Towse: views from the hill » advertising http://towse.com/wordpress Mon, 12 Jan 2015 22:01:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3 Scrabble ad. Really! http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/29/scrabble-ad-really/ http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/29/scrabble-ad-really/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:39:00 +0000 http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/29/scrabble-ad-really/

[another gem from Andrew Sullivan‘s blog]

]]> http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/29/scrabble-ad-really/feed/ 0 Terrific Schweppes advert http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/29/terrific-schweppes-advert/ http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/29/terrific-schweppes-advert/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:14:00 +0000 http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/29/terrific-schweppes-advert/

Not a “water” balloon ad, but …

[hattip to Andrew Sullivan]

]]> http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/29/terrific-schweppes-advert/feed/ 0 Haven’t seen "A Gathering Storm"? http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/22/havent-seen-a-gathering-storm/ http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/22/havent-seen-a-gathering-storm/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:18:00 +0000 http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/22/havent-seen-a-gathering-storm/ The National Organization for Marriage’s A Gathering Storm advertisement against gay marriage has triggered yet another parody, this one starring Alicia Silverstone, Lance Bass, George Takei, Sophia Bush, and others.

Oh, please. Hurry with that giant umbrella that will save us from the storm of gay people about to shower down on us opposites.

(The original ad)

]]> http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/22/havent-seen-a-gathering-storm/feed/ 0 Los Angeles Times Staff: Fake News Story ‘Embarrassing and Demoralizing’ http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/09/los-angeles-times-staff-fake-news-story-embarrassing-and-demoralizing/ http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/09/los-angeles-times-staff-fake-news-story-embarrassing-and-demoralizing/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:10:00 +0000 http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/09/los-angeles-times-staff-fake-news-story-embarrassing-and-demoralizing/ Los Angeles Times Staff: Fake News Story ‘Embarrassing and Demoralizing’ – Peter Kafka

Newspapers are losing money. What to do? What to do? What to do?

Think outside the box. Revisit the dominant paradigm. Make people pay for online content. Make people pay for premium content. Make people pay more for subscriptions. Only put premium content in paper version. Cut the newsroom staff. Stop home delivery. Stop the presses and go 100% online.

Sell ad space on Page One?

The LATimes ad was clearly marked as such. It was below the fold. I =do= have some understanding about the uproar from staff, but …

How will papers survive as papers? Would you rather the LATimes fold than sell clearly marked ad space on Page One?

Any ideas for our friends in the daily paper business?

According to the article: UPDATE: I’m told publisher Eddy Hartenstein is supposed to be addressing the staff this afternoon.

]]> http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/04/09/los-angeles-times-staff-fake-news-story-embarrassing-and-demoralizing/feed/ 0 Robert Frost and his heirs and assigns: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN. http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/03/24/robert-frost-and-his-heirs-and-assigns-the-road-not-taken/ http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/03/24/robert-frost-and-his-heirs-and-assigns-the-road-not-taken/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:05:00 +0000 http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/03/24/robert-frost-and-his-heirs-and-assigns-the-road-not-taken/ “Is Frost out of copyright?” his nibs asked.

“Could be, I suppose,” I answered. “All depends on whether his heirs and assigns renewed during that period when copyrights needed to be renewed.”

“Well, look at this. I’ll send you a link.”

The link was to Creativity, whose links self-destruct soon after they’re posted.

Here’s another link. Ford and the Road Not Taken.

]]> http://towse.com/wordpress/2009/03/24/robert-frost-and-his-heirs-and-assigns-the-road-not-taken/feed/ 0 The Living Room Candidate – Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008 http://towse.com/wordpress/2008/09/23/the-living-room-candidate-presidential-campaign-commercials-1952-2008/ http://towse.com/wordpress/2008/09/23/the-living-room-candidate-presidential-campaign-commercials-1952-2008/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:47:00 +0000 http://towse.com/wordpress/2008/09/23/the-living-room-candidate-presidential-campaign-commercials-1952-2008/ The Living Room Candidate – Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008

Amazing dance back in time. 1952. A good year.

[via Andrew Tobias]

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