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Marketing, Advertising and Social Media News With Attitude by Steve Hallen-us2014-11-19T13:53:53-05:009 Reasons to Be Thankful for Native Advertising
http://www.adrants.com/2014/11/9-reasons-to-be-thankful-for-native.php
Native advertising went mainstream this year, and as we look back at its impact in time for this Thanksgiving, we can see there is much for which to be grateful.]]>Policy2014-11-19T13:53:53-05:00Bulging Boobs Cause MTA to Revisit Advertising Standards
http://www.adrants.com/2014/04/bulging-boobs-cause-mta-to-revisit.php
Following the recent launch of a New York Metropolitan Transit Authority campaign for a Queens-based plastic surgeon, Howard Glaser, aide to New York Governor Cuomo issued a stern letter to the MTA urging the authority to revisit its advertising standards.]]>Outdoor2014-04-09T11:14:45-05:00IAB Issues 10 Best Practices For Handling Big Data
http://www.adrants.com/2014/02/iab-issues-10-best-practices-for.php
At its 2014 Leadership Meeting this week in Palm Desert, CA, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and its Data Council released a new best practices document, titled "Handle with Care: 10 Steps to Good Data Stewardship."]]>Policy2014-02-11T09:23:13-05:00That Washing Metro Ad Might Be Sexist But It Had No Choice
http://www.adrants.com/2013/12/that-washing-metro-ad-might-be-sexist.php
So the Washington Transit Authority ran an ad in whichs one woman says, "A Metrobus travels about 8,260 miles between breakdowns. Didn't know that, did you?" and another responds, "Can't we just talk about shoes?" It's being called sexist and has everyone's boxers in a bunch. ]]>Policy2013-12-04T21:58:02-05:00CougarLife Ad Banned For Putting 'Immature Girls' in Their Place
http://www.adrants.com/2013/10/cougarlife-ad-banned-for-putting.php
Oh somehow we'll get in trouble again for this one but what the hell. Young women in Australia are angered over a CougarLife ad which features porn star Julia Ann trashes "immature girls who think they're all that."]]>Commercials2013-10-25T11:26:29-05:00Red Bull's Titanic Joke Not Well Received
http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/red-bulls-titanic-joke-not-well.php
It's an age old question. How soon is too soon to poke fun at a disaster?]]>Brands2013-09-16T11:39:15-05:00These Pearl Izumi Sneakers Are So Fast They Will Kill Your Dog
http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/these-pearl-izumi-sneakers-are-so-fast.php
Haven't we all seen enough movies, TV shows and other forms of entertainment that take steps, often extreme and comical ones (think stuffed animals standing in for real ones), to insure we never, ever, under any circumstances whatsoever, have to bear witness to animal cruelty -- even the most innocuous -- in any of the content we consume?]]>Brands2013-09-05T15:56:16-05:00Facebook Bans Boobs Again, Can't Tell Difference Between Birds And Boobs
http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/facebook-bans-boobs-again-cant-tell.php
Let's just put it out there. Facebook is very puritanical when it comes to breastfeeding and boobs. ]]>Strange2013-09-03T11:09:57-05:00AOL Buys Adap.tv, Mag Circ Down Again, Guinness Does NFC
http://www.adrants.com/2013/08/aol-buys-adaptv-mag-circ-down-again.php
AOL has agreed to buy Adap.tv for $405 million allowing AOL to expand its video advertising offerings.]]>Brands2013-08-07T10:42:00-05:00Ad Exec Says Ad Industry Complicit in NSA PRISM Privacy Scandal
http://www.adrants.com/2013/06/ad-exec-says-ad-industry-complicit-in.php
Have the ad industry's data collection practices fueled the general public's acceptance of the government's prying eyes?]]>Policy2013-06-10T13:39:50-05:00
Native advertising went mainstream this year, and as we look back at its impact in time for this Thanksgiving, we can see there is much for which to be grateful.]]>
Following the recent launch of a New York Metropolitan Transit Authority campaign for a Queens-based plastic surgeon, Howard Glaser, aide to New York Governor Cuomo issued a stern letter to the MTA urging the authority to revisit its advertising standards.]]>
At its 2014 Leadership Meeting this week in Palm Desert, CA, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and its Data Council released a new best practices document, titled "Handle with Care: 10 Steps to Good Data Stewardship."]]>
So the Washington Transit Authority ran an ad in whichs one woman says, "A Metrobus travels about 8,260 miles between breakdowns. Didn't know that, did you?" and another responds, "Can't we just talk about shoes?" It's being called sexist and has everyone's boxers in a bunch. ]]>
Oh somehow we'll get in trouble again for this one but what the hell. Young women in Australia are angered over a CougarLife ad which features porn star Julia Ann trashes "immature girls who think they're all that."]]>
It's an age old question. How soon is too soon to poke fun at a disaster?]]>
Haven't we all seen enough movies, TV shows and other forms of entertainment that take steps, often extreme and comical ones (think stuffed animals standing in for real ones), to insure we never, ever, under any circumstances whatsoever, have to bear witness to animal cruelty -- even the most innocuous -- in any of the content we consume?]]>
Let's just put it out there. Facebook is very puritanical when it comes to breastfeeding and boobs. ]]>
AOL has agreed to buy Adap.tv for $405 million allowing AOL to expand its video advertising offerings.]]>
Have the ad industry's data collection practices fueled the general public's acceptance of the government's prying eyes?]]>