NBC Chases ‘Greedwashing’ Bucks
Raise your hand if you watched the American Giving Awards Saturday night. Didn’t think so. The program ran on NBC except it wasn’t a program so much as a promo for JPMorgan Chase, which financed and...
View ArticleThe Grift That Keeps On Giving
You know that bubbly toy expert you just saw on one of the TV morning shows? She’s a shill. From NPR’s On the Media: As product placement becomes pervasive in TV and movies, the line between content...
View ArticleFor Romney, NBC = Not Being Co-opted
As the GOP presidential primary campaign heats up in Florida, new ad from Mitt Romney (R-No More Mr. Nice Mitt) channels NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw circa 1997. From Politico’s Morning Score:...
View ArticleFor Romney, NBC = New Broadcaster Complaints
Yesterday, it was NBC complaining that the Romney campaign had ripped off footage from the network’s newscast. Now, add ABC, CBS, and CNN to the list of rippees, according to TV Newser: Several...
View ArticleSponsors To Donald Trump: You’re Hired!
NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice is to product integration what plaid is to Bermuda shorts. From MediaPost: New Sponsors Join ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ For 12th Season One of the original big-ticket branded...
View ArticleScott Brown (Hearts) Barack Obama
Sen. Scott Brown (R-It’s Not Girly to Shoot Underhand) has a new Radio Report that grabs onto Barack Obama like a liferaft. From MSNBC’s First Read: Scott Brown cites pride in ‘standing with President...
View Article“Life Was His Sentence, And Life Is What He Got Back”
The hardworking staff has long believed that Charlie Crews – protagonist of NBC’s primetime drama Life that ran from 2007 to 2009 – is one of the great characters ever to hit the small screen. Played...
View ArticleMore Fantasy Friends For Scott Brown?
It wasn’t kings and queens Scott Brown (R-Wonderland) was having imaginary conversations with this time, it was anonymous White House gremlins. From BuzzFeed: Scott Brown Breaks News Of Nonexistent...
View ArticleNBC = Not Being Competitive
The Peacock Network has plummeted to new depths in the latest ratings period. From the New York Times: In Turnabout, NBC Prime Time Lands in the Cellar With every passing week, the sudden blossoming of...
View ArticleC.J. Chivers: Rhymes With Shivers (‘Death Highway’ Edition)
From our Late to the (Syrian Rebel) Party desk New York Times war correspondent C.J. Chivers produces boots-on-the-ground reporting as well as any journalist of his generation, and his Friday piece is...
View ArticleAereo Dynamics Coming To Boston
Aereo, the ant(enna) farm that lets viewers access broadcast networks on the Internet for a monthly fee, is expanding into Boston, but not without opposition. Via The Verge (tip o’ the pixel to...
View ArticleSince When Are 4th of July Fireworks ‘Curated’?
Since now, apparently. The NBC network is officially dancing on the grave of the July 4th Boston Pops concert, whose national broadcast has been dumped by CBS. Full-page ad in Wednesday’s New York...
View ArticleNew Stealth Gambit Is Like Russian Nesting Ads
Apparently it’s not enough for marketers to bombard us with ads. Now they’re bombarding us with ads-within-ads. From Advertising Age: BMW Teams Up With TaylorMade for Ad Within an Ad Automaker liked...
View ArticleIs There Something Wrong with the Official Boston Bombings Story?
Russ Baker at WhoWhatWhy is challenging the accepted narrative of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s actions in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings (tip o’ the pixel to AlterNet). Boston Bomber...
View ArticleAsk Dr. Ads: What’s Up with That French-Bashing Cadillac Ad?
Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, So there I was, watching television and minding my own business, when this Cadillac commercial popped up....
View ArticleFallon Gone (Native Advertising Edition)
Since its NBC debut 60 years ago, The Tonight Show has featured more plugs than Joe Biden’s head. But the recent introduction of GE’s Fallonvention showcase represents a new low for the late night...
View ArticleTwitter Goes Native (Advertising). New York Says Its Standardized English...
One by one, the media outlets you know and love are falling prey to stealth marketing. Call the roll: The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal. NBC’s The Tonight Show. The Washington Post. And etc....
View ArticleFord Mustang Drives NBC’s ‘The Blacklist’
Editor’s note: This post really should have run on our kissing’ cousin, Sneak Adtack, but the hardtracking site seems to be experiencing technical difficulties. So . . . Gird your loins, splendid...
View ArticleTo Know Trump (All Bagel and No Schmear Edition)
What a difference a Tslump makes. One month ago, GOP Hair Apparent Donald Trump was bragging that he didn’t need advertising to fuel his presidential run because “I’m getting so much coverage. It would...
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