American Idol: Have They Been Sandbagging Us?
Reality TV Calendar
I get the feeling Idol is playing poker with us right now. Idol has been the #1 show on TV for 10 years and it's no mistake. There have been imitators but none close to the Idol success. Yes there have been some incredible seasons and the following …

Will Groupon Get Lampooned in New CBS Sitcom?
Forbes
My hunch is the Groupon of “Friend Me” will bear more than a passing resemblance to the depiction of the ad agency Wieden + Kennedy in “Portlandia.” Mood shower, anyone? “Twenty-something best friends, Evan and Rob, move from their hometown of …

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What's Wrong With You?
Poker Player
If you are a TV producer you are faced with the same story ad nauseum and it's hard to sell that. I think we're in trouble. How do we fix the problem of boredom and waning interest in poker? Televised poker needs to address it.

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Does Virgin Bingo's New Ad Push Branson's Elastic Brand Too Far?
brandchannel.com
The business unit includes Virgin Casino, Virgin Mobile Casino, Virgin Poker, and Virgin Bingo, which offers cash prizes worth thousands of pounds in progressive jackpots. And it's Virgin Bingo's latest ad campaign that may have a Brit or two raising …
Virgin Bingo Launches Brand New Advertising CampaignSacramento Bee

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Anger mounts over pokies back down
The Australian
Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman, still responding to Labor's criticism of his first TV ad, has warned colleagues to expect an election to be called at any time. The Australian has an in-depth section on the election here.
Wilkie threat to Labor's budget plansWA Business News

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The Brown-Warren Agreement Explained
National Journal (blog)
By Sean Sullivan After a prolonged game of political poker, Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., and Harvard professor and consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren have signed an agreement seeking to curb the influence of third party advertising in their high stakes …

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Tourism effort wins at 2012 CASSIES
Warc
Using a mixture of national TV, cinema, newspaper ads and targeted online media, this resulted in annual tourism revenues climbing by $374.6m during a period when the national travel market contracted by 7.1%. For the first time in the region's history …

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Clubs Australia prepares grand final ad blitz
AdNews
Clubs Australia is set to launch a high-profile advertising campaign during the TV coverage of the NRL grand final this weekend, opposing proposed mandatory pre-commitment legislation for poker machines. …

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Clubs Australia prepares grand final ad blitz
AdNews
Clubs Australia is set to launch a high-profile advertising campaign during the TV coverage of the NRL grand final this weekend, opposing proposed mandatory pre-commitment legislation for poker machines. …

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Clubs Australia prepares grand final ad blitz
AdNews
Clubs Australia is set to launch a high-profile advertising campaign during the TV coverage of the NRL grand final this weekend, opposing proposed mandatory pre-commitment legislation for poker machines. …

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