Posts Tagged: Campaigns

Daily Links — No Comments
13
Nov 09

Daily Links for November 11th through November 13th

All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s).
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Advertising / Consumer Behavior / Technology — No Comments
31
May 09

Madoff Men

Snake-oil, anyone?  You have always been able to glean knowledge from web metrics.  User behavior is correlated with certain demographics, socioeconomic indicators, and psychographics.

The push for subscriptions and behavioral advertising makes it more so.  But this quote should make advertisers and clients shudder:

“It mirrors the financial markets in many ways,” he says, so “that’s where we go.”

So wait, we’re going to get the same guys who were tone deaf to reality and let them form assumptions about advertising, where said assumptions and outcomes are directly linked to their financial performance?  When will the Madoff Advertising firm be incorporated?  Read more...

Uncategorized — No Comments
18
Nov 05

Free Press

Via Slashdot:

Dotnaught writes "The Federal Election Commission today issued an advisory opinion that finds the Fired Up network of blogs qualifies for the ‘press exemption’ to federal campaign finance laws. The press exemption, as defined by Congress, is meant to assure ‘the unfettered right of the newspapers, TV networks, and other media to cover and comment on political campaigns.’ The full ruling is available at the FEC site. A noteworthy passage: ‘…an entity otherwise eligible for the press exception would not lose its eligibility merely because of a lack of objectivity…’"

 

Delco / OpEd / Philadelphia / Politicking — No Comments
18
Nov 05

DelcoDems Continue to Disappoint Me

This MUST stop.  The only reason that we have one-party rule in this county (and in individual boroughs and school boards) is because the party, on a county and to a lesser extent, state level fails to provide compelling alternatives.  And it shows in the fundraising (via the DelcoTimes):

As always, the Republicans had a lot more cash to spend on literature, mailings, signs, sample ballots and Election Day "street money." They even ran short Cartisano/Whelan commercials on ESPN, Fox News, MSNBC and other cable channels.  Read more...

Automobiles / Politicking — No Comments
18
Nov 05

Monopolistic Automobile Repairs

One of the dity little secrets of new car dealers and their affiliated retail franchises is the stranglehold they put on shadetree and independent mechanics.

Those expensive code readers that dealers use are simply not available to independents – and the one’s that you can buy in stores are so watered down that many times you can’t effectively  diagnose the problem.

Well, some Congresscritters, as reported in LeftLaneNews are trying to remedy that, with a piece of legislation called the Right to Repair Act.  It’s quite admirable that the legislation has garned so much support in the legislature.  You can track the progress of the bill, HR 2048, here at Govtrack.us.   Read more...

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