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Hulu, NBC Pull SNL Skit (Michael Learmonth/AdAge)
memeorandum —
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Hulu, NBC Pull SNL Skit — But Political Skits Bringing in Huge Numbers — The presidential campaign has been good for “Saturday Night Live” — and for Hulu.com. In a few short weeks, the first clip of Tina Fey impersonating Gov. Sarah Palin has become the site's most-viewed of all time.
McCain Needs a Message More Than Money: For Sen. John McCain to win this race, his closing message must rea.. http://tinyurl.com/5aad78
Politweets —
Loader Twitter.com Profile_bird Hey there! adage is using Twitter. Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people using the web, your phone, or IM. Join today to start receiving adage's updates. Already using Twitter via SMS or IM? Finish signing up . [image] adage McCain Needs a Message More Than Money: For Sen. John McCain to win this race, his closing message must rea.. http://tinyurl.com/5aad78 4 minutes ago from twitterfeed Obama Camp Increases Use of Long-Form Ads: It's turning out that Sen. Barack Obama's fundraising .. ...
Obama Beats Out Apple
Fast Company - Technology —
1:47 pm | 1 recommendation | 0 comments Obama Beats Out Apple | posted by Danielle Sacks According to Advertising Age , Presidential nominee John McCain is coming in paltry fifth place. Fifth, that is, for the ad trade's annual "Marketer of the Year" award for 2008 (although with McCain's schizophrenic branding campaign, it's kind of strange he made the list at all). Guess who the winner is--beating out business icons like Apple and Nike? Brand Obama, who seems to be the "you" of 2008 (as in Time 's Person of the Year 2006 ). Of the hundreds of agency heads and top ...
The Semi-Human Techmeme: A Month Later
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Doug Weaver: Digital Solutions to the ‘Failed State’ of Advertising
BIA/Kelsey Blog —
... AdAge’s Bob Garfield famously sketched out a “chaos scenario” in which the media/advertising infrastructure collapses, venerable media brands fold bad poker hands and feral cats carry off small children. ...
Ad-supported books on the Kindle? Showtime offer of download script could pave the way
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home —
... I hate obnoxious advertising, especially if it’s the only choice for e-book readers; and in many cases some ugly credibility issues may arise. Do you want Ford to be the sole sponsor of a book of tips for auto buyers? ...
Dreaming the Impossible Dream? CancelAds Removes Display Ads from Online Content
ReadWriteWeb —
Imagine a world where users aren't irritated by online ads, yet publishers still make money from their content.
When you're done laughing, go check out CancelAds. The basic idea behind their not-so-revolutionary but certainly unheard-of monetization scheme is to have blog subscribers pay small amounts on a recurring basis to read ad-free content online. In a world where free content is a given and what's not free from publishers is made free by pirates, how could a concept like CancelAds survive? Read on to find out what the we and the CancelAds founders think. ...
