Telemarketers Are Spies

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Bentley — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:20:06 +0000

Has Disney Always Been This Creepy?

Zorensen Leverthal — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:55:03 +0000

The same machine that made Britney Spears made Miley Cyrus. When mass media present famous underage girls in a sexual context, it’s commerce; when teenage girls take nude photos of themselves, it’s child pornography. The same mass media that is complicit in this form of human exploitation was also complicit in the housing bubble, the Iraq War, and the tech bubble. Advertising is an odd industry: there are huge profits, but almost no capital; advertising firms don’t (literally) own printing presses, newspapers, television stations, retail outlets, or the like. They do however own lots of catchy phrases and stylized images…

Human Animal or Object

Ambrose Mnemopolous — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:09:04 +0000

Brand your self. Market your skills. Act like a statistic and see your self as an object.

Stupid Internet Advertising Pet Tricks

Zorensen Leverthal — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:26:49 +0000

German engineering wants your babies. So do banks. Pay in Monopoly Money.

One Billion Hindus Can’t Be Wrong

Ambrose Mnemopolous — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:23:02 +0000

According to The Media Monopoly, the best means by which to procure vegetables and leafy greens is to visit your local McDonald’s today.

Marketing Politics

Zorensen Leverthal — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:43:37 +0000

I made my fortune selling Barack Obama t-shirts. Democracy rules!

Stroke Congress for Debt Relief

Ambrose Mnemopolous — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:05:13 +0000

With the help of Islamic black magic, Congress makes debt vanish for rich scoundrel bankers. Recent college graduates screwed.

Six-Point Microsoft Zune Marketing Strategy

Jones — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:30:13 +0000

1. When Senators’ children start pirating music, start calling piracy “file sharing”

2. Copy the design of a popular portable audio device for marketing purposes

3. Exploit fears of illicit “file sharing” subculture for advertising purposes

4. Sell “file sharers” portable audio device with copied design

5. Sell “file sharers” music from corporations that prosecute “file sharers”

6. Fuck the bozos

Microsoft Word spell-check doesn’t know “Homosapien”

Ambrose Mnemopolous — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:49:40 +0000

15 years of research and development, what are you zombies paying for? Word’s best suggestion is “homespun.”

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Advertising Values

Ambrose Mnemopolous — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:57:00 +0000

Fox News Channel, owned by Rupert Murdoch, promotes conservative political positions like marriage. The advertising on MySpace, which is also owned by Murdoch, advertises adultery, another important conservative value.