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  • September 2008
    • Microsoft Yanks Crazy Seinfeld Ads

      Microsoft Yanks Crazy Seinfeld Ads

      (Newser) - Microsoft has axed the cryptic Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates ads that left some viewers "scratching their heads," Michelle Quinn writes in the Los Angeles Times . Though a Microsoft spokesman claims it was the plan all along to stop here, the blogosphere is abuzz about Microsoft's "strained effort" to seem "cool and in touch with regular customers" in response to Apple's Mac vs. PC ads. More »

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      Microsoft   Apple   Bill Gates   Jerry Seinfeld   tv ads

  • February 2008
    • Super Bowl Ads Score With Upbeat Humor

      Super Bowl Ads Score With Upbeat Humor

      (Newser) - Coke topped Pepsi thanks to Charlie Brown, Budweiser’s Hank the Horse made viewers cry, and Tide to Go’s talking coffee stain scored the second-biggest upset of Super Bowl XLII. Madison Avenue outpaced expectations in the annual adfest that accompanies the NFL’s title game, reports the Wall Street Journal. The New York Times notes the agreeably lighter tone of this year's crop. More »

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      commercials   Super Bowl XLII   tv ads

  • January 2008
    • Super Bowl Ads Mirror US Mood

      Super Bowl Ads Mirror US Mood

      (Newser) - Super Bowl ads reveal the economic tenor of our times, MSNBC reports. Boom times spark creative commercials, like Apple's famed Ridley Scott-directed "1984" plug, which aired as economic confidence was rising. “Every year it really does mirror the biggest trends that year—what’s happening in the economy and what’s happening in the culture,” says an Adweek critic. More »

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      television   US economy   football   advertising   Super Bowl   commercials   Ridley Scott   tv ads

  • September 2007
    • Mitt's Blasts at 'Broken' Washington Risk GOP Ire

      Mitt's Blasts at 'Broken' Washington Risk GOP Ire

      (Newser) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney is distancing himself from President Bush in his TV ads and public statements—risking the ire of Republican primary voters who still support the president's most controversial policies. Romney's new theme is that the Republican party has been led off course, reports the Los Angeles Times .     More »

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      John McCain   George W. Bush   Mitt Romney   Rudy Giuliani   Mike Huckabee   tv ads   Chapman University

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