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...book, you talked a lot about anti-consumerists, calling them them 'buy scolds' and 'ad bashers'. Do you agree? Do you think advertising agents are as nefarious as some people make them out to be? Anti-consumer groups do have a point, but they assume that we are defenseless as consumers, and that we don't see through advertising as well as we do. I think most people do see through it, if only because advertising is just so ubiquitous. If nothing else, I think that the advertising community has hurt itself by putting out so many ads...
...acquisition MySpace has lost significant share to Facebook, which reflects just how hard it is to maintain barriers to entry on the Internet and why it's such a tough environment to play in. Now a number of folks say "Well, look, Google gave them $900 million in an ad deal for something they only paid $580 million for. How can that be bad?" And the answer to that is: Given that Fox Interactive Media group, of which MySpace is a part, actually lost money this year even after the short-term Google ad-deal windfall, $580 million doesn...
...continuing-education requirements. He also had a run-in with Wisconsin regulators in 2002 for "failing to include required information in a published advertisement." Gavin Abadi would not discuss his brother's infractions but said that the two of them were "always willing to make any adjustment to an ad...
...shown relatively little interest in expanding corporate transparency. One of his chief innovations has been a stealth corporate advocacy program, which encourages firms to funnel funds into special chamber accounts to pay for advocacy campaigns run under the chamber's banner, without mention of the company paying for the ad or their stake in the fight...
...Based on the most recent polls, it seems Scozzafava has little chance of winning; her support is trending downward, while Hoffman is gaining ground, putting him in a tight race with Owens with only four days left until voters go to the polls. The newest television ad on Hoffman's campaign website attacks Owens, now perceived as a bigger rival than Scozzafava. And on Thursday, Representative Pete Sessions, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told Politico that Hoffman would be welcomed "with open arms" into the GOP caucus, no doubt to the dismay of the party's official candidate...