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Today was my sign-off at KX News (Nexstar Media Group) in Bismarck and Minot, North Dakota.
Being Creative Services Director for a pair of TV stations was a surprisingly adventurous chapter of my life, filled with lots of learning on the fly, thinking on my feet, and a few thousand road miles with a great soundtrack.
I had an admirable boss, a fine assortment of personalities in front of and behind the cameras, and in Creative Services, a ragtag team of creatives I am proud to have been part of that got stuff done. I learned much from them, managed to share a trick or two from my own experiences, and did my best to keep everyone and everything going strong. We became a team in the truest sense of the word, with minimal subterfuge and legerdemain.
Alas, some things were beyond my control, like corporate acquisitions, workforce reductions and the occasional werewolf attack.
Stupid werewolves.
They say all good things must come to an end, but perhaps that’s to open up an opportunity for more-gooder things to begin.
I sure hope so. If you see one, let me know.
[Bismarck CS pack (L-R) Mark Gray, Clayton Hove, Nathan Beals]
[Minot CS pack in mid-December (L-R) Grant Gathman, Clayton Hove (again), Brent Braniff, Victoria Bellon]
#marketing #advertising #northdakota #television #creative
#tech #dev #computers #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #advertising #InformationPollution
#Music #advertising trend I’m seeing. Familiar songs rendered as sweet lullaby symphonic melodies.
* Intuit TurboTax using “Bicycle Race” by Queen
* Bank spot (Bank of America?) using “Linger” by the Cranberries.
All morphed into almost unrecognizable background texture sans lyrics.
Lame.
Freezenet Experiments With Google Ads
Freezenet is announcing that an experiment is underway with Google ads. We've already learned a fair bit.
https://www.freezenet.ca/freezenet-experiments-with-google-ads/
#News #SiteAnnouncements #ads #Advertising #Freezenet #Google
Here's the thing about the X advertising lawsuit: Musk didn't lose because of bad lawyers. He lost because antitrust law isn't designed to protect you from the consequences of your own decisions. The judge literally wrote she had "no qualm" dismissing it.
Ad revenue on X dropped by more than 50% after he gutted the content moderation team and disbanded the Trust and Safety Council. Then he sued Mars, CVS, Colgate, and a dozen others, claiming their decision to stop buying ads was an illegal conspiracy. The court said no. Choosing not to buy from someone isn't a crime. It's just a Tuesday. This is about how leaders respond when the market sends a signal. 📊
🚪 Advertisers didn't abandon X because of a coordinated plot; they left because the product stopped meeting their needs
📜 GARM, the brand safety group at the center of this, dissolved itself in August 2024 under pressure from the lawsuit, and X still lost anyway
When your customers leave, the first question shouldn't be "who do I sue?" It should be "what did I do that made leaving feel like the right call?"
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musk-loses-big-in-court-x-boycott-perfectly-legal/
#Leadership #BusinessStrategy #X #Advertising #Accountability
A study showed that around ¥3.2 billion in advertisement revenue might have been lost in the span of one month due to the illegal streaming of Japanese TV shows on YouTube. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/23/japan/media/tv-programs-illegal-upload/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #media #socialmedia #youtube #facebook #advertising #media #television #japanesetv
Maine Morning Star: Maine considers regulation of AI-generated political ads. “Maine lawmakers advanced a proposal on Tuesday that would require political campaigns and political action committees to provide a disclosure label for any content significantly altered by artificial intelligence.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/15/maine-morning-star-maine-considers-regulation-of-ai-generated-political-ads/#ICYMI: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign, which has secretly benefited a firm with ties to Kristi Noem.
(Published Nov. 2025)
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DHS #KristiNoem #ICE #Government #USPolitics #Law #Advertising
Ha, new Los Angeles area billboards.
https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/new-billboards-in-l-a-across-america-decry-ice-funding/
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Billboard showing a masked man with "official" looking equipment slipping on ice, words say "YOUR TAX $ WASTED. FUNDING ICE IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE TO FASCISM"
People are strange.
My idea of wealth signaling involves being as cheap as possible. Strange.
Nerstrand, Minnesota's, Thorstein Veblen in the news, from droll Canadian Nicole.
"We're self-sabotaging every single aspect of our lives all in search of validation from strangers who don't give a shit about us in the first place."
