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not-so-mean joe greene

Steelers Legend Cops Award for 30-Year-Old Coke Ad

'Mean' Joe Greene, child co-star receive Clios 30 years later

Nov 16, 09 5:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Already a Hall of Fame-bound football player, Joe Greene of the Steelers became an advertising legend 30 years ago with the release of the Coca-Cola commercial that ends with him tossing his jersey to a starstruck young fan. The spot won the ad industry's highest honor, but the stars had... More »

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advertising • Pittsburgh Steelers • commercials • Hall of Fame • Pittsburgh • Coca-Cola • television advertising • ads • pro football • Coke • Joe Greene • "Mean" Joe Greene • Tommy Okon • Clio Award • Pro Football Hall of Fame • Joe Greene Coke commercial

 Complaints Curb 
 Vegas Stripper-Mobile 

'We're going to be good citizens' despite uptick in business

Nov 13, 09 8:35 PM CST
(AP) - A Las Vegas strip club has agreed to stop an advertising promotion that involved hauling bikini-clad exotic dancers around in a truck. Larry Beard, marketing director of Déjà Vu Showgirls, said today he's taking his lawyer's advice and parking the truck. "We're going to respect the opinion of... More »

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entertainment • advertising • Las Vegas • strip club • stripper • Las Vegas Strip • complaints • D?j? Vu Showgirls

war on christmas

 Christian Group 
 Boycotts Gap 
 Over Holiday Ads 

Not enough Christ in Gap's Christmas: AFA

Nov 13, 09 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A Christian group has launched a boycott of the Gap over its religion-neutral holiday ads. The American Family Association, already ticked off by last year’s campaign, which wished consumers a “Merry Gap-mas,” hit the roof over this year's “Go Christmas, Go Hanukkah, Go Kwanzaa, Go Solstice.... More »

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advertising • conservative • solstice • Christians • holiday • Christmas • The Gap • Hanukkah • war on christmas • American Family Association • Kwanzaa

 Stripper-Mobile 
 Shocks Even 
 Las Vegas

Trucks roaming Sin City 'are like Pied Pipers out there on the Strip'

Nov 12, 09 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Even in over-the-top Sin City, the stripper-mobile is an attention-getter. The Plexiglas-walled truck roaming the Las Vegas Strip features a stripper pole—and strippers, of course, albeit ones still wearing their skivvies. It has proven an effective marketing technique for Déjà Vu Showgirls, but if county commissioners get their... More »

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advertising • Las Vegas • stripping • stripper

 How to Dress 
 Like a Mad Man 

Opt for trimmer suits, skip the Borsalino

Nov 5, 09 2:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Want to look like Don Draper without being a dufus? Have no fear. New men's suits are sporting some of the same designs worn by the golden boys of the fictional ad agency on TV's hysterically popular Mad Men. "Men's suit styles have dramatically changed, and the styling of... More »

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fashion • advertising • Mad Men • Jon Hamm • advertising agency • men's suits

OPINION

 Shine a Light 
 on Sneaky TV 
 Product Placement 

Do you know when you're being sold something?

Oct 30, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - You can tell when you’re watching a commercial, right? Not at all, writes NE Marsden , and that’s a huge problem. A new FTC measure seeks to expose the practice of paid consideration—“stealth advertising” is a better phrase—online by requiring bloggers and marketers to disclose remuneration,... More »

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entertainment • television • Internet • advertising • FCC • marketing • children • FTC • product placement • Federal Communications Commission • Federal Trade Commission

NOT FAMILY-GUY FRIENDLY

 Microsoft 
 Yanks Seth 
 MacFarlane 
 Sponsorship 

Windows pulls sponsorship of comedy special after watching it

Oct 27, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apparently, Microsoft just can’t handle a good Holocaust joke. After attending a taping of Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show, the software giant has pulled its support, saying the content “was not a fit with the Windows brand.” The show, a... More »

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Microsoft • advertising • Fox • Seth MacFarlane • corporate sponsorship

sausage and politics

Dems Helped Shape Health Industry Ad Campaign

Meeting raises questions about ties to big business

Oct 16, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aides to President Obama and Max Baucus met with a variety of lobbyists for corporate health care companies on April 15, to help form two industry coalitions and launch a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, Politico has learned. Though both sides insist no quid pro quo was laid out, some participants say... More »

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ethics • Barack Obama • advertising • pharma • health care industry • lobbying • lobbyists • health care reform • Max Baucus • special interests • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama

 Disney Grumpy 
 About 'Ho White' Ads 

Aussie ale company rewrites fairy tale

Oct 16, 09 2:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once upon a time an Aussie ale company ad turned Snow White into "Ho White," and made Disney officials as angry as wicked witches. The not-so-virginal disheveled beauty blows smoke rings in bed with her little naked buddies including Filthy, Smarmy and Randy in the controversial ad for... More »

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Australia • advertising • business • Disney • fairy tales • Ho White • Snow White • ale

(Newser) - The blogosphere is buzzing with opprobrium for a promotional iPhone app. “Amp Up Before You Score,” as in Pepsi’s energy drink, gives guys tips on how to, well, “score” with different types of women. The advice ranges from banal—compute your carbon footprint to hit on... More »

