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SideNews week 43 update
Interesting newslinks...
eBay's Good Feelings Ads The soft-sell approach was created to recognize the hundreds of connections that people make by shopping at eBay. The common link: trust. USA Today Miller Unveils New Ads The three new spots feature actors portraying former drinkers of Bud Light and Budweiser who switched to Miller Lite and Miller Genuine Draft. Journal Sentinel Google Forecasts Growth Google expects to add 372,000 advertiser accounts over the next four years. SFGate.com 7 UP PLUS A combination of 7 UP, real fruit juice, calcium and vitamin C with a mixed berry flavor is launching two commercials. Business Wire Sexy Ads Miff Some Festival-Goers A number of festival-goers are upset by the St. John's International Women's Film Festival's ad campaign, which features a shapely blond woman in a low-cut scarlet dress along with the tagline 'Films with Broad Appeal.' CBC News Burger King Hamburger chain Burger King said that it would not run its commercials during a controversial program about U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry to be aired by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Reuters Designer Diet The food industry needs new shapes, new textures, new styles. Imaginary Foods: a new discipline linking the real world and the world of fantasy. The Star Starbucks Offers Self-Service CD Burning The service costs USD 8.99 for the first seven songs and 99 cents for each additional track. The Seattle Times Casting Call For iTunes + iPod Ads CinemaFactory notes that it is looking for dancers, preformers and uniquely talented people of all ethnicities and ages who enjoy using iTunes/iPods for an upcoming non-union commercial shooting in early November in Los Angeles. macteens Virtual Ads Translate Into Real Revenue Massive Inc. will launch what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind video game advertising network, allowing marketers to deliver new ads into console and PC games via an online connection. USA Today Studios Rev Up For Costly Oscar Campaigns The 77th annual Academy Awards are still four months away, but movie studios are already placing ads. International Herald Tribune New Ford Ads Same Old Baloney Ford is doing nothing to advance the sad state of car advertising in its new 2005 brand ad campaign with a freshly minted tagline, 'Built for the Road Ahead,' that harkens back to the familiar 'Built Ford Tough.' Chicago Sun-Times 'Revolution' in ad campaign Chevrolet introduced the umbrella Revolution campaign. It has created 40 ads in the series. USA Today Advertising Gets Political This Fall While Bush and Kerry compete for the nation's vote in November, companies across the advertising spectrum compete for customers with politically themed advertisements. Central Florida Future Presidential Ads Playing To Our Fears In the final days before the election, the campaigns and the outside groups supporting them are taking an already unusually intense and confrontational advertising war into grim new territory. Indystar |









posted by BlogFonk: Friday, October 22, 2004 [#] Erms Suripatty