@znurre granted, #Valve isn't #Nintendo and they'd likely send you a cease-and-decist before any suing, plus they likely understand that #developer #documentation is more #advertising than harm to them.
- After all, #Steam has such a huge fanbase, #IndieDevs get bullied into releasing on Steam.
- It's in Valve's best interest if #Games fully utilize the #SteamAPI & #SteamworksAPI for all the nice features ranging from #SteamCloud saves to #SteamWorkshop and #Matchmaking.
- Because all the competitiors (#GOG & #EpicGames) suck at this really hard, with #EPIC actively antagonizing #LinuxGaming despite owning the entire toolchain to make it work!
Could it happen here?
"In general, #advertising restrictions must demonstrate that something about the campaign is false, misleading or illegal.
In theory, lawmakers could tackle #FossilFuelAds by requiring them to include warnings about the dangers they pose to the planet.
At the end of 2020, Cambridge, MA, became the first U.S. city to require labels on gas pumps warning of the risks that gasoline, ethanol and diesel pose to human health and the environment."
Pressure Builds to Ban ‘Blatantly False’ Ads
"Both [#Canada's] federal government and B.C.’s provincial government are facing increased pressure to put an end to misleading #FossilFuel #advertising."
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/26/Pressure-Builds-Ban-Blatantly-False-Ads/
(Chris Hemsworth/Alexa AI hype ad) #Superbowl #geolocation #advertising
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Alexa screen showing a route on a screen, which is in Seattle
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Path in Google Earth
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2 minute bicycling route
Michelob Ultra - Peruvian Lift, Snowbird, Utah. Overview image is a modified (computer graphics) of Hidden Peak, Snowbird (which does not hav ea sloped roof, lol) 40.580943, -111.655599 #geolocation #superbowl #advertising #snowbird
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Screen shot from ad
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Snapshot of view from Peruvian Lift
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Ad showing top of peak
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Google 3D view of same location
Pringles/Sabrina Carpenter 34.01385, -118.36408 #superbowl #geolocation #advertising
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Person driving with a red vehicle up a road with LA in the background
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Street with same view
Ritz/Scarlet Johanssen 34.0691, -119.0111 (Sycamore Cove, Ventura County). #superbowl #geolocation #advertising
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Screen shot showing Ritz on a table on a beach
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Google Earth 3D view
Pink Palace, Northridge, California.
https://painfullyhiplocations.com/pink-palace
#superbowl #geolocation #advertising
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Religious ad with a pink house
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House ad for a filming location site
I have finally seen an honest insurance advertisement.
There is a voice over proclaiming the benefits if buying medical insurance while money (loonies/twonies) pour out of some poor guys pockets.
To illustrate the advantages of that particular insurance policy, the on screen representative hands back
ONE
COIN …
One
🙃
The Hidden Threat in Your Search Results: How Mac Malware Infiltrates Google’s Advertising Ecosystem
Inbox https://www.webpronews.com/the-hidden-threat-in-your-search-results-how-mac-malware-infiltrates-googles-advertising-ecosystem/ #cybersecurity #macOS #Google #Advertising #malware
On my walk in East London yesterday, I came across this view. I'm thinking wall advertising, ancient and modern...
#Photography #Urbex #Graffiti #Advertising #Psychogeography
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Old, painted sign on the end wall of a building, advertising pianos, below which are modern graffiti.
#advertising #marketing #video #beer
'The entirety of the Guinness brand’s advertising legacy - 548 ads spanning 40 years from 1955 to 1995 - has been cataloged, digitally preserved, and made available to the public.'
https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/guinness-adverts-project-irish-film-institute
Not shure if it's due to the #GeneralStrike that allegedly happened on 23.01.2026 in the #USA but I've seen #US #Corporations trying to #offset any reduction of #revenue with sudden #promotions and #discounts.
- Not just #Amazon, but also #BurgerKing and others seem to try their best to avoid any #dent on their revenue sheets!
OFC, #DontCrossThePicketLine and #RefuseToBuy in #solidarity with those resisting the #fascist #Trump Regime and the #AmericanGestapo aka. "#ICE"!
#FuckICE #USpol #tech #ads #Advertising #fascism
AodeRelay boosted#Amazon seems to realize that people don't like their #Spyware / #Snitchware / #Govware appliances at their doors, so they try to sell it to #TechIlliterates in #Germany...