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social networking • advertising • Pepsi • energy drink • dating tips • iPhone applications • Amp • objectify

 Conn. Ad Aims 
 to Curb Underage 
 Drinking Early 

Billboard featuring baby, beer bottle draws some attention

Oct 6, 09 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Connecticut health authorities are using a tried-and-true advertising technique to get their point across: use a baby. What’s got people talking, though, is that the baby is in an anti-underage-drinking billboard, and is being given a sip from a beer bottle. The photo of the baby is paired with... More »

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advertising • beer • Connecticut • baby • underage drinking • NBC Local

OPINION

 Why Murdoch Must 
 Fire Glenn Beck 

Offensive as the Fox News host is, the bottom line is the bottom line

Oct 5, 09 6:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch will eventually fire Glenn Beck from Fox News, though not directly because of "his continued assault on the president," writes Ben Cohen. True, Beck's "remarkable slew of accusations and innuendo does not reflect well on the network," but arguments about politics miss the point:... More »

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television • Rupert Murdoch • advertising • Fox News • Fox • Glenn Beck • boycott • News Corp • Sky News

AD CAMPAIGN

 Dominatrix, 
 Levi Johnston 
 Sex Up Pistachios 

New commercials hope to erase recall stigma

Oct 5, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Can sex sell nuts? Pistachio growers sure hope so. With sales off more than 20% following last year’s nationwide recall, they’ve launched a risqué $15 million ad campaign. How risqué? In one ad, a real-life dominatrix cracks open a pistachio with a whip, USA Today reports.... More »

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nutrition • advertising • diet • commercials • sexy • pistachios • nuts

ANALYSIS

Watch an Ad, Get an MP3 Download: Genius or Goof?

Free All Music is innovative, but still might not work

Oct 2, 09 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new site thinks it has the answer the music industry’s woes: Free All Music will allow users to download a high-quality mp3 with no copy restrictions in exchange for watching a 15-second video ad of their choosing. The site then takes a user’s handle and uses it... More »

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music • music industry • music downloads • advertising • iTunes • digital downloads • MP3 • MP3s • Free All Music

Strip Club's Ad Pokes Fun
at Hermaphrodite Runner

'No need for gender testing!' billboard draws complaints

Sep 30, 09 10:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A strip club’s seemingly obvious reference to the South African runner revealed to be a hermaphrodite is, predictably, drawing complaints—though the club’s owner says his billboard proclaiming “No need for gender testing!” underneath a busty model isn’t a stab at Caster Semenya. Lolly Jackson... More »

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advertising • South Africa • strip club • athletics • hermaphrodite • billboards • Caster Semenya • gender test • Leonard Chuene • Teazers • Lolly Jackson

 Matador Puts 
 Gay Drink Ad 
 on Cape 

Spaniard breaks with macho tradition, and how

Sep 24, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joselito Ortega is breaking more boundaries than one. The little-known Spanish matador will be advertising his new sponsor on his cape while in the ring, an unheard-of break with tradition. Then there’s the sponsor itself, a club-scene energy drink called (seriously) “Gay Up.” It’s not exactly... More »

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advertising • bullfighting • matador • gay • Joselito Ortega

 Underwater Billboards? 
 They're Suspicious in Seattle 

Seafood standby heavily promoting 'recently' discovered underwater ad campaign

Sep 18, 09 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - After unearthing plans laid long ago by its founder, a legendary Seattle seafood restaurant is pulling underwater advertising billboards out of Puget Sound—though Ivar’s accompanying advertising blitz and founder Ivar Haglund’s notorious record of self-promotion have residents smelling something fishy, the Times reports. “If I was... More »

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advertising • Seattle • hoax • underwater • Puget Sound • salvage • Ivar's • Ivar Haglund

 Facebook Makes Money At Last 

Social networking site hits profitability ahead of schedule

Sep 16, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - After mountains of hype, Facebook has joined the ranks of profitable enterprises, despite an advertising model that Ad Age describes as “nascent.” Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday that the social site had passed the 300 million registered-user mark and become “cash-flow positive” last quarter. That actually puts... More »

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social networking • advertising • Facebook • profits • social media

 PC Marketing Drops 
 the Technobabble 

'Fact tags' only confused customers: Intel exec

Sep 12, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - PC makers seem to have gotten the hint and are beginning to hawk their wares not with dazzling technobabble but with information useful to the average consumer, the New York Times reports. For years, tech concerns have touted their achievements in impenetrable language on “fact tags” (DDR2 RAM,... More »

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advertising • Intel • Apple • Macintosh • computer chip • consumer electronics • AMD • PC makers • personal computers • technical

New Twitter Rules 'Leave the Door Open' for Ads

Microblogger makes users' ownership of tweets explicit

Sep 11, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter’s new terms of service allow advertising, although the company has not proposed or implemented any yet, the East Bay Business Times reports. "We leave the door open for advertising. We'd like to keep our options open, as we've said before," wrote creative director Biz Stone. The... More »

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advertising • online advertising • banner ads • Twitter • tweet • microblogging • social media

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