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iPhone advert gets slap on wrist
According to the Advertising Standards Authority, Apple's latest UK iPhone advert 'misled' consumers.
ASA received reports of two complaints that noted the advert said "all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone." But they claim (in their own words) that this is clearly complete codswallop because as everyone knows, the iPhone doesn't support Flash or Java.
Apple attempted to clarify what they meant by saying it was about 'webpages' and not the internet as a whole. According to the Advertising Standards Authority, Apple's latest UK iPhone advert 'misled' consumers. ... more -
Indie Music: Those Who Market, Make It
The music industry of today looks almost nothing like the music industry of 20 years ago. There are a ton of reasons, most of them having to do with digital technology.
Today, if you're an indie musician, the resources for do it yourself marketing -- DIY -- are better than ever.
DIY marketing has become the new science every indie musician must learn. We take a look at a few of those in Los Angeles who are learning it from music business guru Bobby Borg. The music industry of today looks almost nothing like the music industry of 20 years ago. There are a ton of reasons, most of them hav... more -
FlipCam video of Mighty Mic Event at UCLA - May 29, 2008
The Mighty Mic event was a huge success in terms of getting positive publicity for Current TV and Current.com. Danny worked like crazy. Me, Tania and Kevin Ung manned the table and gave out 200 T-shirts, as well as buttons and brochures. The entire time we were there, our booth was thronged with people signing up on Current.com to get a free T-shirt. When the server connection finally pooped out, we continued to get people to sign up on paper and then Tania completed the sign up process for them later.
Laura Ling spoke to a packed crowd in the middle of the evening. She showed the pod From Russia with Hate on the gianormous screen. Other pods also played throughout the evening, but this one especially had a riveted audience watching in the huge, darkened ballroom.
All in all it was a solid success. I personally hope Current TV chooses to stay involved and promoting itself at UCLA, because not many people knew about Current. But those that did, invariably said, "Oh! I love Current TV!"
--Julie The Mighty Mic event was a huge success in terms of getting positive publicity for Current TV and Current.com. Danny worked like crazy... more -
Texas Street Artist 'Give Up'
Texas Street Artist 'Give Up' talks about who he is and the message behind his work. Give Up's work is currently showing at Aerosol Warfare Gallery in Houston, Texas.
video by PR!MO Texas Street Artist 'Give Up' talks about who he is and the message behind his work. Give Up's work is currently showin... more -
Doc says no to money from Bruni`s pic
Geneva, Apr 14 : A doctor running hospitals in Cambodia said on Sunday he had refused a donation raised by selling a picture of France`s first lady in the nude, because Cambodians disapproved of exploiting female flesh for money.
Swiss pediatrician Beat Richner, head of a Children`s Medical Care Group, said he had turned down an offer of $91,000 (57,000 Euros) raised at a New York auction last week of the 1993 picture of Italian ex-model Carla Bruni, now married to President Nicolas Sarkozy.
“My decision was taken out of respect for our patients and their mothers,” he said in an interview with the weekly Le Matin Dimanche. “Accepting money obtained from exploitation of the female body would be perceived as an insult.”
In Cambodia “use of nudity is not understood in the way it is in the west.”
He did not wish his institution, the Kantha Bopha Children`s Hospital Association, “to be involved in the media exploitation of Madame Bruni.”
“The idea behind this gift was to get publicity for the auction and the photographer,” Richner was also quoted as saying. “It was a way of using us.” Geneva, Apr 14 : A doctor running hospitals in Cambodia said on Sunday he had refused a donation raised by selling a picture of France... more -
Hyping Indie Hype
See what it takes to get buzz on an indie-record for an indie PR firm.
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Shop cover-up
A Welsh shop owner has been ordered by Gwent Police to remove or cover-up a window display that has been shocking local residents. The mannequin, named Keith, was originally wearing nothing but a smile, but has since had his modesty maintained with a precisely placed fig leaf.
The mannequin's creator Kate Montgomery explained her shock over the response her artwork has received from both young and old and claimed it was mostly harmless fun apart
from some of the old ladies that walk past looking a little horrified.
It seems if you want to sell something nowadays, controversy is a sure fire way to get publicity, what lengths would you to go sell your goodies? A Welsh shop owner has been ordered by Gwent Police to remove or cover-up a window display that has been shocking local residents. The... more -
El Presidente Math
Street artists in Colombia strike back at government propoganda with their own dose of political graffiti.
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Barf Bag
The latest in film publicity. Here's one way to appeal to one segment of the youthful male market so beloved by film producers -- package your DVD with its own "barf bag." The latest in film publicity. Here's one way to appeal to one segment of the youthful male market so beloved by film producers -... more
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Ad man claims responsibility for restoring Poe to greatness via publicity stunt...
...by leaving three red roses and a bottle of cognac on Edgar Allan Poe's grave each year on his birthday, Jan. 19.
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Sarkozy drunk at G8 press conference...
Can't be avoided - he was, after all, hanging with Putin...
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