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A billboard for American rapper 50 Cent’s latest album has come under fire from British watchdog group the Advertising Standards Authority because the billboard could be seen as condoning the use of weapons, according to the AP (via the Kentucky Herald-Leader). The Authority, which regulates the industry, issued a report on the billboards after 17 people called to complain.
The billboard shows the rapper holding a baby, wearing a gun tucked into his jeans. In Nov., a billboard company in Philadelphia removed 21 billboards for the same album, that one showing the rapper holding a gun in one hand and a microphone in the other.
But Universal Music Group said the campaign represented choices that the rapper had to make, and shows his fight to escape the ghetto.
Marketers have unleashed their holiday promotions earlier than ever this year, with many hitting the stores well before Thanksgiving. But Sirius XM isn’t launching most of its 24-hour holiday music channels until turkey day or later.
The newly merged company…
October advertising revenue plunged for The New York Times Co. and McClatchy, despite some growth in online ad revenue.
The New York Times saw ad revenue plummet 17.2%; online ad revenue increased 5.3%, writes MediaPost. Classifieds have fallen 27.3% year to…
The switch to digital television arrives in less than three months, and to remind consumers of the transition, the National Association of Broadcasters is running a campaign across PumpTop TV’s network of screens at gas stations.
The spot began airing…
Through the first half of the year, automakers have slimmed their ad spending by 10% to $6.1 billion, according to Nielsen Monitor Plus.
General Motors slipped 6% to $1.2 billion, while Ford Motor cut ad spend by 22% to $954…
Getting real-time, 24/7 online access to company news and reaching responsive and efficient PR representatives still rate high on journalists’ wish-lists, but reporters are increasingly sourcing stories from new forms of media as well, according to research from Bulldog Reporter and TEKgroup…
Some 20% of top brand marketers continue to send additional emails to consumers, even after they confirm requests from those consumers to “unsubscribe” from an email marketing list, according to a research study from Return Path, MarketingCharts writes.
Though the study,…
