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  • Marketing Campaign Bombs in Boston

    Turner Broadcasting said it is working to make amends after a guerilla marketing campaign for Cartoon Network went haywire and turned into a citywide bomb scare Wednesday.

  • Hello, Old Friend

    Looking for the Next Big Thing? Here’s something you might not have thought of. Direct mail. Yes, old-fashioned snail mail. It is the only targeted medium

  • Loose Cannon: Super Bowl Predictions

    Beyond the “can Colts quarterback Peyton Manning win the big one” theme, Super Bowl XLI viewers within the advertising community will be following a different storyline: Hot on the heels of Advertising Age’s naming “The Consumer” as its Agency of the Year, several advertisers will submit commercials either voted on, or in a few cases created by, consumers.

  • MySpace Makes A Statement

    Those in the Web 2.0 world know Michael Arrington. The affiliate world has no direct equivalent, but one of its larger than life personalities, Jon F***** (he doesn’t like his last named shared), founder of Wicked Fire Forums, had site…

  • Same Here, Same There

    A customer buys a fire-engine-red sweater from your Web site. Then that person exchanges it at your retail store for something more subdued, perhaps in mauve.

    Is the experience seamless? It should be.

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  • Hitachi’s Branding Campaign Highlights Tech Strength

    Hitachi America, Ltd., has embarked on a multi-year, multi-million dollar campaign to help boost the company’s revenues and build brand awareness for its lesser-known technology products.

  • Box Office Buzz

    Whether it was talking cars, sword-wielding pirates or a red-caped flying superhero, consumers’ love affair with the movies reignited this year, ending

  • Alcohol Marketing Study Under Fire

    The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at Georgetown University released a study last month that found alcohol advertising is common on radio

  • Coupons Take to Third Screen

    Twelve Subway sandwich shop franchises in Buffalo, NY, broke a campaign in mid-August that offers consumers alerts and discount coupons via customers’ cell phones.

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  • Epsilon Restructures, Puts Interactive Group Under Parent Firm

    Epsilon Inc. is killing its Epsilon Interactive brand and bringing it under its corporate umbrella. The same services will be offered by one of four internal units being set up as part of a restructuring.