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Atlantic City casino workers plan ad blitz to ban smoking after court rejects ban
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A group of Atlantic City casino workers seeking to ban smoking in the gambling halls will launch an advertising campaign featuring their children in response to a judge's rejection of a lawsuit that would have ended smoking in the nine casinos. The...
Mississippi seafood distributor pleads guilty to decadeslong fish mislabeling scheme
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi seafood distributor and two managers pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to mislabel seafood and commit wire fraud by marketing frozen imported fish as more expensive local species, federal authorities said. Quality Poultry and Seafood Inc.,...
Marketing exec wants to shift Verizon's transactional image into one more tied to people's lives
NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Communications has long enjoyed its position as the leading provider of mobile services in the U.S. But a new trend of price-conscious customers holding onto their old phones has hurt the bottom line for telecom companies seeking to capitalize off the sale of new mobile...
They look like — and link to — real news articles. But they're actually ads from the Harris campaign
If you're not looking too closely, some recent Kamala Harris ads may give the false impression that some leading news organizations are taking sides in the campaign for president. The advertisements, which have turned up in some Google search feeds, include links to legitimate news...
Starbucks CEO replaced by Brian Niccol, a fixer who revived Chipotle when the chain was in distress
In 2018, when Chipotle was reeling from multiple food poisoning outbreaks that had sickened 1,100 people, the company called Taco Bell CEO Brian Niccol to turn things around. As Chipotle's chairman and CEO, Niccol beefed up marketing and product innovation, added a loyalty program...
CFN Enterprises: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) — WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) — CFN Enterprises Inc. (CNFN) on Monday reported a loss of $1.3 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Whitefish, Montana-based company said it had a loss of 2 cents. The marketing company posted...
Marchex: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
SEATTLE (AP) — SEATTLE (AP) — Marchex Inc. (MCHX) on Thursday reported a loss of $756,000 in its second quarter. The Seattle-based company said it had a loss of 2 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense, came to 1 cent per share. The advertising...
Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott' after Twitter takeover
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) — Elon Musk's social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws. The company formerly known as Twitter filed the...
Putin calls for a project to promote 'traditional Russian values' overseas
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for the government to develop a program for overseas promotion of “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values,” a theme that the Kremlin has increasingly sounded in recent years. In an order published on the...
Marketing firm fined $40,000 for 2022 GOP mailers in New Hampshire
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Virginia-based political marketing company has agreed to pay a $40,000 fine to settle allegations that flyers it designed during the 2022 New Hampshire state primary violated the law. Forms submitted to the U.S. Postal Service identified the owner of the...
