hurler-turned-word-twirler, died last week, as the New York Times noted yesterday. From the estimable Bruce Weber’s obit: Jim Brosnan, Who Threw Literature a Curve, Dies at 84 Jim Brosnan, who achieved modest baseball success as a relief … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A.J. Liebling, Bernard Malamud, Bruce Weber, Cincinnati Reds, Death of a Racehorse, Ernest Hemingway, Floyd Patterson, Frank Graham, Fred Lieb, Grantland Rice, Jim Brosnan, Jimmy Cannon, John Lardner, Jonathan Yardley, Lou Boudreau, Lou Gehrig: Boy of the Sandlots, New York Sun, New York Times, Once They Heard the Cheers, Player-Manager, Red Smith, Ring Lardner, Sports Illustrated, The Baseball Story, The Long Season, The Natural, W.C. Heinz, Washington Post, You Know Me Al | 2 Comments

Twitter Goes Native (Advertising). New York Says Its Standardized English Tests Haven’t

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

One by one, the media outlets you know and love are falling prey to stealth marketing. Call the roll: The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal. NBC’s The Tonight Show. The Washington Post. And etc. (See here for all … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All Twitter, Android, Associated Press, Barbie, branded content, Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, Common Core, iOS, iPod, Josh Golin, Life Savers, MediaBistro, MoPub, Mug Root Beer, NBC, New York, New York State Education Department, New York Times, Nike, Pearson, Product placement, Sneak ADtack, standardized tests, stealth marketing, The Tonight Show, Tom Dunn, Twitter, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post | 2 Comments

Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up with That French-Bashing Cadillac Ad?

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, So there I was, watching television and minding my own business, when this Cadillac commercial popped up. Narrator: “Why do we … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ask Dr. Ads, Brigid Schulte, Cadillac, Cadillac ELR, Freedom Fries, French in-laws, Gerry Hadden, NBC, Neal McDonough, Neil McDonough, Opening Ceremony, Poolside, PRI, Sochi Winter Olympics, The World, Washington Post | 4 Comments

Northeastern University’s National Ad Campaign, Part II

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff previously noted, Northeastern University launched an advertising campaign last week that included this full-page ad in the Boston Globe, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. Turns out, we didn’t know the half of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ad campaign, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle of Higher Education, Los Angeles Times, Making Tomorrow Happen, Michael Armini, New York Times, Northeastern University, San Francisco Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Washington Post Opens the Kimono for Stealth Marketers

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As stealth marketing – a.k.a. native advertising, branded content, sponsored posts, brand journalism, blah blah blah – has wormed its way into both online publications and mainstream media outlets (it’s all here, if you want to get technical about it), publishers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ad Innovations, Adweek, brand journalism, branded content, drop the veil, Idea Lab, Kevin Gentzel, native ads, native advertising, New York Times, Philip Marlowe, PhRMA, Sneak ADtack, sponsored posts, The Big Sleep, Washington Post, WP BrandConnect | Leave a comment

Has Google Replaced U.S. Postal Stamps in Celebrating Cultural Giants?

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Call it the Dawn of the Great Google Doodle Backlash. From today’s Washington Post Outlook section (via Politico Playbook): The case against the Google Doodle When Google honored African American author Zora Neale Hurston with a custom logo — a Google … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Coca-Cola, Daphne A. Brooks, Doodle, Google, Great Google Doodle Backlash, Harlem Renaissance, Justin Moyers, Los Angeles Times, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, McDonald's, Mohandas Ghandi, Outlook, Politico Playbook, Princeton University, The Root, Time, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal stamps, Washington Post, Zora Neale Hurston | 3 Comments

Hack Attack! Salon’s Brutal Takedown of Bigfoot Journalists

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Salon’s Alex Pareene has assembled a Top Ten Hackorama of Political Journalists and it’s a corker (tip o’ the pixel to AlterNet). Pareene blowtorches some of the most notable members of the chinstrokerati, “[channeling] each media figure’s ‘unique’ voice — … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Pareene, AlterNet, Benny Johnson, Bob Woodward, Business Insider, Buzzfeed, chinstrokerati, David Brooks, Erick Erickson, Game Change, George Will, Henry Blodget, John Heilemann, Malcolm Gladwell, Mark Halperin, Maureen Dowd, Mike Allen, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Politico, RedState, Richard Cohen, Salon, The New Yorker, Thomas Friedman, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post | 2 Comments

Mike Allen Takes Capital Playbook To Dark Side

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Fact #1 (via Adweek): Politico’s Allbritton Buys Capital New York The subscription approach to news is getting a significant boost, with Politico owner Robert Allbritton buying Capital New York with an eye on applying Politico’s business model to the online news site. Allbritton plans … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adweek, Capital New York, Capital Playbook, Eric Wemple, Instagram, Mike Allen, Playbook, Politico, Robert Allbritton, Sneak ADtack, Washington Post, ZipFit Denim | Leave a comment