Friday, April 23, 2010

South Park episode censored to many's dismay

The Guardian reports:
\http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/apr/22/south-park-censored-fatwa-muhammad?&CMP=EMCMEDEML665

Thursday, April 22, 2010

And now we have fly-vertising.

MediaLife reports:
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Alternative_media_43/Buzzzzz-Is-that-a-fly-trailing-an-ad-Yes-.asp

Donny Deutsch Off the Air after Criticism of Keith Olbermann

Donny Deutsch Off the Air after Criticism of Keith Olbermann

I welcome your comments.

Female celebs show themselves "untouched"

From the today show:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36697416/ns/today-today_fashion_and_beauty/#36642147

NBC "news" clip: too much?

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/36710116#36710116

Dow Jones alleges web site stole its content

http://www.smartmoney.com/news/ON/?story=ON-20100420-000481&hpadref=1

Social media ethics training available

http://www.prweb.com/releases/global-compliance/social-media-training/prweb3905074.htm

Washington Post integrates Facebook on site

http://www.ejc.net/media_news/washington_post_integrates_facebook_into_its_site/

Computer generated photo causes alarm

Airports remove newspaper:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/apr/21/airports-pull-daily-star?&CMP=EMCMEDEML665

Monday, April 19, 2010

A Canadian liquor company runs a "campaign"--and another from Ogilvy Brazil.

http://www.hekilledmyfriends.com/en/index.php

http://www.adrants.com/2010/04/patrons-handed-73000-bar-tab-think.php

And one from England

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/apr/21/asa-clears-anti-alcohol-ad?&CMP=EMCMEDEML665

CNN promotes itself during ads

http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=143356

AP fails to fact check Palin's remarks

http://www.mediaite.com/online/ap-doesnt-bother-to-fact-check-sarah-palins-superpower-criticism-of-obama/

People's Stylewatch: More blurring of editorial content and advertising

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/business/media/19stylewatch.html?ref=media

AP changes its style: Web site is now website

All journalism profs and students should take note! http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianeditors/2010/04/ap_changes_its_style_on_websit.html

"Life is tweet" from NY magazine

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/04/magazine_previe.php

Breast milk satisfies? Questionable billboard in Ohio

http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2010/04/ohio-not-drooling-over-breastmilk-billboard.html

Police seize photos from student newspaper

Bullying or not? http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/article/JMUU17_20100416-223007/337980/

UPDATE from SPJ: http://www.prweb.com/releases/global-compliance/social-media-training/prweb3905074.htm

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Vanity Fair outrages readers with story about Tiger's ladies

You have to buy the magazine to see all the photos and read the entire text, but here is a "tease" from vanityfair.com
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/03/tiger-woodss-inconvenient-women.html&sref=http:/www.google.com/search

Old Spice interns wanted

Adrants reports:
http://www.adrants.com/2010/04/anastasia-ashley-and-gretchen-bleiler.php

Hidden camera use

Ponder this: http://www.securityworldnews.com/index.php/2010/01/01/hidden-camera-ethics-2/

'Shop Till You Drop' clip released from Media Education Foundation

http://www.mediaed.org/wp/clip-of-the-month

Interns get paid! Retroactively

Mediabisto reports on Atlantic Monthly's decision:
http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/workplace_issues/for_a_former_atlantic_intern_payback_is_more_than_just_personal_157692.asp

Wikileaks releases video of Iraqi incident from 2007

CNN interview with Wikileaks:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2010/04/07/bs.julian.assange.wikileaks.int.cnn?hpt=T2

You can view the video at http://www.wikileaks.com/

A couple of Nike ads: One expensive, one creepy

The expensive one:
http://attitude.adforum.com/top5/2010/04/07/nike-football-rewrite-the-rules-of-speed-wieden-kennedy/


The creepy one:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/tiger-woods-ad-released-day-masters-nike-commercial/story?id=10318180