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May 1, 2012
The Morning News is "Very Satisfied" with Year One of the Paywall. How 'Bout You?
Yesterday was First-Quarter Earnings Day for Dallas Morning News parent A.H. Belo, or as we call it in the newspaper business, So How Many of Us Are Getting Whacked on Christmas Day? Day. The news was pretty predictable: Total first-quarter revenue was $105 million, down 7 percent over last year. ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
Right Now, At Least, the Dallas ISD Isn't Making Much of Anything By Way of Ad Revenue
Alpha MediaIn May we hopped about this ad-adorned Dallas County Schools bus, one of many so decorated courtesy an ad agency specializing in school-bus advertising (hence the name of its website). As Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander explained at the time, the district con ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Pizza Prints are a Party for Your Pizza and a Trainwreck for Your Tastebuds
Thinking about hosting a Super Bowl Party, but looking for a way to raise the bar? Well, we found it. Pizza Prints are melting stickers for pizza that you can eat. Sold in classic infomercial style (insert infomercial voice), they are "edible image decorations that turn your pizza into a Superbowl ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2011
"Station Domination," Paid Parking and More Money-Makers the DART Board Will Consider
Pulled up behind one of these two weeks ago. The 7-year-old in the backseat thought it was hilarious.Last month we noted that the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board is considering selling ads for beer and wine on buses and light rail -- which, right now, is prohibited by policy just because. After t ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
Advertising Gets Dramatic
Pulled up behind one of these two weeks ago. The 7-year-old in the backseat thought it was hilarious.Last month we noted that the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board is considering selling ads for beer and wine on buses and light rail -- which, right now, is prohibited by policy just because. After t ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
School Bus Ad Sales Picking Up in Dallas County
No, that photo above is not a scene from Morgan Spulock's latest documentary. Turns out, Dallas County Schools has teamed up with ad agency Alpha Media to stick hundreds of vinyl advertisements on the sides of their buses, generating an expected $1 million this year. As next year's budget cu ... More >>
News
March 24, 2011
Women's Funding Network sex trafficking study is junk science
Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media
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February 3, 2011
Winter Toga
Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media
Blogs
November 26, 2010
Banfi Vinyards Targets Growing Hispanic Wine Market with DFW Billboards
Banfi Vineyards has put up Spanish-language billboards for Riunite wine around the DFW area, porque hay muchos mas hispanios beber vino. As recently reported by Advertising Age, wine consumption among Hispanics has surged in the past five years, growing at three times the rate of the general mar ... More >>
Music
November 11, 2010
The Dandy Warhols, Hopewell
Saturday, November 13, at GranadaTheater
Blogs
September 2, 2010
Erykah Badu's Singing for H&M -- Which, Turns Out, Finally Appears to Be Heading to Dallas
A couple of nights back I was watching Channel 8 when, strange, an H&M ad popped up -- strange since there's no H&M in Dallas yet despite your myriad requests. Turns out the hip-n-affordable clothier has launched a national ad campaign -- featuring, as Pete pointed out this morning, none ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2009
McDonald's Gets All Poetic And Gushy Over Bacon
Well, actually I'm not sure if it advances or diminishes the cause when McDonald's gets involved. Anyway, this from one of their commercials for the Angus burger:"The bacon beckons like a springboard to paradise."'Nuff said.
Blogs
June 16, 2009
Jerry Jones Will Figure Out How to Wring Every Last Dollar Out of Cowboys Stadium
Patrick MichelsTomorrow, Jerry Jones will display just how he plans to use his video screen to air the biggest advertisements you can't fast-forward through.I saw this just-moved press release concerning an 11 a.m. press conference at Cowboys Stadium tomorrow, featuring Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jo ... More >>
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April 29, 2009
That's Mud, Right? No, Seriously.
Just hours after releasing its first radio ad, featuring Roger Staubach, the Enough is Enough'ers unleashed their first TV spot. Dunno how effective it'll be, though I do know of at least one 5-year-old who thinks it's a riot.Enough is Enough Convention Center Hotel TV Ad from Dallas Observer on Vim ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2009
Jeez, Merten, Did You Not Read Rodrigue?
