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  • CMT: Mother of First Birth During New Show Gets $50,000

    Country Music Television is seeking a new venue to promote its latest Jeff Foxworthy comedy show—a hospital delivery room.

  • Milk Mustache Adds ‘Body by Milk’ Auction

    The folks behind the Milk Mustache campaign break a campaign today that makes full-body contact with teens.

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  • Live from SES San Jose: Google Hunts Future Ad Venues

    CEO Eric Schmidt told an audience of search advertisers that his company’s business model of selling targeted ads at auction can make the transition to other online and offline media — including radio and perhaps television.

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  • Google and the MTV/ XM / MySpace Generation

    Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, is betting that advertising will be a hit on the Internet even beyond search. That’s why his company has launched a flock of new ad initiatives in the last two weeks, he told an audience at this year’s Search Engine Strategies meeting in San Jose CA.

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  • Information Security Bigger Threat than Terrorism

    A study titled “Secure the Trust of Your Brand: Assessing the Security Mindset of Consumers” was conducted by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council and Opinion Research. The results were released on Monday, and reveal…

  • Craftsman Brings Gift Cards on NASCAR Tour

    Sears is giving its Craftsman brand a 360-degree spin from racetrack to store, with a mobile-marketing tour, gift card giveaways and a multi-track loyalty club.

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  • Umbria Introduces Blog Data Mining Service

    Umbria Inc. has launched Umbria Accent, a new analytics service to mine consumer data and generate reports from Internet blogs, message boards, chat rooms and other online public forums.

  • SEM Firm Catalyst On-line Acquired by WPP Unit

    Grey Healthcare Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of global ad conglomerate WPP, has agreed to acquire Boston-based Catalyst On-line, a digital marketing firm specializing in search marketing.

  • Loose Cannon: All That Meat and No Tomatoes

    I’m going to give direct response marketing a rest this week. Brand advertising has more than its shares of foibles, and in the spirit of balance I offer the following, which vivisects one such campaign. A slightly different version of the following piece first appeared in CM Plus (www.chiefmarketer.com/cm_plus), Direct executive editor Beth Negus Viveiros’s excellent newsletter which covers the lighter side of marketing. The spot itself is available on the YouTube video sharing site I wrote about last week (www.youtube.com). Type “Manthem” into the search box and… enjoy?

    In a scant six months, Burger King’s television commercials have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous.

  • Should Mel Gibson Be Forgiven? Jewish Group Asks in Viral Campaign

    Call it a case of cosmic coincidence: A Jewish organization is about to launch a viral campaign that touts the value of forgiveness. This occurs just after actor Mel Gibson made an initial pass at apologizing to the Jewish community for anti-Semitic comments he uttered while being arrested for speeding and drunk driving.