Overview

Search

  • Google

    WWW
    leighhouse.typepad.com

Your email address:


Powered by FeedBlitz

Tweet. Tweet.

    follow me on Twitter

    Tweet. Tweet.

      follow me on Twitter

      « Can you over-target your audience? | Main | Is golfing really this big of a deal? »

      April 30, 2006

      When advertising goes bad - The bomb squad blows it up!

      Mi_news_box3'

      I could not love this story more.

      As part of the upcoming movie launch, 4500 Los Angeles Times' newspaper boxes were fitted with a digital musical device designed to play the "Mission: Impossible" theme song when the door was opened.

      But in some cases, the red plastic boxes with protruding wires were jarred loose and dropped onto the stack of newspapers inside, alarming customers.

      So, logically, the county arson squad blew up a news rack, thinking it contained a bomb.

      Oh, yeah, that's different that the usual "newsbox experience."

      Found at MIT Advertising Lab

      Read more

      TrackBack

      TrackBack URL for this entry:
      http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341d03da53ef00d83561369d69e2

      Listed below are links to weblogs that reference When advertising goes bad - The bomb squad blows it up!:

      Comments

      Verify your Comment

      Previewing your Comment

      This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.

      Working...
      Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
      Your comment has been posted. Post another comment

      The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again.

      As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

      Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.

      Working...

      Post a comment

      Featured Links

      AddThis Social Bookmark Button
      Blog powered by TypePad
      Member since 03/2004