There isn’t anybody in the radio business who is going to give Rikk Wilde a hard time.
Most of us have been there. You’ve just run up a flight of stairs, or you’re nervous to begin with, and when the microphone goes on, there you are unable to remember whether it’s time to breathe in or breathe out, and slowly suffocating. Read more →
A Minneapolis ad agency has rolled out a commercial to build support for banning use of the word ‘Redskins’ from the regulated over-the-air broadcasts. Read more →
October is breast cancer awareness month, which means the annual debate over ‘pinkwashing’ is flaring anew. Read more →
It’s the tale of political legend in Duluth. The oft-repeated story of a billboard in town during the 1980s recession has lacked proof that it actually existed. It urged ‘the last one out leaving Duluth (to) please turn out the lights.’ Read more →
One of these days we’re going to have to calculate the impact — if any — a hockey ad makes in Minnesota. Is it, for example, as big a boost as a Scandanavian name?
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Fall is a time of melancholy.
Baseball, which has never looked better, is ending.
And with it goes Derek Jeter. So Gatorade has put out one more Jeter-themed ad today, aimed straight at the feels. Read more →
The Adrian Peterson story hasn’t been hypocrisy-free up to now and there’s no reason to expect it would be now. Read more →
Are companies really sincerely honoring the victims of 9/11 with their messaging? Or are they simply using the anniversary to push the brand? Read more →
Golden Valley-based General Mills has inserted the fine print on its website that takes away your right to sue the conglomerate if you’ve downloaded coupons, joined its Facebook page or entered any contest.
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Bob Collins