As the Atlantic continues to whore itself out to corporate spokespeople-as-journalists, and as Buzzfeed develops an advertizing model designed entirely to trick readers into clicking on ads thinking they’re editorial copy, one dude has done the same thing for almost two decades, and has just a simple, clear advertisement on his site, obviously distinguished from … Continue reading The Man With The Internet Money
Today on the Dish, Andrew mulled over legalized prostitution, hoped for a new era to emerge from the coming Papal Conclave, and updated readers on the status of the New Dish. He glimpsed the new generation of Journalism in Steve Brill’s health care essay and shook his head at the Republican management of the sequester. In political coverage, we looked ahead to the fallout from the … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
This weekend on the Dish, Andrew continued to think through Buzzfeed’s “sponsored content” model for online ads, pointed to an incisive comment on the issue from Kevin Drum, briefly riffed on the Atlantic’s new guidelines for native ads, offered a theological critique of Zero Dark Thirty, and noted what’s different this time about who will be … Continue reading The Weekend Wrap
(New York, New York, 5.19 pm) Friday on the Dish, Andrew read trouble for the GOP in the sequester tea leaves, probed the cracks in the wall of lies surrounding torture, and respected Will Saletan’s ability to admit when he was wrong. He recapped his passionate debate with Ben Smith of BuzzFeed, clarified the distinction between journalism and ad copy, and rounded up tweets from the … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
“In this case, we did not adequately work with the advertiser to create a content program that was in line with our brand … To be clear, our decision to pull the campaign should not be interpreted as passing judgment on the advertiser [the Church of Scientology] as an organization. Where I believe we erred … Continue reading Quotes For The Day
Partial video of @sullydish & @buzzfeedben fitenite w/ @dkthomp in middle youtu.be/Yq_uW0jS-NE #smw13 #smwSullyFeed — Jesse Ferrell (@Accu_Jesse) February 22, 2013 Today on the Dish, Andrew questioned whether a focus on continued growth can truly make us happy, reminded the Breitbart crew that reality always wins, wondered if Republicans will be able to move past neoconservatism, and cheered Zack Kopplin for standing up to … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
Below are our posts regarding the Dish going independent, beginning with the launch of our new site on Feb 4, 2013. To catch up on the first Dish Independence thread, which ran from Jan 2, 2013 – Feb 3, 2013, click here. Mon Feb 4, 2013 – 12.24am: Migration Explained How a blog transitions from … Continue reading Dish Independence II
Below are our posts regarding the Dish going independent, beginning with Andrew’s original announcement on January 2 and then followed by our coverage of the resulting commentary and conversation among readers and the blogosphere. To skip to the more detailed explanation of “The Dish Model” click here. Join us as a founding member here. Another … Continue reading Dish Independence
Below are our posts covering the rise of “sponsored content” at sites like the Atlantic and Buzzfeed. The coverage began in response to a Scientology advertorial featured by the Atlantic in January 2013, then a month later the focus shifted to Buzzfeed and other examples across the web (you can skip directly to that section here). … Continue reading “Enhanced Advertorial Techniques”
Copyranter applauds a clever campaign from Expedia: There are over 9,000 airports around the world, each with its own 3-letter code — used to ID bag destination. The creative team describes how they came up with the idea: "It all started when we saw a woman walking through Heathrow with the word FUK hanging from … Continue reading Cool Ad Watch
