The Media Drop

Well, with AdJab having bit the bullet, and some of the folks from Weblogs, Inc. blogging some ads over at TV Squad, along with some other folks deciding they needed to get in the game, years after the rest of us found out that it was a great experience, I think I’m going to drop […]

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For anyone who’s been blogging for awhile, you’re probably familiar with the volume of pitches and other materials that have begun landing in your inbox from public relations professionals (and some not-so-professionals), especially in the last year or so. As someone whose day job it is to work with clients and our own business on […]

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A couple days ago, Jeff Jarvis was buggin’ about advertisements that Infinity-owned WFAN was putting up all over the tri-state area for the “Imus in the Morning” program. I’ve seen these billboards as far away as Independence Township, out near Buttzville, NJ, and in the same city that I live in outside of NYC. Jeff’s […]

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Dave Winer mentioned on Friday that he’d be unsubscribing from BusinessWeek’s RSS feeds soon, because of the volume of ads that are showing up. This isn’t the only example of complaints I’m hearing about this right now, hence this site’s using of them every third entry - but it’s going to be a big concern, […]

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The Dallas Morning News‘ Tom Maurstad writes about a television commercial for a Dallas/Fort Worth radio station, KLIF 570AM, that the station claims that local broadcasters won’t take because of its content.
The ad focuses on terrorism - and goes well beyond being suggestive about it. It appears that the station was more […]

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The Media Drop (TMD) believes that editorial content and advertising shall operate in seperate “houses,” and neither shall affect the integrity of the other. That said, advertisements may promote products, services, companies, or ideologies that do not necessarily reflect those of The Media Drop or its author(s).
However, The Media Drop may choose […]

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The Pennsylvania State Tourism Office goes online with a slick little teaser film series to promote visiting the state. Let’s just say it’s….unique.
[link via Uncle Horn Head; quote from Groundhog Day via IMDb]

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This week, the Chicago Tribune announced its new advertising campaign, the concept of which is around “What’s in it for you?” The ads look to “demonstrate how someone’s day was made better by interaction with the newspaper.”

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Marketing-Sports Marketing

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The Internet-Blogging

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