Tag: Advertising
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You Can Change the Channel, But Local News Is the Same
Local TV Stations Cut Costs by Sharing News Operations from nytimes.com: Call a reporter at the CBS television station here (in Texas), and it might be an anchor for the NBC station who calls back. Or it might be the news director who runs both stations’ news operations. The stations here compete for viewers, but…
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#BingeAndPurge: Nano, Polio, POM, Peru and More
White House Blocking EPA Efforts to Issue Rules on Nanomaterials // Cases of ‘Non-Polio’ Paralysis Rise After Polio Vaccination Drives // Federal Judge Rules General Mills Is Allowed to Mislead Consumers about “Fruit” Products // FTC Judge Rules Pomegranate Juice Maker Used Deceptive Ads // ‘The Voice’ judge Will.i.am goes to Oxford University climate change…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode015 – Homeless Virus, Tacocopter (Video)
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week’s menu features Homeless Virus, Tacocopter and more…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode015 – Homeless Virus, Tacocopter (Audio)
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week’s menu features Homeless Virus, Tacocopter and more…
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Vintage Weight Loss Ads: A Look at Health Advice of Yesteryear
from huffingtonpost.com: Would Don Draper approve these messages? With Mad Men’s season five premiere bringing everyone’s favorite vintage show back to television on Sunday, we decided to take a look back at the ads that influenced our dieting styles and body images over the years. It’s easy to think of the current glut of half-baked…
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#MediaMemes: Mad Men, Models, Mars and more
‘Mad Men’ Ring Opening Bell at NYSE // Bobbi Kristina not engaged to ‘brother’ // Kim Kardashian’s ex Ray J ‘has a ton of Whitney Houston sex tapes and erotic photographs in his possession’ // No cocaine found in Whitney Houston’s hotel room, coroner says // New Israeli law bans underweight models in ads //…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode012 – Monsanto, Lorax, Bird Flu (Video)
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week’s menu features Monsanto, the Lorax, bird flu and more…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode012 – Monsanto, Lorax, Bird Flu (Audio)
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week’s menu features Monsanto, the Lorax, bird flu and more…
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Corporations Kidnap ‘Lorax’ to Greenwash Dangerous Products
Environmentalists and child advocates are raising warning flags this week over the consumer-driven, corporate-sponsored ad campaigns and product tie-ins surrounding the movie version of Dr. Suess’ ‘The Lorax’.
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Stupor Bowl Symbolism: Madonna’s 13 Minute Sermon
from vigilantcitizen.com: A week before the Superbowl, Madonna described on Anderson Cooper the spiritual importance she attributed to her halftime show: “The Superbowl is kind of like the Holy of Holies in America. I’ll come at halfway of the ‘church experience’ and I’m gonna have to deliver a sermon. It’ll have to be very impactful.”…
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uk’s office of communication issues regulations on occult advertising
from wildhunt: The UK broadcasting regulatory body Ofcom (Office of Communications) has issued a new set of guidelines for ads peddling psychic and occult services. The new rules outright ban the selling of occult services on British television, and place restrictions on tarot and astrology programs. “Television advertisements must not promote psychic practices or practices…
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how coca-cola shaped the modern-day santa
from eatocracy: Where did the iconic Santa Claus imagery we have all come to know – red suit, pleasantly plump, flowing white beard, rosy cheeks – come from? Turns out, Coca-Cola’s advertising program was more than a little helper in the modern interpretation of Saint Nick. Eatocracy talked with Phil Mooney, the Coca-Cola Company’s Vice…
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pepsico wants to ‘scare the crap’ out of your kids
from civil eats: PepsiCo has long been my poster child for food corporations whose actions speak louder than words when to comes to responsible marketing. CEO Indra Nooyi loves to tout the company’s “Performance with Purpose” and show off the company’s “good-for-you” foods that it gets to define. Most don’t realize that PepsiCo is the…
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government pulls back on junk food marketing proposal
from ap: Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam can rest easy. Government officials fine-tuning guidelines for marketing food to children say they won’t push the food industry to get rid of colorful cartoon characters on cereal boxes any time soon. related update: deceptive marketing exposed in new report* download pdf: cereal crimes: how ‘natural’ claims…
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TV Product Placements Termed Junk Food Ad Loophole
Companies that have pledged not to market unhealthy food and drinks directly to children may be turning to product placement on television shows instead of traditional ads to target youngsters, a new study showed.