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SideNews week 35 update
Interesting newslinks...
Greeks Spitting Chips Greek Australians are threatening a boycott of products made by the Smith's Snackfood Company to protest against TV advertising during the Olympic Games they claim is insulting to them and to Greece. The Age Vogue's Web Strategy An advertiser stampede to participate in Vogue's shop-the-Web experiment produced the fattest issue in the magazine's 112-year-history. Lexington Herald-Leader 'Smart' Women Drivers Ford's Mercury brand reportedly hopes to change its image with new US advertising geared towards the smart woman driver. just-auto.com Bush Campaign Ignores USOC Complaint The ad flashes the flags of Iraq and Afghanistan over a stadium and a swimming pool as an announcer says: 'At this Olympics there will be two more free nations.' Reuters Search-Based Advertising Newspaper giants are signing up to place search-based advertising on their Web sites. ZDNet UK News Microsoft U.K. Ad Found Misleading A Microsoft advertisement claiming that the Linux operating system is much more expensive to operate than its own Windows was found to be misleading. CBS MarketWatch In hip-hop, it's all about droppin' the right name The brand categories most likely to end up in songs are automotive, fashion and beverages. In the fashion world, Gucci has taken the top spot with 35 song mentions this year. Newsday Cost Of War Billboard Project Billboard and the Center for American Progress unveiled an anti-war billboard in New York's Times Square featuring a constantly updated clock counting the cost of the Iraq war. 123ABC.com Bush Hails Kerry, Slams Ads US President George W Bush has praised the military record of his election rival, John Kerry, and called a halt to unofficial negative advertising. BBC News Nabbed By The Logo Police Each logo has its place right down to the millimetre in the stringent rules set out for the Olympic Games in Athens 2004. And exceptions will not be tolerated. The Star Director Dismisses McDonald's Ads Morgan Spurlock, director of fast food film Super Size Me, has dismissed as 'laughable' newspaper adverts taken out by McDonald's to defend their food. BBC News |
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posted by BlogFonk: Sunday, August 29, 2004 [#] Erms Suripatty