- Well, nope!
#Camover #GAFAMs #AmericanGestapo #CloudAct #blink #ring #CamOver #sarcasm #commentary #USpol #DEpol #Ads #Advertising
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Amazon Germany pushing a promo for their blink & ring devices
#Amazon seems to realize that people don't like their #Spyware / #Snitchware / #Govware appliances at their doors, so they try to sell it to #TechIlliterates in #Germany...
- Well, nope!
#Camover #GAFAMs #AmericanGestapo #CloudAct #blink #ring #CamOver #sarcasm #commentary #USpol #DEpol #Ads #Advertising
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Amazon Germany pushing a promo for their blink & ring devices
#art #advertising #GraphicDesign #Detroit
'Andrew Anderson Has Compiled an Online Archive of the Detroit Legend Ron Signs'
https://www.printmag.com/designer-interviews/andrew-anderson-ron-signs-archive/
E' una organizzazione Filini
#ortisei #italy #ski #mountains #advertising #photomontage #fantozzi #filini #illustration
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Modified ad for Ortisei with the add of Fantozzi
What frustrates me about #Nebula is that it's an invite-only walled garden.
- And by the time one would be deemed eligible, there would be a lot more #Advertising #Revenue on #YouTube anyway.
One cannot compete with "Free"!
Two of this weekend’s spiffy thrift store finds were these Betty Crocker student booklets. The Betty Crocker portrait used on both is the fifth one in the company’s history, painted by Minnesota artist Jerome Ryan in 1972.
#vintage #cooking #baking #recipes #cookbooks #bettycrocker #brands #branding #marketing #advertising
No thanks, The Atlantic
‘We and our 1266 [!] technology partners ask you to consent to the use of cookies to store and access personal data on your device.’
https://www.theatlantic.com/world/
#privacy #surveillance #advertising #gdpr
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Screenshot of a cookie consent pop-up that contains the sentence that I quote in the toot.
15 billion scam ads on Meta a day.
This should not be legal, but governments are like:
🤷♂️ capitalism 🤷♂️
#meta #scam #advertising #facebook #meta #instagram
https://mementomori.social/@autiomaa/115503027431577021
You've sort of put your finger on a missed opportunity in motor vehicle #marketing.
Instead of all vehicle manufacturers having the current lot of samey weird advertisements where unicorns chase them down the streets in camera drone shots whilst children shout 'Play Peppa Pig at max volume!' at the computer from the rear seats and it suddenly does, there's a niche for a manufacturer to be disruptive …
… and run an #advertising campaign where they simply show that *their* cars have proper door handles, physical control knobs that don't need one to keep reading a screen away from looking at the road, and where a 5 year old cannot cause a motorway pile-up with 'Hey Google! Emergency stop!'.
It's a product differentiator. The marketers could use it.
@cstross
#MotorVehicles #Google #GoogleGemini #SafeAtAnySpeed
Is your tv connected to the open internet? I'm referring to the tv itself, not any peripherals that may be attached.
This is a case where I wish I could add more than four answers because I'd really like to drill down for more details, like "Yes, but not in a way that enables tracking."
Boosts would be great!
#Poll #Question #TV #Internet #OpenInternet #Tracking #Advertising #Privacy #Security #IAmDB
| Yes, all the time: | 4 |
| Yes, some of the time: | 0 |
| No: | 17 |
| Doesn't apply (no tv or tv can't do internet)): | 10 |
The City Meat Biscuit for Dogs, 1922 - Walker Harrison & Garthwaites Postcard
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Printed colour postcard showing an unsigned illustration of a bulldog by its kennel and titled "Britain's Best", "The City Meat Biscuit For Dogs."
Published by Walker, Harrison & Garthwaites Ltd, London, not numbered.
Postally used on 24 February 1922 with unclear skeleton cancellation on green halfpenny and red one penny stamps and sent to Mrs Dyer, Moat Farm, Thorpe Morieux, Bury St Edmunds.
Fairly good condition, with slight corner wear, but crease to bottom left corner and smaller crease to top left corner.
