Advocacy Archives - Adpulp https://www.adpulp.com/category/advocacy/ Advertising News and Know-How Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:48:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.adpulp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-adpulp-logo-reddark-grey-32x32.png Advocacy Archives - Adpulp https://www.adpulp.com/category/advocacy/ 32 32 29582147 McConaughey, Harrelson, and Friends Are “True to Texas” https://www.adpulp.com/mcconaughey-harrelson-and-friends-are-true-to-texas/ https://www.adpulp.com/mcconaughey-harrelson-and-friends-are-true-to-texas/#respond Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:48:20 +0000 https://www.adpulp.com/?p=39991 Last week, the Texas Senate announced its budget includes $498 million to revamp the Texas Film Incentive. The state wants to encourage film and TV production in the state, and to encourage the state’s lawmakers, a group of famous actors with ties to Texas have made a video pitch. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson reunite […]

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]]> https://www.adpulp.com/mcconaughey-harrelson-and-friends-are-true-to-texas/feed/ 0 39991 LiveOnNY Asks Holiday Shoppers to Give the Gift of a Lifetime https://www.adpulp.com/liveonny-asks-holiday-shoppers-to-give-the-gift-of-a-lifetime/ https://www.adpulp.com/liveonny-asks-holiday-shoppers-to-give-the-gift-of-a-lifetime/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2024 15:34:16 +0000 https://www.adpulp.com/?p=39447 Holiday shoppers in Manhattan are being met with different sort of pitch this year, one that asks them to open their hearts and minds, not their wallets. DeVito/Verdi has a lot of experience working with healthcare concerns and pitching in to help cause-based organizations. In the agency’s latest campaign for LiveOnNY—the organ procurement organization for […]

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]]> https://www.adpulp.com/liveonny-asks-holiday-shoppers-to-give-the-gift-of-a-lifetime/feed/ 1 39447 How About We Strengthen the FTC’s Negative Option Rule? https://www.adpulp.com/how-about-we-strengthen-the-ftcs-negative-option-rule/ https://www.adpulp.com/how-about-we-strengthen-the-ftcs-negative-option-rule/#respond Sat, 23 Nov 2024 17:35:14 +0000 https://www.adpulp.com/?p=38868 How many recurring subscriptions do you have? And how many of these companies with your credit card info contact you before they automatically renew? Only a small percentage of my subscription-based relationships do me the favor (after I change my auto-renew preferences), and I imagine the same is true for you. The FTC uses the […]

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]]> https://www.adpulp.com/how-about-we-strengthen-the-ftcs-negative-option-rule/feed/ 0 38868 A Major Unjust Threat https://www.adpulp.com/a-major-unjust-threat/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:08:09 +0000 https://www.adpulp.com/?p=38857 “The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.” – Statement on AI Training Musicians, actors, and writers worldwide are signing their names to a statement opposing artificial intelligence companies and developers using their work […]

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]]> 38857 Federal Judge in Florida “Keeps It Simple for the State of Florida” https://www.adpulp.com/federal-judge-in-florida-keeps-it-simple-for-the-state-of-florida/ Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:15:23 +0000 https://www.adpulp.com/?p=38850 In Texas, the Attorney General’s office has a nasty habit of using the courts to interfere with citizens groups, churches, and others working for the common good. Now, Florida is taking the litigious path. The state’s Surgeon General’s office wants to bring criminal charges against any broadcasters airing an advertisement it doesn’t like. Right now, […]

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]]> 38850 Defy or Deny the United Auto Workers at Your Own Risk https://www.adpulp.com/defy-or-deny-the-united-auto-workers-at-your-own-risk/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:58:34 +0000 https://www.adpulp.com/?p=38074 Two highly litigious rich men were served a dose of their own lawyerly medicine this week when the United Auto Workers filed federal labor charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The charges claim Trump and Musk used a live broadcast on the site formerly known as Twitter to threaten and […]

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]]> 38074 The Loss of Freedom Is Never Obvious at First https://www.adpulp.com/the-loss-of-freedom-is-never-obvious-at-first/ Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:11:08 +0000 https://www.adpulp.com/?p=37972 “Trust the Free Press. Not Pretty Words.” That’s the message from Reporters Without Borders Germany. To commemorate the group’s 30th anniversary, Innocean Berlin in collaboration with Stink Films Berlin produced a series of moving films, plus posters, digital out-of-home, and social media. The three films in the campaign are powerful cinematic expressions of what’s at […]

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]]> 37972 Republican Accountability PAC to Invest $50M to Defeat Trump https://www.adpulp.com/republican-accountability-pac-to-invest-50m-to-defeat-trump/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:33:48 +0000 https://www.adpulp.com/?p=37950 Is the GOP on the verge of collapse? I doubt it, but there are obvious signs of decay, including the fact that a substantial chunk of Republican primary and caucus voters told pollsters that they would be so dissatisfied if Donald Trump became the party’s presidential nominee—and it looks like he will—that they would not […]

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]]> 37950 Historic Images Made by Robert Capa Repurposed to Promote Peace https://www.adpulp.com/historic-images-made-by-robert-capa-repurposed-to-promote-peace/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:34:13 +0000 https://www.adpulp.com/?p=37934 Last December, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its annual Armed Conflict Survey. The survey paints a grim picture of rising violence in many regions across the globe, documenting a total of 183 conflicts for 2023, the highest number in three decades. For perspective, there are 195 countries in the world. In […]

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]]> 37934 AARP Leads Battle Against Ad Industry’s Ageist Hiring Practices https://www.adpulp.com/aarp-leads-battle-against-ad-industrys-ageist-hiring-practices/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:49:26 +0000 https://www.adpulp.com/?p=37930 Are you an advertising professional in your late 30s? Great. You have about five years, give or take, to make all the money you can and reach the highest position you can. Don’t let the opportunity pass you by, because soon you’ll be too old to achieve at the highest level. You’ll also be too […]

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