Tony Hake of Examiner.com linked first on March 15, 2010 at 8:53AM EDT
Tony said: Scare tactic newspaper advertisements from Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have been banned by a government advertising watchdog agency. Two ads in a series which used child nursery rhymes to warn about the purported dangers of manmade climate change were found to have unsubstantiated claims in them.
Joey Baker of 'new media' linked first on March 13, 2010 at 3:03PM EST
Joey said: For those who are worried about personalized advertising adversely affecting privacy, be very afraid. This system is designed to know when you buy something and instantly stop showing you ads for the product you just bought and pivot to relevant accessories or something else entirely.
I say: thank you! I'm sick of seeing ads for things that I have no interest in buying or have already bought.
Andrew Spittle of Whitman Pioneer and CoPress linked first on March 10, 2010 at 12:08PM EST
Andrew said: Marco presents a compelling call to start voting with your attention by not reading content on sites with practices you don't approve of. Excellent points throughout.
James daSilva of SmartBrief linked first on March 7, 2010 at 11:10PM EST
James said: OK, he doesn't like the "Alice in Wonderland"/LAT ad. But tell me, please, what revenue is acceptable? And note, the business side handled this, not editorial.
It's unusual, yeah. And not ideal. But again, is it survival we want, or high and mighty principles on the sidelines?