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Obama Will Run Ads During Olympics We noted it a month ago and now it's confirmed by Advertising Age: "Sen. Barack Obama's campaign will be among the TV sponsors of NBC Universal's Olympics coverage. In the first significant network-TV buy of any presidential candidate in at least 16 years, the Obama campaign has taken Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Looks to Run Ads During Olympics Advertising Age: "Though the Obama campaign is keeping mum about whether it will definitely run spots, it has asked NBC Universal about Olympics advertising including $500,000, $2 million and $4 million packages of ads. (NBC presented those along with a $10 million package.) It's not only a sign Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Update: Nokia buys rest of Symbian, will make code open source Nokia on Tuesday announced it plans to acquire all of Symbian, which develops an operating system for mobile phones. The Finnish phone giant currently owns about 48 percent and will pay ¬264 million ($410 million) for the rest. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Report: AT&T will subsidize iPhone price by $200 AT&T will subsidize $200 of the purchase price for new iPhones this summer, according to a story posted by Fortune Wednesday, reducing consumers' out-of-pocket expense for the popular device to as low as $199. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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May 26, 1908: Mideast Oil Discovered -- There Will Be Blood 1908: A British company strikes oil in Persia (now Iran). It's the first big petroleum find in the Middle East, and it sets off a wave of exploration, extraction and exploitation that will change the region's -- and the world's -- history. Englishman William D'Arcy had obtained a licens Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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May 26, 1908: Mideast Oil Discovered -- There Will Be Blood 1908: A British company strikes oil in Persia (now Iran). It's the first big petroleum find in the Middle East, and it sets off a wave of exploration, extraction and exploitation that will change the region's -- and the world's -- history. Englishman William D'Arcy had obtained a licens Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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MTV Will Run Political Ads "Politicians can finally get their MTV. After declining political advertising since its inception in 1981, MTV is reversing course," Ad Age reports. "The Viacom MTV Networks channel -- once known for round-the-clock music videos and now home to a host of reality shows -- says it will Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Campaign Accuses McCain of Lies in Latest Attack Ads - ABC News CollegeOTRObama Campaign Accuses McCain of Lies in Latest Attack AdsABC News - 1 hour agoBy JENNIFER PARKER The Obama campaign accused Republican rival John McCain Monday of distorting Barack Obama's record in a series of campaign ads that independent groups, the media, Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama Plans Ad Blitz Against McCain Sen. Barack Obama "already has begun pivoting toward the general election," the Wall Street Journal reports. "Soon, he is likely to unleash attack ads aimed at defining Sen. John McCain. With vastly more money, Sen. Obama will be able to flood the airwaves as voters are forming impressions." Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama: GOP Will Use Race to Stoke Voter Fear JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said on Friday he expects Republicans to highlight the fact that he is black as part of an effort to make voters afraid of him. "It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the e Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Beer Ads Take a Back Seat on Super Bowl Sunday TiVo's yearly analysis of Super Bowl ads shows that vitamin-water ads beat out ubiquitous beer ads for most-viewed during Sunday's game. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Beer Ads Take a Back Seat on Super Bowl Sunday TiVo's yearly analysis of Super Bowl ads shows that vitamin-water ads beat out ubiquitous beer ads for most-viewed during Sunday's game. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Clinton Steps Up Attacks on Obama Sen. Hillary Clinton "further upped her criticism of Sen. Barack Obama's soaring rhetoric by accusing him yesterday of posing as a secular messiah who will bring about paradise on Earth," the Washington Times reports.The quote was played endlessly on the cable networks and radio last ni Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Floods Pennsylvania With Ads Just a week before Pennsylvania's presidential primary, Sen. Barack Obama "continues to vastly outspend Sen. Hillary Clinton on television advertising in the state," according to the Washington Post. "Obama's bigger budget, which is likely the product of his 2 to 1 edge in fundraising Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Adwatch: Obama ads promote health care, endorsements - The Associated Press amNewYorkAdwatch: Obama ads promote health care, endorsementsThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoTITLE: "Afford." LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: Pennsylvania. SCRIPT: Announcer: "Hillary Clinton's attacking, but what's she not telling you about her health care plan?Facin Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Advertising: Olympics Draw High Percentage of Women Viewers, and Ads Intended for Them The large female viewership for the Olympics and the spate of spots intended for women are anomalies in TV sports. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Obama Ranked "Most Liberal" Senator Sen. Barack Obama was the most liberal senator in 2007, according to the latest National Journal vote ratings. "The insurgent presidential candidate shifted further to the left last year in the run-up to the primaries, after ranking as the 16th- and 10th-most-liberal during his first tw Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Plans Series of High Profile Endorsements The Los Angeles Times: "Campaign sources indicate Obama hopes to roll out a series of such endorsements and announcements during the long run-up to the Pennsylvania primary April 22 to create a sense of momentum. There's still former Sen. John Edwards out there and, of course, former senator, for Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Hillary, Obama hit each other in attack ads - International Herald Tribune CBS NewsHillary, Obama hit each other in attack adsInternational Herald Tribune - 1 hour agoAP WASHINGTON: Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton were bashing one another with the most negative attacks of the primary season, bidding for undecided voters in T Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Is Obama Close to Picking His Running Mate? Several weeks ago on Political Insider, I suggested the first week of August might be the best time to unveil running a running mate.First Read: "If Obama plans to name his running mate before the Olympics, he's probably got to be close to a decision, because he'd have to name the runn Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |