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ABC/Yahoo Partnership Succeeds, Sorta Numbers don't lie, but is the pact really a success?

Last October, ABC News and Yahoo announced their content partnership, marrying ABC News’ editorial clout with Yahoo’s expansive network in the hope of creating an “unrivaled ability to reach across…

May 01 2012

Fast Chat: Mediabrands CEO Matt Seiler Advertising political action committee chair discusses his dual role

Matt Seiler, CEO of Mediabrands, enjoys a double life as ad man and lobbyist. In his role as chairman of the Professionals in Advertising Political Action Committee, Seiler shuttles regularly…

April 26 2012

Government Petitions Supreme Court to Take Infamous Wardrobe Malfunction Case Currently weighing decision on broadcast indecency cases

The breast is back. Janet Jackson's brief breast flash during CBS' broadcast of the Super Bowl eight years ago has been anything but fleeting in the courts. Seeking a final…

April 18 2012

All the President's Admen A look at the ad players lining up for the 2012 presidential race

Political consultancies still dominate when it comes to creating ads for presidential candidates. After all, given their access to polling data and campaign trail video, they can literally create an…

March 05 2012

Watching the Electeds As digital privacy continues to roil D.C., the mobile ad industry is rushing controls into place before lawmakers act

As the mobile advertising industry begins to capture more share of the marketing mix, it is also working aggressively to put in place privacy policies and guidelines to keep Washington…

February 13 2012

Adman Hitches a Ride With the Romney Camp Agency veteran Jim Ferguson enters an election arena that's been tough on creatives

With such minimal returns, why do advertising creative leaders continue to dive into presidential campaigns? Obviously, they are drawn by the allure of being part of something big. And what’s bigger…

January 24 2012

Data Points: Political Amnesia For all the money candidates spend to become elected president, their online presences aren't very memorable

UNFORGETTABLE? What do people look at when they visit the websites of presidential candidates, and do they actually remember anything they see? In December, EyeTrackShop asked people to look at the…

January 11 2012

Gossipy Site Topix Getting Into Politics The once hot startup changes its focus

Topix is pretty much the opposite of a hot young startup. It launched in 2004, raised investment dollars from newspaper chains rather than Silicon Valley venture capitalists, and its core…

November 23 2011

So Far, Prez Election Winner Is . . . Florida? Iowa is the runner-up in local TV buys; New Hampshire, South Carolina neglected

The Iowa Caucuses are only six weeks away, but ad dollars haven’t really started flowing in some of the most important presidential primary states. According to a TVB review of Campaign…

November 23 2011

The Blanding of America There's a lot at stake when selling presidential candidates--so why is their branding so stupifyingly dull?

One of the most indelible and enduring images of the 2008 presidential campaign was candidate Barack Obama's logo: a simple, clean, blue "O" rising like a sun above a prairie…

November 15 2011

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