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Woman to Woman, Online (08/20/08)
The rapid growth in advertising and traffic to women’s sites has attracted the attention of major media companies.

Crying Foul over Online Junk Food Marketing (08/15/08)
A new report focuses on advertising methods, such as through social networks, and urges lawmakers to restrict junk food advertising to kids online.

In YouTube World, Humor Can Get Lost in Translation (08/14/08)
Domestic marketers learn that ads made for consumers overseas can still offend American sensibilities.

Summer Silliness Brings a Pizza Field and a Giant Oreo (08/04/08)
Outdoor advertising is a growing category — not just billboards, but increasingly, weird publicity stunts that often go awry.

FTC: Kids target of $1.6 billion in food ads (08/01/08)
The nation's largest food and beverage companies spent about $1.6 billion in 2006 marketing their products, primarily carbonated drinks, to children.

Product Placements Acquire a Life of Their Own on Shows (07/17/08)
These days consumer brands not only appear on shows, but are also elaborately woven into the plot, with advertisers calling a lot of the shots.

New Efforts to Make Long Commercial Breaks Sizzle (07/10/08)
The networks are betting on a panoply of pod-busters — unconventional content meant to entice viewers to pay attention during the commercial breaks.

Product Placements Get FCC Scrutiny (06/27/08)
Regulators are mostly interested in improving the amount of disclosure advertisers and producers will have to provide for consumers during the TV programs.

Nothing Sells Like Celebrity (06/25/08)
These days, it’s nearly impossible to surf the Internet, open a newspaper or magazine, or watch television without seeing a celebrity selling something.

Drug Companies Agree to Tighter Rules (06/19/08)
Ad campaigns for new medications won't target consumers for six months.

Congress Reconsiders Curbs on DTC Ads (06/10/08)
While drugmakers generally give their ads to the FDA before running the spots, they have traditionally fought any mandate that the FDA approve an ad before it runs.

Can a Dead Brand Live Again? (06/03/08)
Marketers like to talk about something called brand “equity,” a combination of familiarity and positive associations that clearly has some sort of value.

Study: Gay, Lesbian Consumers Favor 'Friendly' Brands (05/21/08)
A recent study revealed that more than two-thirds of gay and lesbian consumers said they were more likely to buy from a company they consider gay-friendly.

Drug marketing shifts the doctor-patient relationship (05/19/08)
Most doctors dislike DTC ads, because the campaigns typically place marketing ahead of education.

What Women Want: the New Terms of Engagement (05/14/08)
Major woman-targeted media companies are offering more and more touchpoints for their advertisers' brands to integrate into women's lives, from online games to experiential efforts.

For Unilever, P&G, No Good Deed Is Going Unpunished (05/08/08)
Damned if you do: Cause efforts become ammo for the critics.

More Bells, Whistles and Packets of All Sorts (04/30/08)
Advertisers are creating more quirky inserts for magazines, from samplings of shampoo and perfume to bits of music and taste strips.

Live Commercials Return to TV (04/28/08)
Companies experiment with an age-old advertising tactic to DVR-proof their messages.

Advertisers: Men Are Not Idiots (04/17/08)
Bashing fathers and husbands isn't the right way for marketers to sell products.

A Push to Limit the Tracking of Web Surfers’ Clicks (03/24/08)
Web companies in the advertising business have spent the last few years busily courting advertising agencies to persuade them to shift their clients’ ad dollars to the Internet.




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