Forbes is running a feature on the top corporate hate sites. "To honor these quixotic champions, we spent hours trawling the Web looking for the very best corporate hate sites." I must say, this seems an odd thing to do for a magazine which regularly covers these very corporations in a positive light. At any rate, here's the …
Trade Group Transparency
from New York Times: The trade organization for the liquor industry is for the first time offering the public a look behind the scenes at how it handles complaints about advertising, like the one for a vodka that declared, "Remember: Tonight is only a success if it ends with breakfast." Three Olives Cherry Vodka giving 'em something to complain about. The organization, known as the Distilled Spirits Council of the …
Um…You’re Fired
from New York Post: Reality TV kingpin, Mark Burnett, claims a Hollywood product placement firm lied to him and the makers of Crest toothpaste, Levi's and Mars candy bars to get their products onto "The Apprentice" …
Luddites Won’t Be Reading This
AdAge is running a "Special Report" on marketing to Luddites. The report seeks to prove that Luddites are not only found among the old and poor. Nearly half of cellphone-less adults are age 18 to 44, and one-fifth of Net-less adults have household income of at least $50,000, according to NOP World's Roper Reports. 28% of American adults -- 60 million people -- have no wireless phone, while 21% -- 45 million people -- …
The Yin Yang Of Yuengling Appreciation
In the mid-1980s I was a college student in Lancaster, PA. As such, locally produced beers like Yuengling and Rolling Rock were a regular part of my party diet. They were also incredibly cheap back then, like nine bucks a case. Over time, I acquired a taste for finer things and turned to Anchor Steam, Pilsner Urquell, Sierra Nevada, Fat Tire, Bells, Three Floyds and so on. Now that I'm back on the East Coast, I've …
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Starship Song Butchered By Coffee Hacks
Having recently moved to a small town, I suppose I ought to feel lucky that we have a Starbucks (I don't). After all, I'm hopelessly addicted to espresso. I won't bore you with my anti-Starbucks rhetoric in this space, but I will redistribute this vitriolic post from Gawker. As if their complete domination of New York City …
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Give Zippo A Break
Tim Nudd of Adfreak points to Zippo's response to a recent ruling by the Transportation Security Administration banning lighters from commercial flights, including checked luggage. "We strongly oppose the interpretation by the Department of Transportation (DOT) that prohibits packing lighters in checked luggage. In testing performed by Zippo engineers, as well as investigations done by the Lighter Association, Inc., …
“Don’t Be Blah” A Bit Blas
from New York Times: After 18 years, the National Pork Board is taking "the other white meat" in another direction. The organization, seeking to promote pork as a more contemporary choice at mealtime is tripling its advertising spending and playing down the theme it has used since 1987 of pork as "the other white meat." A multimedia campaign by the Richards Group in Dallas - hired last year to help increase pork …
