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Californians Are Flocking to Texas, But, Hard as Rick Perry May Try, Their Businesses Aren't

Governor Rick Perry is in California this week as part of his campaign to lure businesses to Texas, attempting to finish in person what his radio ads started. In an interview with the San Jose Mercury News Perry said that California Governor Jerry Brown's comments that Perry's radio ad was "a fart ... More >>

Arlington Cracks Down on Sidewalk Advertising, Ignoring Veterans Who "Fought and Died" for Right to Wear Sandwich Boards

It's a business practice that's as old as commerce: Pay some poor soul a few bucks to stand on a corner as a cartoonish chicken urging passersby to eat his crispy, fried brethren, a somber Statue of Liberty leading the masses to freedom, opportunity, and a great deal on a tax return, or, simply as a ... More >>

Here's Jerry Jones Rapping His Way Through Another Papa John's Commercial

Jerry Jones owns the Dallas Cowboys. He also really likes/has an endorsement deal with Papa John's. That goes some ways in explaining the existence of the above video, titled "Hip Hop Jerry," in which Jones proclaims his love for the pizza chain via a rap song. It's about what you'd expect from a wh ... More >>

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 >>

Right Now, At Least, the Dallas ISD Isn't Making Much of Anything By Way of Ad Revenue

Alpha Media​In 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 >>

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 >>

"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 >>

Advertising Gets Dramatic

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 >>

Women's Funding Network sex trafficking study is junk science

Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media

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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 >>

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.

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Greyhound's Unfortunate Ad Campaign

Southwest Say Relax!

Dallas Attorney Not Popular in Savannah This Morning. Not At All.

Ad Agency, Minus a Few

Clearing the Air: Clear Channel's Dallas Boss Dials Up KZPS, KDGE Issues

Estamos Cambiando Nombres: ¡Hola, Parque Injusto!

The Case of the Purloined Playbill Page

Yoo-Hoo, Belo -- the Wall Street Journal Thinks You're Cute. "Attractive," Even.

Schutze Tickles Everything But the Ivories

IMC2 Gets National Recognition. Again. Oh, and Our Art Director.

Stephen Colbert Hates KZPS. Sorry.

Tom Leppert's Gettin' Down in the Southern Sector

Van the Man? Or, Not So Much?

Kid Show

Casa Mañana gets rocked Schoolhouse-style

Real Funny

Laugh at masculinity

Advertising Age

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Modern Times

Plus: School Spirit; Evil Eyes Averted

Dance Dance Revolution

Yes, there is a way to make yoga even more arty and difficult

Money for Nothing, Yet

Will anyone get Get It? Or will Get It even get going?

The Pain Train

Two years later, a digital-video short film became an overnight ad sensation

Sex Sales

I know why the Morning News dropped sex ads--but why are we trying to?

The Next Breast Thing

Build a better fake boob, and women will beat a path to your door, along with the occasional lawsuit

Fallout

DART removes ads for a charity accused of links to terrorists

Spreading Herd

Crazy like a steak

Mel Sells Out

What Women Want is a better movie than this two-hour Nike advertisement

The Doctor Is Out

A Dallas activist helps lead the charge against Dr. Laura

Put your ears on

Disney hopes its upstart kids radio network will be more than just a Mickey Mouse effort

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Companies that whore

Channel 8 sells its name to advertisers, including one of the state's biggest polluters

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