NAB's badly photoshopped attack on XMSR/SIRI

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:45 am

thoughts?

Bob Loblaw · Post by **Bob Loblaw** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:14 am

Gawd that's awful.

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:44 pm

All hail the levitating dice!

Zak Tyler · Post by **Zak Tyler** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:49 pm

good thing the NAB isn't in the "print" advertising business....

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:59 pm

Are we sure that's not Microsoft Paint? Looks like it was created by some kid who thinks he's the next Mark Hallburn or something.

Zak Tyler · Post by **Zak Tyler** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:11 pm

fanofbigmedia wrote:Looks like it was created by some kid who thinks he's the next Mark Hallburn or something.

OUCH!!!

so where does that rate on that list of jobs you get in high school... i can't even remember what that stupid test said my ideal job would have been... i'm sure it didn't say getting paid to be a dumbass... but it's worked for me for this long... so i think i'll stick with it for a while

trying out jay's "making everything about me" strategy. i need way more practice.

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:13 pm

OK... that's not really fair, now is it?

Mark isn't the PhotoshoppER. He is the PhotoshoppEE.

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:53 am

Another one:

Ace Purple · Post by **Ace Purple** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:22 pm

They have a point with the Oprah line.

But, wow, what a half-rate promo campaign.

Bob Loblaw · Post by **Bob Loblaw** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:57 pm

Once again...Thank you NAB for pointing out how utterly devoid of creativity and originality our industry is.

A hack version of Monopoly, then a awful rip-off of Mastercard ads (which have been done a MILLION times).

Fucking brilliant guys. Fucking brilliant.

An Open comment to Radio Company Presidents, Owners, and whoever else has a stake in this business:

Is this what your NAB membership dues are paying for?

You know what SatRad has that we DON'T have?

Content & Star Power.

Instead or worrying about why we're losing listeners every year, you spend more time mandating that jocks don't talk for more than :08 seconds. Giving away millions and millions of dollars worth of inventory to iBiquity to promote the Crystal Clarity of HD when it's the CONTENT that generates curiousity and buys from the listener. "Station between the stations..."??? Are you fucking kidding me?

The NAB may be the most pathetic attempt at an organization I've ever seen. Except for maybe the Baltimore Orioles.

Put PROGRAMMERS in charge of the NAB. Because business people are turning Radio into the B&O Railroad of the 21st century.

Sincerely,

Darrin Marshall
Radio lover since 1973

The People's DJ · Post by **The People's DJ** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:42 pm

Put PROGRAMMERS in charge of the NAB.

I think I speak (or type) for everybody when I state;

YEAH RIGHT. LIKE THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN. WHATCHA BEEN SMOKIN'!

We'll have our first black, female president before that happens.

Jay Nunley · Post by **Jay Nunley** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:52 pm

I would vote for Sanaa Lathan.

Arp2 · Post by **Arp2** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:03 pm

Old joke:

What do you call the person who graduates absolute dead-last, worst-in-his-or-her-class at med school?

"Doctor."

Trust me....this applies to this thread.

OldSkool · Post by **OldSkool** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:07 pm

Oh, so Clear Channel Monopoly can be played at game night but not Satellite Monopoly. I didn't read those rules on the Hasbro website.

If they merged, I would only have to put one satellite receiver in my new

, right? Nah, I'll just download illegally on my

.

The Interpreter · Post by **The Interpreter** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:45 pm

Turns out MasterCard is NOT amused:

NAB to Revamp Sirius-XM Ad Campaign Over Parody

It seems that the often-parodied MasterCard commercials are off limits to the NAB. The trade group's full-page "Priceless" ads in a few Capitol Hill publications (asking Congress to oppose the Sirius-XM merger) brought the complaint of copyright infringement from MasterCard. The ad showed a giant "Credit Card" with XM-Sirius over MasterCard's familar red and orange circles. Below the giant credit card, the copy read as follows:

Howard Stern = $500 million for five years
Major League Baseball = $650 million for eleven years
National Football League = $220 million for seven years
Oprah Winfrey = $55 million for three years
Martha Stewart = $30 million for four years

Asking for a government bailout after making bad business decisions... PRICELESS.

In a memo sent today to some 40 board members and NAB's senior staff, Executive VP/Marketing & Communications and Regulatory Affairs Michelle Lehman said the original plan was to utilize the ad in numerous ways. "In fact, it has already garnered a buzz on Capitol Hill and some earned media hits -- reporters really got a kick out of it!" she wrote. But, Lehman added that "MasterCard was not so amused" and NAB assured them that "the ad would go no further."

Since the merger plans were announced, NAB has run a series of full-page print ads asking Congress to oppose the merger. (03-16-07)

http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/$r ... e_id=b9734

fearpeddler · Post by **fearpeddler** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:36 am

yah, thats definitely crap, I should send these guys a business card, they probably spent a fortune on that , i coulda made sumthing better with a magazine, sum scissors and sum glue....... and it woulda looked better than that... hehe