Tag Archives: advertising

Mmm, Mmm, Gay

Here we go again. The Campbell Soup Company booked an ad in The Advocate depicting a two-mom family and right on cue, the American Family Association crawled out their sewer. “Not only did the ads cost Campbell’s a chunk of money,” writes AFA Chairman Donald Wildmon in an email alert, “but they also sent a message that homosexual parents constitute …

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MTA’s Latest Folly

The MTA is fighting two battles – a massive budget shortfall and the increasing cost of replacing train windows damaged by so-called scratchiti artists. The latest solution being tested: full window advertisments. The ads both bring in additional revenue and supposedly discourage vandalism of the windows. However the ads are made of some material that only allow riders to see …

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Even If You Don’t Have A Whopper,
You Can Still Smell Like One

Gothamist reports that Burger King has just launched a Whopper-scented men’s body spray, the perfect stocking stuffer for that PETA member roommate of yours. Just in time for your mom Santa to toss this in your Christmas stocking, Burger King has released a limited-edition men’s body spray that evokes the smell of freshly broiled Whoppers. But isn’t this what they …

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Cable Babes

My cable box is still busted, but I guess I’m slightly mollified by the cutesy 2009 calendars Time-Warner New York is sending out, which feature local cable guys (and a couple of gals) in various seasonal poses. The calendars are free to customers, view the “cable babes” here.

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Six Figure YouTubers

I had no idea this was happening, but ever since YouTube added advertisements to the clips of their most popular members, the creators of those clips are making big bucks, including gay gossiper Michael Buckley. One year after YouTube, the online video powerhouse, invited members to become “partners” and added advertising to their videos, the most successful users are earning …

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Full Page Ad From Beckett Fund In NYT Decries “Bigotry” Of Marriage Protests

As I reported here on Tuesday, today the Beckett Fund published a full page ad in the New York Times decrying the recent protests against the Mormon Church (and others) for their support of Proposition 8. You’ll have to embiggen the image above to read it, but the main quote is: “The violence and intimidation directed at the LDS or …

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Mount Assmore

Copyranter emailed to tip us to this image he found on a gay German travel site. From his guest post on Coilhouse: Mount Assmore! This is truly one of the funniest ads (click here for closer look) I’ve seen in my 20 years in this fucked-up business. It’s for German website queer-travel.de, who for over 12 years, have made “gay …

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Family Of Trampled Man Sues Wal-Mart Over Marketing Practices

In a case that may have far-reaching implications regarding the practice of “doorbuster” sales, the family of the Wal-Mart employee killed in the Black Friday stampede on Long Island is suing the company over its marketing tactics. Security should have been better, but advertising also helped kill a temporary worker at Wal-Mart, according to a lawsuit filed by the estate …

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Anti-Gay NY Times Ad To Protest Gay “Campaign Of Violence”

A source advises us that the Beckett Fund will be taking out a full-page New York Times ad in the next few days to decry the gay community’s “campaign of violence” since the Prop 8 vote. According to the source, the Beckett fund is presently looking for other major religious activism groups to sign on to their ad, which will …

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17-Story Billboard For Times Square

One of the world’s largest and brightest LED billboards lit up in Times Square last night. Via New York Times: The new Walgreens sign going live in Times Square Thursday is not the largest LED-based sign in the world, but its developers believe that it is the most complex, both in terms of its construction and operation. Rising 340 feet …

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Google Prop 8 Flap Widens

More website owners are expressing anger at Google for publishing Yes On 8 banners on their sites. Google has become embroiled in a row about gay marriage, after opponents of same-sex unions in California used the search engine’s advertising network to post messages on popular websites against the owner’s wishes. A number of American websites, including the widely read TechCrunch …

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Talking Points Memo: Yes On 8 Ads Are Ok On Our Site

Progressive blog Talking Points Memo had all of its ad space taken over by Yes On 8 ads yesterday via Google Ad Sense. Despite a massive outcry from readers and despite opposing Prop 8 in their editorials, TPM took no action. Josh Marshall’s reasoning: When we started accepting paid advertisements in 2003, I instituted a clear policy that we would …

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The Atheist Bus

An ad campaign touting atheism began running on London buses today. The Atheist Bus Campaign launches today, Tuesday October 21. With your support, we hope to raise £5,500 to run 30 buses across the capital for four weeks with the slogan: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Donate online now! Professor Richard Dawkins, bestselling author …

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Hosed

Former Rep. Jim Slattery (D-KS) has come out with one of the strangest ads ever seen in his campaign to unseat Sen. Pat Roberts. Via Horse’s Ass: Behold the most horrifying yet hilarious political advertisement ever produced. (You think I exaggerate? Watch it. I dare you.) “Gushing record profits?” Bwhaaaaaaa.) The ad is on behalf of ex-Congressman Jim Slattery of …

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The Obama Show

Barack Obama will run 30 minute infomercials on three networks a week before the election. The Obama campaign has bought a half hour block of primetime television – from 8-8:30pm ET – on Wednesday, Oct. 29, on CBS, NBC, and MSNBC, according to television industry sources. The bold buy, first reported by the Hollywood Reporter and featured on the Drudge …

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Wrappers Delight

The History Channel has launched the MTA’s first-ever “full body wrap” ad campaign on the exterior of a subway train. So what is not for sale to advertisers in the subway system these days? The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has unveiled, for the first time, an advertisement that would cover an entire subway train, every single car, inside and out. The …

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WaMu’s First Post-Failure Ad

And it’s actually real. Good to see that while they may have lost $300B, they haven’t lost their sense of humor. Uh, right?

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I’d Tap That

Last week New York City won a statewide contest for best tasting tap water, something Gotham has long been known for. Now somebody is bottling NYC tap water and selling it. The Tap’dNY strategy doesn’t hide the fact that they “purify and bottle New York City’s famous tap water, leaving out the malarkey and far journey included in other bottled …

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Free Yard Sign Offer

In response to yesterday’s post about the anti-gay marriage yard sign campaign in California, I got an email from the folks at Austin-based Build A Sign who are giving away 100,000 self-customized yard signs to people who want to get involved in this year’s voter issues. “This is a historic election year for our country and, as a sign company, …

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The Next Step In Safer Sex Ads?

Via Queerty comes this image from a new ad campaign by an Argentine condom company. What say you, readers? Over-the-top scare tactics or brutal truth? If I recall correctly, San Francisco tried a safer-sex campaign featuring photos of facially wasted men, much to a local outcry from pozzers who complained that such images unfairly presented them as ghoulish-looking. Is this …

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