Sam MertenSince everyone has been reliving the Trinity referendum lately, it seemed appropriate to dig this up out of the photo archives.Shortly before the 2007 referendum on the Trinity Turnpike, I discussed a Dallas Morning News editorial written by Colleen McCain Nelson, in which she had a hard t ... More >>
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January 14, 2009
From a Dallas Casting Call, Denny's Serves Up a Sneak Preview of Its "Authentic" Cowboys
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2008
Greyhound's Unfortunate Ad Campaign
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2008
Southwest Say Relax!
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2008
Dallas Attorney Not Popular in Savannah This Morning. Not At All.
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2007
Ad Agency, Minus a Few
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2007
Clearing the Air: Clear Channel's Dallas Boss Dials Up KZPS, KDGE Issues
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2007
Estamos Cambiando Nombres: ¡Hola, Parque Injusto!
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2007
The Case of the Purloined Playbill Page
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2007
Yoo-Hoo, Belo -- the Wall Street Journal Thinks You're Cute. "Attractive," Even.
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
June 12, 2007
Schutze Tickles Everything But the Ivories
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2007
IMC2 Gets National Recognition. Again. Oh, and Our Art Director.
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2007
Stephen Colbert Hates KZPS. Sorry.
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2007
Tom Leppert's Gettin' Down in the Southern Sector
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Blogs
October 17, 2006
Van the Man? Or, Not So Much?
Remember that Denny's Super Bowl ad casting call last month? The one looking for "authentically weathered, tough, rugged" cowboys from Dallas? Right. That one. Anyway, today we get a peek at the 'pokes Denny's rustled up for its first-ever Super Bowl spot, which Denny's spokesperson Cori Rice tells ... More >>
Calendar
September 28, 2006
Kid Show
Casa Mañana gets rocked Schoolhouse-style
Calendar
September 21, 2006
Real Funny
Laugh at masculinity
Blogs
August 9, 2006
Advertising Age
Laugh at masculinity
Blogs
March 23, 2006
Call Me
Laugh at masculinity
News
November 25, 2004
Modern Times
Plus: School Spirit; Evil Eyes Averted
Calendar
April 1, 2004
Dance Dance Revolution
Yes, there is a way to make yoga even more arty and difficult
News
July 3, 2003
Money for Nothing, Yet
Will anyone get Get It? Or will Get It even get going?
Culture
February 6, 2003
The Pain Train
Two years later, a digital-video short film became an overnight ad sensation
News
July 25, 2002
Sex Sales
I know why the Morning News dropped sex ads--but why are we trying to?
News
February 14, 2002
The Next Breast Thing
Build a better fake boob, and women will beat a path to your door, along with the occasional lawsuit
News
October 11, 2001
Fallout
DART removes ads for a charity accused of links to terrorists
Dining
December 21, 2000
Spreading Herd
Crazy like a steak
Film
December 14, 2000
Mel Sells Out
What Women Want is a better movie than this two-hour Nike advertisement
News
September 21, 2000
The Doctor Is Out
A Dallas activist helps lead the charge against Dr. Laura
News
June 24, 1999
Put your ears on
Disney hopes its upstart kids radio network will be more than just a Mickey Mouse effort
Calendar
February 11, 1999
Ad it up
Disney hopes its upstart kids radio network will be more than just a Mickey Mouse effort
News
December 19, 1996
Buzz
Disney hopes its upstart kids radio network will be more than just a Mickey Mouse effort
News
August 15, 1996
Companies that whore
Channel 8 sells its name to advertisers, including one of the state's biggest polluters
News
March 7, 1996
BeloWatch
Channel 8 sells its name to advertisers, including one of the state's biggest polluters
News
December 7, 1995
BeloWatch
Channel 8 sells its name to advertisers, including one of the state's biggest polluters
News
May 4, 1995
Buzz
Channel 8 sells its name to advertisers, including one of the state's biggest polluters
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