Tag: Advertising
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‘Devil’s Due’ Baby Prank Scares the Hell Out of New York
from thewrap.com: New Yorkers weren’t only victims of extreme cold earlier this month, they were the victims of a terrifying promotional prank for the upcoming found-footage horror movie “Devil’s Due.” “Devil Baby Attack,” a new video that launched on Tuesday, features an animatronic spawn of Satan rampaging through the snow-covered streets of NYC via a…
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Most children get food and beverage marketing at school, study says
from latimes.com: Most students are exposed in school to efforts by food and beverage companies to sell food or gain brand loyalty, despite a decline in some kinds of commercial enterprises, including in soda machine contracts, researchers reported Monday. High school students get the most exposure, and for almost 64% of elementary school students, the…
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Yahoo Malvertising Attack Linked to Larger Malware Scheme
from computerworld.com: A deeper look by Cisco Systems into the cyberattack that infected Yahoo users with malware appears to show a link between the attack and a suspicious affiliate traffic-pushing scheme with roots in Ukraine. Yahoo said on Sunday that European users were served malicious advertisements, or “malvertisements,” between Dec. 31 and last Saturday. If…
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Non-GMO Cheerios More Marketing Boon Than Health Boost?
from nbcnews.com: A non-Frankenfood Cheerios may not make much of a difference to consumers’ health, but it could deliver some benefits to General Mills’ bottom line. Opponents of genetically modified foods cheered the cereal maker’s announcement Thursday that its original flavor Cheerios now is made without GMOs and will be on store shelves soon.
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Facebook to Show Video Commercials That Play Automatically
Facebook Forces Video Ads on You Because Marketers Told It To* from mercurynews.com: Some Facebook users will see video commercials Thursday that start playing automatically when users scroll through their usual stream of posts and updates from friends, the social networking company said Tuesday. But the commercials won’t make a sound unless a user taps…
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How The Media Failed Women In 2013
from huffingtonpost.com: It’s been quite the year for women in the media. Some things, like the popularity of “Orange Is The New Black” and Sweden’s new film rating system are worth celebrating — but let’s not forget all of the outrageously sexist media moments from 2013. The suggestion that women should pay more for health…
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Star Athletes Like LeBron, Serena Cash In On Junk Food Endorsements
from latimes.com: Superstar athletes Peyton Manning, LeBron James and Serena Williams led their colleagues with endorsements of food and beverages that are calorie-dense and unhealthful – sending mixed messages about diet and health, researchers said. Of 512 brands endorsed by 100 top athletes, nearly a quarter of them (122) were for food and beverages –…
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Twitter Advertisers Say Service Needs More Users
from wsj.com: For some advertisers, 218 million people isn’t a big enough audience. That’s their message to Twitter Inc., which Thursday detailed plans for an initial public offering. Ad buyers say that the short-message service will need significantly more users, and a bigger sales force, to win more spending from their mass-market clients. “Scale still…
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Twitter Wants to Start Tracking You on the Web, Here’s How to Opt-Out
from LifeHacker.com: In a blog post today, Twitter announced that they’re “experimenting with new ways of targeting ads,” which is their way of saying they’re planning to track you around the web—even when you leave Twitter—and relay that information to advertisers to craft better ads. Here’s how to opt out. If this sounds familiar, it…
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New World Next Week: Episode128 – Bank Hacks, GPS Junk Food, Fake Debates
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode128 – Bank Hacks, GPS Junk Food, Fake Debates Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Huge Cyber Attack On US Banks Allegedly Came From ‘Middle East’ Cyber…
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Media/Memes: Mayberry, Lamb of God, Heidi Bowl and more
Sheriff Confirms Andy Griffith Has Died* Video: TV Legend Andy Griffith Dies at 86* Singer in U.S. Metal Band Arrested in Fan’s Death in Czech Republic* Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe still in Prague prison* Julian Goodman, NBC Pres. Battled Nixon, Sorry for ‘Heidi Bowl,’ Dies at 90* Barry Becher, Creator of Ginsu Knife…
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Study Says Kids Cereals Actually Are Healthier, But The Ads Aren’t
While U.S. food companies are making healthier breakfast cereals for children, they’re also aiming more ads for their unhealthiest products at kids, according to a report issued on Friday.
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Media/Memes: Twilight Time
Can You Answer 25 Difficult Questions The Mainstream Media Refuses To?* House Republicans Reject FCC Rule to Force TV Stations to Publish Who Paid for Political Ads* Video: The arrogance and failure of news media* Boy Has Seizure Over Gory Scene in Prometheus* Gory Prometheus Scene Gives Young Boy A Seizure* Blade Runner: 30 Years…
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#BingeAndPurge: #Flame, Pain Killings and More
Flame Retardant Found to Cause Health Effects at Small Doses // Disney junk-food ad ban latest move to slim US kids // Mexican Farmers Block Monsanto Law to Privatize Plants // Honeybees take up residence at Waldorf-Astoria NYC // Doctors advise against delayed vaccination schedule // #Audio #Satire: Bufferin Sought In Series Of Pain Killings
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Is This An American Beverage Association Ad In Disguise?
If the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is placing ads attacking Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to limit the size of soft drinks to 16 ounces, he must have done something right.