Really, Advertising Federation? Naming Jim Ramsey “Louisvillian of the Year” ???
REALLY? Hahaha.
Here’s the story on UofL’s website.
And here’s the video of Ramsey:

I’m sure all you advertising gays are going to come scream at me after I allege he got this “award” because of all the ad dollars he doles out to local agencies.
Yes, [...]

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Jack Conway’s U.S. Senate campaign has hit Daniel Mongiardo pretty hard with the latest ad about waste, fraud and abuse. [Page One]
Which Republican will have the opportunity to lose to John Yarmuth in November? We know they’re all slightly homophobic and think women are inferior, some are global warming deniers and some are just flat-out [...]

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University of Louisville President Jim “Anonymous Crap” Ramsey is on a rampage to revise history. Namely that of the UofL Foundation and its lack of transparency.
The latest? Massive ad buys in the print version of the Courier-Journal, which only meemaws and poppops read, and this gigantor ad on the C-J’s website (screenshot taken [...]

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Greg Fischer made another media buy on Monday. He’s now up to $140,000 for two weeks of broadcast and cable. [Media Buys]
Interesting that David Tandy secured the UFCW endorsement yesterday, isn’t it? But we saw that one coming a mile away when he flip-flopped on the JBS Swift fiasco, abruptly adopting the UFCW position. [...]

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Republican Larry Hausman is launching his first television spot in the bid for the U.S. Congress today.
Here it is:

I’m a bit confused, really, because I wasn’t aware John Yarmuth had stolen the peoples’ house. Pretty certain he won the seat – for which he donates his entire salary and votes the way a majority [...]

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Just snagged Jim King’s first television commercial that will begin airing this Wednesday and I must say, he’s taking a MAJOR risk:

I think that risk is going to work.
Owning your mistakes works in political campaigns.
UPDATE: To all of you whiny ass titty babies out there who are flipping out that I got my hands [...]

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By now, everybody knows that Republican Hal Heiner is the first to really hit television with campaign advertising in the mayoral race. So here’s the ad:

While clearly the front-runner in the race, I think Heiner could have done a better job making the ad a little less generic. Maybe he could have referred [...]

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On February 11th we discussed unsolicited press releases and developing personal relationships with local businesses that take communication seriously:
At a time when local businesses are suffering – and while our readership of two major sites is exploding – why can’t we work together and do a better job? Sending a nearly blank email that says [...]

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Former Churchill exec Ted Nicholson will manage the arena. [Business First]
Dear Schneider DeMuth Advertising: Did you bother reading what we wrote last week? Is that why you continue sending blanket emails (that say “see release”) with gigantic attached images and Word docs? We didn’t use your company name last week out of respect. [...]

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Schizo messaging for the win?

Unlike some “journalists,” Phillip Bailey isn’t secretly benefiting from Thieneman on a financial front. So go read what he has to say about the ad. (I’m waiting for somebody to start telling the story about how Thieneman stopped his anti-King activity when word started spreading that he was bankrolling [...]

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