Do you guys remember seeing this back in 2013? We don't have a JCPenney up here so it's the first time I'm hearing about "Hitler Tea Pot"
Not sure why The Algorithm served me this now... LOL Maybe the advertising and design clicks got me here.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_teapot
#gift #jcpenney #hitler #kettle #kitchen #advertising #marketing #USA
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A JCPenney billboard from the United States advertising a shiny steel tea pot / kettle with black handle and cover that loosely resembles Adolf Hitler (2013)
How phone ads exposed French #intelligence officers, and what it means for your #privacy
Google: "We have to remove support for Manifest v2 extensions, because it gives extensions too much access to your browser activity, so SECURITY SECURITY SECURITY! Oh, and incidentally, this will eliminate effect adblockers."
Also Google: "Hey, extensions can intercept and save your complete conversations with "AI" / LLMs and send them to the extension developer to be packaged and sold".
https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection
#privacy #security #Google #Chrome #ManifestV2 #extension #adblock #adblocker #uBlockOrigin #advertising #surveillance #crapitalism
contrary to many others saying new CEO of Mozilla has lost the plot, I actually gotta give credit where it's due. he is at least open and direct on the company's direction for the past several years, and future plans.
"he could begin to block ad blockers in Firefox and estimates that’d bring in another $150 million" is a clear warning shot. it's been a long time coming, and we as users have to prepare.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/845216/mozilla-ceo-anthony-enzor-demeo
#Meta Tolerates Rampant #Ad Fraud From #China To Safeguard Billions In Revenue
#advertising #facebook #instagram
How to break free from #SmartTV ads and tracking
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/the-ars-technica-guide-to-dumb-tvs/
I've been thinking about this for some years. As others have noted, the problem is that the market is accustomed to browsers being "free", ever since #Microsoft illegally leveraged their OS #monopoly to destroy #Netscape by driving their income to (essentially) zero.
I started thinking about it in terms of how I support various creators for small amounts with monthly #subscriptions. Could you fund reasonable #maintenance and #development of #Firefox purely based on low-cost subs from users? Bigger donations from companies or billionaires would be welcome, but it would need to be sustainable on its own first.
Development wouldn't have to be as expensive as what #Mozilla does (which is mostly counter-productive anyway...).
There are still millions of people - more than a hundred million, apparently - who use Firefox, and many of those are more knowledgeable about and involved with open-source #software. They're more likely to appreciate that funding development is the key to keeping Firefox relevant, and keeping the "AI" / #LLM / #advertising / #surveillance out of the #browser.
Some people are starting to pay a few bucks a month just for a search engine subscription. Why not pay for your browser? For many people, it's the software they use more than everything else put together. For some people, it's the only software they ever use.
I'd pay $2 a month to support my browser, if it kept it safe from <handwave> all that </handwave>.
2/x
Okay, this is really cool...
#Advertising #Japan #Coffee #Can #TommyLeeJones #Rainbow #Boss
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An Ad for the "Rainbow Edition" BOSS Canned Coffee Drink from Japan with Tommy Lee Jones looking like he's playing "K" from "Men in Black"...
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7McJnK-jWa0&t=1945s
Political ads still appear on Meta platforms, despite the ban.
Meta stopped its political advertising business altogether in the EU, in response to new regulations — but experts point out that political ads are still finding their way into users feeds.
Supposedly-banned political ads are still sneaking their way onto Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.
#Meta #SocialMedia #Politics #EU #Advertising #Facebook #Instagram #FacebookMessenger
Ultimately, it doesn't matter to the advertising agencies whether #adverts work: what matters is whether the agencies can persuade clients that adverts work. As long as they can do that, and as long as we have inadequate legislation, the zone will be flooded with adverts.
The question of whether adverts actually work is notoriously hard to answer, because it's difficult to tie a sale to an advert. That's one reason companies track us so hard on the Web — to see which #advertising campaigns are most effective — but we can defeat that tracking with a good #AdBlocker such as #uBlockOrigin and (in jurisdictions with a semblance of privacy legislation) by denying permission to track.
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were then sold to third parties for targeted ads.From Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/
Open the settings for uBlock Origin, path to "My Filters", and add this line:
github.com##button[data-testid=";copilot-popover-button"](edit: my host is interpreting this code as a hashtag and putting a spurious semicolon ; between the
...testid=" part and the copilot... part. Just remove that semicolon).Then click "Apply changes". Chances are that #github will change its page coding and these buttons will re-appear. This one seems to be working for me for now though so I figured I'd share.