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Café-Loving Kids Cash In
on Laptop Ads

German firm pushes screen-back billboards at universities

Mar 12, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(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... More »

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advertising • Germany • Berlin • laptop • advertisements • cafes • college student • embedded branding • Smaboo • Christoph Magnussen

Keith Richards, Supermodel

Rolling Stone mugs for Louis Vuitton

Mar 6, 08 11:37 AM CST
(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."... More »

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

Joe Camel Ads Look Bad for Tobacco Giant

8 states sue over Rolling Stone insert;
RJ Reynolds faces $100M in fines

Dec 4, 07 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Eight states are suing RJ Reynolds, alleging that an ad for Camel cigarettes in Rolling Stone last month violates a 1998 agreement not to use cartoons in advertising cigarettes. The states seek $100 for every magazine distributed and for every hit on the tobacco giant's associated website, the AP reports.... More »

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California • tobacco • Rolling Stone • Pennsylvania • lawsuit • advertisements • tobacco companies • RJ Reynolds • Camel

Google Phone Rumors Build

Consumers would trade free minutes for targeted advertising

Sep 29, 07 7:12 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Chavez Slams Quinceañera Implants

Venezuelan prez
hates popular sweet-15 gift of enlargements

Sep 26, 07 1:07 PM CDT
(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 • breast implants • Barbie • consumerism • quinceaneras • Bolivarism • advertisements • Hugo Chávez

Identity Theft Ring Uses Job Ads

Investigators uncover 1.6 million pieces of stolen info

Aug 22, 07 2:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fraudulent job ads on Monster.com and other websites have been used to obtain personal information to steal thousands of identities, reports Information Week. Researchers at security company Symantec uncovered a major database containing 1.6 million pieces of personal information on an undisclosed number of people who clicked on... More »

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Internet • online advertising • identity theft • Symantec • Monster.com • SecureWorks • Trojan • Zeus • advertisements

FTC Subpoenas Food Giants
on Marketing
to Kids

Congress wants data
on childhood obesity

Aug 11, 07 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FTC dealt out 44 subpoenas yesterday to food companies, including McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and Kraft, seeking information on how much they spent on advertising to kids. The businesses have until November 1 to comply for a report the FTC is preparing for Congress on marketing practices and child obesity. More »

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obesity • Congress • nutrition • health • advertising • childhood obesity • McDonald's • marketing • Coca Cola • children • weight • diet • FTC • General Mills • advertisements

Advertisers Won't Get
It on eBay

Stations opt out of TV-ad auction site

Apr 6, 07 9:34 AM CDT
(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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television • Google • eBay • cable TV • business • auction • Online Media Exchange • Dish Network • advertisements

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