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Online Marketer's "History Sniffing" Flunks the Smell Test

Online Marketer’s “History Sniffing” Flunks the Smell Test

Ad networks "history sniff" to discover Web sites you previously visited

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Fox News Becomes Flack New$

Fox News Becomes Flack New$

Dick Morris turns Fox News into his personal ATM

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FTC: Don't Track, Don't Sell

FTC: Don’t Track, Don’t Sell

An attempt to improve Internet privacy

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The Sneak in Review

The Sneak in Review

Marketers want to pick your brain first, pocket second

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Mark Crispin Miller Time

Mark Crispin Miller Time

From Mark Crispin Miller’s introduction to The Hidden Persuaders. The history of America since the Civil War is, in large part, a history of conquest by commercial advertising. The decades have sen more and more of it, appearing in more places than it ever was before, with more and more of it brilliantly designed, and...

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Pays of Our Lives

Pays of Our Lives

Soap opera product placement is dramatically worse

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WBZ News PimpING Bank Services

WBZ News PimpING Bank Services

News? Or infomercial?

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CNN=Conan Network News

CNN=Conan Network News

CNN cross-promotes "Conan" on sister network TBS

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The Slyfy Channel

The Slyfy Channel

Syfy's Ghost Hunters is an ad-stravaganza.

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Is Branded Content Suddenly Worth the Money?

Is Branded Content Suddenly Worth the Money?

Research Proves Research Works

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Going Rouge

Going Rouge

A new beauty magazine is, well, not a magazine.

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Branded Content: An Introduction

Branded Content: An Introduction

The origins of branded entertainment go back to the first days of radio.

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