8 Racist Ads in a “Post-Racial” World
Cracked links to 8 racist ads broadcast over the past few years, including an Indian ad for a skin-whitening cream from Ponds. I kid you not!
Univision Fights to Survive
Univision reported a 7.8% drop in ad revenue for the fourth quarter today, bringing the company’s net 4Q08 loss to $1.99 billion. The company has been mired in declining ad revenues, lawsuits, and longstanding debt obligations.
While automobile advertising at Univision fell 41%, revenues from retail advertisers were up 3%, with telecom and fast food [...]
Why the NY Post’s Advertisers are Today’s Racist Lynch Mob
A few weeks ago, I discussed five reasons why the media reform effort is the civil rights movement of our time. In one example that I gave, I pointed out the similarities between the way Flavor Flav is depicted and the blackface tradition of vaudeville. Apparently, it’s not the only negative depiction of black people [...]
Work Opportunity: Rent Out Your Eyelids to Advertisers ;)
Feelunique.com, a beauty products website based in the UK, is offering models up to 100 British pounds ($156 US) to go around with the feelunique.com logo printed on their eyelids. The “per wink” rate is 10 pence (not sure how they plan on keeping track of the winks).
Remember the guy who got paid $37,375 [...]
