Shill Podcast - Target blows it with bloggers
Posted on January 20th, 2008 by David Jones
UPDATE: Target might change its tune on bloggers
UPDATE 2: The New York Times piles on (hat tip: Kevin Dugan)
Show Notes:
00:22 David and Doug talk about Target’s lack of respect for “non-traditional media”
07:00 The discussion moves on to sex in advertising and their belief that Target wasn’t trying to be sexually suggestive at all with the billboard in question.
Theme Music:
“I Want To Hear What You Have To Say” by the Subways via the Podsafe Music Network.
Comments:
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Doug…you win the prize for first f-word uttered on Shill. There will be many more where that came from.
I’m very judicious about adding MORE to my listening list, but with you two involved, I gotta subscribe!
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Great show guys. Dave, save some good stuff for IPR…
Great bumper music…and an awesome f-bomb by Doug Walker.
Va jay jay! That’s it, I’m calling the CRTC, the FCC, maybe even FEMA. You guys are doing a good job …just like Brownie : )
Love it. How do I get on the shit list?
So…you guys both work for agencies representing a ton of clients. You’ve come up with a podcast that tells it like it is. Do you think you can give us the unbiased dish knowing that you won’t be touching your own clients?
That is a damn good question. And considering you are my wife and I have yet to win an argument with you, I say “Dave over to you…”.
Truthfully, I am not all that excited about violating the terms of my employment or generating the ire of my agency or clients by telling it like it is on my own clients. So yes, there is a built in bias and/or self-censoring. So my policy is good or bad, not to discuss my own agency’s clients at all.
I would rather be guilty of censoring by omission than be accused of being well… a shill.
Ted Graham and I were chatting in New York a few weeks back and I knew something had been bugging me about the show, and realized that was it.
Does this qualify me for the shit list.
No. Sorry, Shit List requires more than a cheap shot comment in the blog threads.
SInce you are my wife and I don’t want to be accused of bias, you will have to work twice as hard as a normal person to earn it.