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“We’re All Going To Die,” Industry Laments . . . Again
August 12, 2008 – 11:44 am
An article in yesterday’s AdAge titled “Ad Skipping? Just Wait. It’s Going to Get Worse.” bemoans last week’s US Court of Appeals ruling that would allow—oh, it’s bad—”network DVR” technology, essentially allowing viewers at home to watch whatever they want on cable, whenever they want to watch it, without buying any fancy new equipment or [...]
…The greatest love of all
January 29, 2008 – 3:35 am
Reality TV has never been anything but a guilty pleasure for me. In high school I shunned my friends for watching the first season of Survivor and at home, if someone walked in on me watching The Real World I would change the channel as quickly as possible. But like it, secretly like [...]
Arguing From Both Sides
December 29, 2007 – 7:09 pm
Sao Paolo’s Billboard Ban is about to have it’s first birthday. The ban went into effect and remains, despite threats of multiple lawsuits and cries about the loss of (corporate) free speech issued this time last year. For example:
But advertising and business groups regard the legislation as injurious to society and an affront to [...]
Packard Jennings in NYT
December 26, 2007 – 11:30 pm
AAA member, Packard Jennings, who worked on the Bus Stop Ad Project, had a project on the front page of the New York Times on monday. The article discussed shopdropping and referenced the Anti-Advertising Agency’s shopdropping workshops for the PeopleProducts123 project.
Update: Here’s some tv news coverage, with our friends from the Center for Tactical [...]
Charlie Brooker’s 10 Biggest Cocks in Advertising
December 20, 2007 – 10:13 am
Yes, “Cock” is in the headline. I never said this was a family blog.
A friend just sent these two bits of simple genius. You probably don’t want to watch this too loud at work, depending on where you work. I can’t make any sense over what the BBC does and doesn’t bleep. [...]
“Real beauty” from the makers of Axe?
December 12, 2007 – 9:21 am
From our pal Carrie McLaren over at StayFree Magazine:
It’s been a while since we checked in on the Dove “Real Beauty” campaign, but I would feel remiss in not pointing out the new round of criticism its getting.
If you haven’t seen them, the Dove commercials are as genius as they are insidious (see Onslaught and [...]
