Month: November 2008

• Email

  Stupid Nonsense Watch: Secret Deal Serves no Warning

  John Ferron—an Ohio attorney who has apparently made a practice out of signing up for commercial e-mail programs and suing marketers over what he deems as deceptive advertising—announced last week

• Email

  Stupid Opt-Out Watch: UNSUBSCBRIBE YOU FROM WHAT!!??

  E-mail is such a wonderful medium. It allows us to be touched by strangers in ways no other form of communication before it was even close to being able to facilitate

• Listline e-Newsletter 11/25

  MGI Lists has been chosen to manage this combined membership list from
  the American Society of Association Executives and the Center for
  Association Leadership.

• Monster.com Returns to Super Bowl in Larger NFL Deal

  Monster.com will have two advertising spots in this season’s Super Bowl after an absence of five years as part of a larger multi-year National Football League sponsorship pact.

• GM Releases Its Tiger: Pro Shop Blog

  As General Motors tells it, the move to let Tiger Woods out of his current endorsement contract with the automaker was coincidental to its current quest to gain a share of a $25 billion loan Congress is contemplating for the Big Three Detroit wheels.

• Talking Tub Makes A Return in Parkay TV Spots

  ConAgra Foods’ Parkay brand brought back its iconic “Talking Tub” in TV spots last week.

• The Doctor’s Disorders: Pro Shop Blog

  About 10 years ago I was asked to be godfather to the new son of some in-laws I didn’t know very well.

• The Hyperfactory Hires SVP President and Global Strategist

  The Hyperfactory has hired Angela Steele as senior vice president and global strategist.

• News Brief

  DIAGEO: has a new rum: Captain Morgan 100 Proof Spiced Rum.

• Agencies

  P&I Postscripts

  CINEMARK HOLDINGS: has a new feature for its gift cards—the capability for customers to upload their own images or photos.