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Lamar Advertising, a company that controls nearly 150,000 billboards, is refusing to run an ad sponsored by the New York-based Coalition for a Secure Driver’s License, WorldNetDaily reports. The coalition says the ads are aimed at state governments who have failed to implement driver’s license reforms that would strengthen our nation against terrorism, but Lamar says the ads - which feature grenade-carrying Arabs holding driver’s licenses - are “clearly trying to play on racial fears to get their message across,” Hal Kilshow, Lamar’s vp of governmental relations, is quoted as saying.
Last summer, Lamar refused to run a Georgia Equality campaign titled “We Are Your Neighbor.” Magic Media eventually picked up the campaign, running it in 34 South Georgia counties.
Dunkin’ Donuts on Monday bowed a $100+ million integrated advertising campaign that offers a new rallying cry for consumers hard hit by the economy: “You Kin’ Do It!”
The “You Kin’ Do It” national campaign broke with three television spots airing during…
In a note to readers wrapped around the Chicago Tribune’s A section today (Thursday), editor Gerould W. Kern acknowledged that the redesign the paper unveiled several months ago was unsuccessful to some extent.
The paper will be going back to its…
The advertising outlook for 2009 remains relatively upbeat for certain types of online media and marketing - including search, video and multicultural initiatives - but traditional media and some social networks will face serious difficulties, according to predictions released by…
Super Bowl advertisers - including Monster.com, which is returning after a four-year hiatus - are making the most of their $3 million ad buy by creating integrated follow-up campaigns, says Kellogg School of Management professor Tim Calkins.
Calkins, co-leader of…
Yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the development of a coveted liaison with Verizon Wireless.
The five-year contract makes Microsoft the default search provider to Verizon’s sizable user base. It will also…
The latest casualty in the shrinking shelter category is Meredith’s Country Home. The magazine’s March 2009 issue will be its last.
The company, which is also slashing its workforce by 250 people, cited a soft economy for the demise of…
