Read more advertising stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/769/advertising.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:41:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74159/steelers-legend-cops-award-for-30-year-old-coke-ad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlready a Hall of Fame-bound football player, Joe Greene of the Steelers became an advertising legend 30 years ago with the release of the Coca-Cola commercial that ends with him tossing his jersey to a starstruck young fan. The spot won the ad industry's highest honor, but the stars had...http://www.newser.com/story/74159/steelers-legend-cops-award-for-30-year-old-coke-ad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:37:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74028/complaints-curb-vegas-stripper-mobile.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Las Vegas strip club has agreed to stop an advertising promotion that involved hauling bikini-clad exotic dancers around in a truck. Larry Beard, marketing director of Déjà Vu Showgirls, said today he's taking his lawyer's advice and parking the truck. "We're going to respect the opinion of the folks...http://www.newser.com/story/74028/complaints-curb-vegas-stripper-mobile.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 20:35:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73995/christian-group-boycotts-gap-over-holiday-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Christian group has launched a boycott of the Gap over its religion-neutral holiday ads. The American Family Association, already ticked off by last year’s campaign, which wished consumers a “Merry Gap-mas,” hit the roof over this year's “Go Christmas, Go Hanukkah, Go Kwanzaa, Go Solstice.” The tagline "looks like...http://www.newser.com/story/73995/christian-group-boycotts-gap-over-holiday-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 14:15:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73882/stripper-mobile-shocks-even-las-vegas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven in over-the-top Sin City, the stripper-mobile is an attention-getter. The Plexiglas-walled truck roaming the Las Vegas Strip features a stripper pole—and strippers, of course, albeit ones still wearing their skivvies. It has proven an effective marketing technique for Déjà Vu Showgirls, but if county commissioners get their way,...http://www.newser.com/story/73882/stripper-mobile-shocks-even-las-vegas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 8:37:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73366/how-to-dress-like-a-mad-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWant to look like Don Draper without being a dufus? Have no fear. New men's suits are sporting some of the same designs worn by the golden boys of the fictional ad agency on TV's hysterically popular Mad Men . "Men's suit styles have dramatically changed, and the styling of the...http://www.newser.com/story/73366/how-to-dress-like-a-mad-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 2:36:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72941/shine-a-light-on-sneaky-tv-product-placement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou can tell when you’re watching a commercial, right? Not at all, writes NE Marsden , and that’s a huge problem. A new FTC measure seeks to expose the practice of paid consideration—“stealth advertising” is a better phrase—online by requiring bloggers and marketers to disclose remuneration, but that hasn’t...http://www.newser.com/story/72941/shine-a-light-on-sneaky-tv-product-placement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 10:49:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72671/microsoft-yanks-seth-macfarlane-sponsorship.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApparently, Microsoft just can’t handle a good Holocaust joke. After attending a taping of Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show , the software giant has pulled its support, saying the content “was not a fit with the Windows brand.” The show, a variety act from Seth MacFarlane...http://www.newser.com/story/72671/microsoft-yanks-seth-macfarlane-sponsorship.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 13:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71879/dems-helped-shape-health-industry-ad-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAides to President Obama and Max Baucus met with a variety of lobbyists for corporate health care companies on April 15, to help form two industry coalitions and launch a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, Politico has learned. Though both sides insist no quid pro quo was laid out, some participants say...http://www.newser.com/story/71879/dems-helped-shape-health-industry-ad-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 11:19:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71839/disney-grumpy-about-ho-white-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce upon a time an Aussie ale company ad turned Snow White into "Ho White," and made Disney officials as angry as wicked witches. The not-so-virginal disheveled beauty blows smoke rings in bed with her little naked buddies including Filthy, Smarmy and Randy in the controversial ad for Jamieson's Raspberry...http://www.newser.com/story/71839/disney-grumpy-about-ho-white-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 2:32:58 CDT