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  • August 2008

    • Newspaper Rejects PETA Ad on Bus Decapitation

      Associated Press  |  Aug 8, 08 8:03 AM CDT

      Newspaper Rejects PETA Ad on Bus Decapitation

      (Newser) - A Canadian newspaper has nixed a PETA ad that likened the decapitation of a bus passenger to the killing of animals in slaughterhouses, reports AP. The animal rights group had sought to run the ad, depicting a throat being cut, in a city close to where a man was stabbed, beheaded, and partially cannibalized by a fellow bus passenger last week. More »

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      murder  • Canada  • animal rights  • PETA  • advertisements  • buses

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Fake Airline Has Philly Giggling

      Associated Press  |  Jun 6, 08 7:44 PM CDT

      Fake Airline Has Philly Giggling

      (Newser) - An ad for "Derrie-Air" airlines made Philadelphia readers the butt of a publicity joke today, the AP reports. The owner of two newspapers and an ad agency revealed that the airline—which claimed to charge passengers by weight, and be carbon-neutral—was cooked up to prove the power of advertising. And it's generating online buzz aplenty, a media company says. More »

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      airline  • newspaper  • Philadelphia  • weight  • advertisements  • hoax

    • In-Game Ads Coming to PS3

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 4, 08 3:14 PM CDT

      In-Game Ads Coming to PS3

      (Newser) - Sony has struck a deal to bring in-game advertising to its PlayStation 3 console, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many games have already toyed with product placement and ads, but thanks to the deal with IGA Worldwide, those digital billboards can now be updated in real time. Electronic Arts will be the first game-maker to take advantage of the deal. More »

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      advertising  • Sony  • Electronic Arts  • advertisements  • video games  • Playstation 3

  • May 2008

    • Smart Billboards: They're Watching You

      New York Times  |  May 31, 08 7:18 AM CDT

      Smart Billboards: They're Watching You

      (Newser) - Advertisers are bringing billboards into the 21st century by fitting them with cameras that record details used to determine a passer-by's age, sex, and race, the New York Times reports. Companies plan to use the technology to tailor the advertising to the person standing in front of it. The tiny cameras, which send info back to a central database, are hard for passers-by to spot. More »

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      advertising  • privacy  • advertisements  • targeted advertising  • billboards

    • Rachael Ray's 'Terror Scarf' Ad Yanked

      Boston Globe  |  May 28, 08 9:44 AM CDT

      Rachael Ray's 'Terror Scarf' Ad Yanked

      (Newser) - Dunkin' Donuts has pulled an ad featuring TV chef Rachael Ray after conservative commentators got tied in knots over her scarf, the Boston Globe reports. The black-and-white scarf around her neck looked a little too much like a keffiyeh—the traditional headwear of Arab men—for some observers, who howled in outrage and threatened a boycott over the supposed link to the "murderous Palestinian jihad." More »

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      Palestinians  • advertisements  • Dunkin' Donuts  • Rachael Ray  • headscarves

  • April 2008

    • Teen Panty Ad Shocks Disney

      Slate  |  Apr 30, 08 12:48 PM CDT

      Teen Panty Ad Shocks Disney

      (Newser) - Red-faced Disney execs paused their Miley Cyrus finger-wagging yesterday when asked about a billboard showcasing an underage model in Disney-themed skivvies above a Beijing subway station, Slate reports. The ad, paid for by the squeaky-clean cartoon empire, features a pig-tailed pubescent girl lounging in mouse-logo bra and panties playing with a pair of Minnie Mouse puppets. More »

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      scandals  • Beijing  • Disney  • Miley Cyrus  • advertisements

  • March 2008

    • Café-Loving Kids Cash In on Laptop Ads

      Der Spiegel  |  Mar 12, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Café-Loving Kids Cash In on Laptop Ads

      (Newser) - A German company has a solution for university students who spend their time in cafés and need extra cash for coffee: laptop advertisements, Der Spiegel reports. Just slap a sticker on the back of your screen and you could earn $320 for a few months of public studying. Berlin-based Smaboo has 1,200 students hawking its clients' products in 30 German cities. More »

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      Germany  • advertising  • Berlin  • college student  • laptop  • advertisements  • cafes

    • Keith Richards, Supermodel

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 6, 08 11:37 AM CST

      Keith Richards, Supermodel

      (Newser) - Keith Richards is featured in a new Louis Vuitton ad, accessorized as usual with headscarf and guitar—but wearing no LV, writes Elizabeth Snead in the Los Angeles Times . The Rolling Stone isn’t identified in the pic, as, a rep notes, “Keith Richards needs absolutely no introduction." But the aging rocker hasn’t sold out: He’s donating his pay to Al Gore’s Climate Project. More »

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      music  • Al Gore  • Rolling Stones  • advertisements  • Louis Vuitton  • Keith Richards  • Annie Leibovitz

  • December 2007
  • September 2007

    • Google Phone Rumors Build

      BusinessWeek  |  Sep 29, 07 7:12 PM CDT

      Google Phone Rumors Build

      (Newser) - Consumers may soon be able to trade free phone calls for targeted advertising, if Google gets its way. Industry experts speculate that the tech giant is quietly developing plans to market cell phones with an ad-based service in exchange for free minutes, BusinessWeek reports. The big wireless carriers, while privately haunted by the idea, are publicly nonplussed. More »

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      Google  • cell phones  • Verizon  • AT and T  • Sprint Nextel  • smartphones  • advertisements  • phone service  • Virgin Mobile

    • Chavez Slams Quinceañera Implants

      Reuters  |  Sep 26, 07 1:07 PM CDT

      Chavez Slams Quinceañera Implants

      (Newser) - Hugo Chavez has aimed his anti-consumerist wrath at one of Venezuela’s bustiest trends. In a record eight-hour TV address Sunday, the barn-storming president assaulted his countrymen for giving breast implants as presents to girls celebrating their quinceañeras , the traditional 15th-birthday coming-of-age party.   More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • advertisements  • breast implants  • Barbie  • consumerism  • Bolivarism

  • August 2007
  • April 2007

    • Advertisers Won't Get It on eBay

      New York Times  |  Apr 6, 07 9:34 AM CDT

      Advertisers Won't Get It on eBay

      (Newser) - Cable networks are boycotting eBay's experiment in auctioning television airtime to ad houses, in a decision that could ground its nascent spin-off site. The networks protest that Online Media Exchange, which eBay claimed would reduce inefficiency, doesn't account for today's complex targeting and multimedia promotional packages. More »

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      Google  • television  • business  • eBay  • auction  • cable TV  • advertisements  • Dish Network

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