December 2011
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@CityofToronto is 'reviewing' @Drake's 'sampling'...
From the Metro Toronto free paper:
A superstar rapper and his signature owl have ruffled the feathers of the city’s legal eagles. Drake, one of Toronto’s most famous and proud cultural ambassadors, failed to ask permission to use a modified version of the official city logo on a Gardiner Expressway billboard promoting his smash-hit new album, a city spokesperson says.
The billboard,...
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Pa. Liquor Control Board Pulls Controversial...
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From The International Business Times:
A controversial state-funded ad campaign meant to warn young adults about the links between heavy drinking and date rape has been pulled by Pennsylvania’s Liquor Control Board after a barrage of criticism. The ads were accused of blaming rape on the victims.
Stacey Witalec, a...
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Samsung Mocks #Apple in New Online Ad
It starts with an image familiar to any North American who’s been around an Apple store in their lifetime: a line.
“Why would they be leaving when we’re only nine hours away?” a man asks in the one-minute spot.
The new online advertisement for the Samsung Galaxy S II phone banks on these kinds of inside jokes about the company’s biggest competitor to drive home a point — seemingly that the...
