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Congress Drafts Bill To Turn Volume Down On TV Commercials

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Television viewers jarred by abrupt spikes in volume during commercial breaks may someday be able to give their mute buttons a rest...

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The Best Local TV Ads (VIDEO, POLL)

Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

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While much ad market is still struggling, this summer BusinessWeek wondered if cheap, easy-to-produce local TV ads could be the next bright spot in th...

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Cablevision Unveils Interactive Banner Ads On TV

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

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Cablevision Systems Corp. is bringing interactive banner ads to television, allowing viewers to order samples and brochures and even purchase products...

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Marriage Equality Is on the Ballot in Maine This Fall (Video)

Jesse Connolly | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Catholic Church, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, National Organization for Marriage, Main, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Tv Ads, John Baldacci, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Jesse Connolly

Our opponents are tenacious -- and well-funded. The anti-marriage campaign in Maine is being led by the same groups that ran the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign in California last year.

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Anti-Reform Group Plans Local TV Ads Where Obama Is Vacationing

AP | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A group opposed to President Barack Obama's health-care proposals is planning an ad campaign to run locally while the first family ...

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Obama's Budget: The Ad Campaign

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Centrist Democrats, President Obama, Obama Budget, Budget Ad, Conservadems, Centrists, Americans United for Change, Tv Ads, Politics News

Americans United for Change, a key Democratic-backing group, will begin airing an ad today aimed at prodding Senate "centrists" to support President O...

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Ad Sales Down For TV Sports

Hollywood Reporter | Anthony Crupi | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Advertisement, Sports, Sports Ads, TV Advertisements, Tv, Tv Ads, Media News

Once thought to be the sole recession-proof property on television, big-ticket sports are showing signs of vulnerability in the fourth quarter, with a...

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The Undecideds: What's Their Problem?

Jon Wiener | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, John McCain 2008, Election Day, Offthebus, Third Party, Bill Maher, Undecided Voters, Obama Undecideds, Election 2008, Mccain Undecideds, Swing Voters, Tv Ads, Campaign 2008, Home News
Jon Wiener

The undecideds have been staring at the menu now for almost a year--why haven't they made up their minds? Here is how these voters break down, and how they are likely to act today.

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Indiana Home to Increasing Numbers of Once-Rare Blue Hoosiers

Dan Treul | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

Another ominous sign for the McCain campaign is the most recent polling average by Real Clear Politics, which has Barack Obama leading -- albeit barel...

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New Obama Keating Five movie

Alison Teal | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Alison Teal

Voters in swing states -- and this, Colorado, appears to be the mother of all swing states -- are treated to a nearly endless barrage of political advertising and discussion.

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Jed Lewison

Funniest Tax Ad Ever

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video, Color by Numbers, Taxes, Obama, Mccain, Tv Ads, Bush, Politics News

Presenting "Color by Numbers: Bush-McCain Tax Plan," a new web video from Obama-Biden. It's quite possibly the funniest video on taxes ever. Make sur...

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New Olympics Ad Uplift from Obama and McCain, Attacks Everywhere Else

William Bradley | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Tv Ads, Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Olympics, Stealth, George W. Bush, Media News
William Bradley

For the unprecedented Olympics ad buys, Obama started out positive and uplifting -- as befits the positive uplift of the Olympics media environment. McCain went in, well, a different direction.

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McCain's Olympic Attack Ad and Other TV ADD War Oddities

William Bradley | Posted 09.11.2008 | Media

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William Bradley

The last week of TV ad wars were really the ADD wars, with both McCain and Obama launching and swapping out TV ads so quickly they couldn't possibly have had any impact in actual paid airings.

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TV Ads Losing Their Effectiveness

Ad Age | Steve McClellan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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A majority of marketers believe that television advertising has become less effective in the past two years, according to a new survey from the Nation...

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Romney Campaign Pulls All TV Ads In South Carolina, Florida

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has decided to pull his advertising from South Carolina and Florida, in a sign of trouble for a campaign...

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