TV drug ads may have to zoom in on side effects

Would consumers get the same warm, fuzzy message from a drug advertisement that promised to lift their mood if it also urged them to report side effects like suicidal thoughts and diarrhea?

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excerpt: "" Rachel Maddow highlighted our Blue America ad which calls out Blanche Lincoln over her stance on the public option. A Bad Day to Oppose Health Reform. ""

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Cablevision plans to begin showing "interactive" advertisements to its cable customers next month, according to the Wall Street Journal, and other cable companies are following suit. The push is to make TV a "lean-forward" medium, says one Comcast exec.

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Everything Orlando....Orlando's Biggest Thrift Paper

Once a week, in most every state in America, there is a free paper put out that is full of advertisements. You can usually find everything for sale in one, from the smallest ad consisting of one old sewing machine stand, ($10) all the way up to a Lincoln Navigator ($20,000).

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How to put ads in your iphone app using Adwhirl

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Radio Mercury Awards Snub Radio Stations

"The only major awards competition solely devoted to radio, the Radio Mercury Awards is the premiere radio creative competition."

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Junk food ads account for two-thirds of televised advertisements for food that are shown when children are likely to be watching, researchers into obesity said Friday, based on a study of 11 countries.

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This is an entirely sensible ad promoting safe sex from Botswana. How do you think it would be received in the US?

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Sometimes Ads in movies are better that real Ads. Here are 25 of the best...

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Excerpt: The Platinum Club in Rosedale describes itself a first class adult entertainment lounge, but residents living near their billboard in the Five Towns section of Nassau County are offended by the club's giant outdoor advertisement featuring a scantily clad woman.

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A Chicago-based Catholic organization says NBC-TV won't air an anti-abortion video during Sunday's Super Bowl that portrays President Obama as an unborn child.

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As we begin 2009, which ONE organisation would get your vote for making the most impact in the 21st century so far?

There are so many establishments which have made an impact on our world since the beginning of the 21st century, mainly on the Internet. But perhaps there is one you think stand out from the rest in your eyes, that has changed our lives in a dramatic way, local or national?

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My video will resume after this ad, in 26 seconds. The video is really a movie — or at least it was a movie. I don't know what to call it while I'm watching it on my computer screen, with my browser set to Hulu, the streaming-video site.

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ADVERTISEMENTS about a beaver, pizza and male impotence have topped the list of the commercials we hate.

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Search for Stocks on Ask and you'll get 13 advertisements and just 9 actual search results on the first page. Same for Mortgages, Cars, and thousands of other terms. For these searches, the first actual search result is 100 pixels down the page.

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Apple doesn't want you to believe what it says, even though the company claims it's not lying. That's the gist of the Cupertino company's legal response to a lawsuit regarding allegedly misleading advertising for the iPhone 3G.

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Like this comes as a big surprise, it looks like Sarah Palin is campaigning again already... for what? Well 2012 of course. The ad's sponsors say "no we just want to thank her for all she's done and accomplished." Right.

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"In case anyone was still wondering whether John McCain is running the sleaziest, most dishonest campaign in history, today Karl Rove -- the man who held the previous record -- said McCain's ads have gone too far," said campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor, in a statement sent to repo …

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A more savvy viewer will notice that these ads are not meant to influence the immediate buying patterns of viewers, but instead to alter the long-term impression of the company that develops and markets the world's leading desktop computer operating system.

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(Petition/Poll) Should McCain Apologize to 9/11 Victims If Truce on Running Negative Ads Sept 11 was Broken?

Enough is enough. How low can one go? Simply be a man (or woman) of your word. McCain and Obama both gave their word to refrain from running negative campaign ads on September 11th to honor and respect the victims of that tragedy.

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3 new ads are out 2 by Obama and 1 by McCain

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It's sometimes hard to remember those early lofty campaign spots for Senator John McCain that put him on a par with Winston Churchill.

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ANALYSIS: The McCain campaign's oft-repeated assessment of Obama's tax proposals is based, in several instances, on outdated material that has been widely debunked.

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Senator Obama: Stop Hitting Yourself

Yesterday afternoon, as Senator Obama discussed his proposed energy policy at a campaign stop in Youngstown, Ohio, he made sure to respond to McCain's media-dubbed "celebrity ad," calling it "[McCain's] idea of a relevant campaign," adding "I don't have time to deal with that …

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A new high-tech Japanese electronic display can instantly identify people's sex or age range and target them with advertisements to suit them. The 50-inch plasma display will appear at an annual festival in Tokyo run by Fuji Television network, maker NEC Corp said.

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