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Court Ruling May See Super PAC Money Rise In Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – In a state already known for sky-high political spending, so-called super PACS can now begin flexing their financial muscle. A recent federal court ruling essentially overturned...
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The Best Ways To Stop Junk Mail
Latest News: Moore, Kennedy Lead No. 23 SMU Over UCF 70-55West Virginia Blows Out TCU 81-59Fire Rips Through Empty West Dallas DevelopmentMemorial Unveiled For Slain Saginaw GirlCleburne Residents...
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Proposed Tax Increase Applauded By Oak Cliff Business Owners
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two meetings are being held in north Oak Cliff to discuss raising taxes on businesses in the area. While that news isn’t shocking, believe it or not most businesses are onboard...
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The Secret Science Of Advertising
Successful advertising uses a variety of tricks and techniques to influence consumers. Here are some of the industry’s most effective and influential tactics. (©2014 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS...
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A Completely Generic Advertisement
Does every advertisement seem the same? This video captures every cliché and popular tactic and combines them into one generic commercial. (©2014 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All...
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Congressional Report Presses For E-Cigarette Rules
RICHMOND, Va. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Concerns about electronic cigarettes, including flavors and marketing that could appeal to young people, underscore the need to regulate the fast-growing industry,...
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Anheuser-Busch “Disappointed” In NFL
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Major sponsors including Anheuser-Busch are adding to the chorus of disapproval over the National Football League’s recent scandals, but the companies are stopping short of pulling...
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Twitter Now Tracks Apps You’ve Installed
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NEW YORK (AP) - Twitter said it is now tracking what other apps its users have installed on their mobile devices so it can target content and ads to them better....
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NBA Commish: Having Jersey Sponsors In NBA ‘Inevitable’
Commissioner Adam Silver thinks it’s “inevitable” that the NBA will one day take after European sports and have sponsor names on jerseys. With the NBA back in London for its annual regular-season game,...
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With Fierce Competition, Blue Bell Counting On Loyal Customers For Return
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20150421182743093AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Blue Bell spent more than a century cultivating its image of the...
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Jobs Report: Advertising
This is a great career for people looking to exercise their creative sides, and be well paid for it.
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Coca-Cola Consolidates Marketing For Most Well-Known Drinks
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola, under pressure as consumers shift away from sugary drinks, is unveiling a new campaign that for the first time unites its most...
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On Texting and Driving, North Texas Funeral Home Says “We Can Wait”
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter A Tarrant County funeral home is using a little dark humor to remind people not to text while driving. The Lucus Family of Funeral Homes has several billboards set...
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NBA Will Allow Corporate Logos On Game Jerseys Starting In 2017
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW/AP) – The NBA announced on Friday that it will begin allowing one corporate logo on game jerseys starting in the 2017-18 season. The three-year...
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Budweiser Becomes “America” On Cans & Bottles Of Beer
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — There’s no trademark on America and one company is taking advantage of the fact. Budweiser, now owned by Belgium’s Anheuser-Busch InBev,...
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New Ad Technology Begs Question: Is Big Brother Selling You Out?
(CBS) — Did you know while you’re driving down the highway advertisers may be tracking you? Does this sound a little Big Brother-ish? CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker shows you how it involves billboards,...
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Clinton’s Spending Big On Olympics TVs Ads, Trump Airs None
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton has the airwaves all to herself during the Rio Olympics. Her Democratic presidential campaign is spending more than $13.6 million...
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Dos Equis Unveils New “Most Interesting Man In The World”
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter Following a nearly nine year run, the brewer of Dos Equis beer has decided the face of world’s “Most Interesting Man” is ready for a new, more interesting, man....
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Wells Fargo Pushing Ad Campaign Addressing Sales Scandal
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NEW YORK (AP) — Wells Fargo has launched a new advertising campaign to address the company’s ongoing sales practices scandal and what it is doing to make things...
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Which Was Your Favorite Super Bowl 51 Commercial?
Follow KRLD: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – If you are one of those people who love watching the Super Bowl just for the commercials… were you disappointed with this year’s offerings? After...
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Trump Campaign Runs $1.5M TV Ad On His 100 Days
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter President Donald Trump’s campaign organization is launching a $1.5 million run of TV ads touting his accomplishments in his first 100 days. The ads buy,...
View ArticleFacebook To Release Russia Ads, Beef Up Election ‘Integrity’
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is slowly acknowledging the outsized — if unintended — role it played in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Bowing to pressure from lawmakers and the public, the company...
View ArticleFacebook To Turn Over Russia-Linked Ads
WASHINGTON (AP) – Social media giant Facebook is expected to provide Congress on Monday with more than 3,000 ads that ran around the time of the 2016 presidential election and are linked to a Russian...
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Diet Soda Makers Sued Over “Misleading” Ads
NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) – Drinking diet soda is a way to help you lose weight, right? Not according to several federal lawsuits. Separate cases against Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple Group — the...
View ArticleBryant, Norman Now ‘Frenemies’ After Starring In Dueling Ads
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Dez Bryant and Josh Norman have exchanged some not-so-friendly words, some bumps and some shoves. Maybe before they face off Sunday, they’ll exchange a couple of notes on their cell...
View Article‘What Happens In Vegas’ Slogan Returns After Mass Shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) – “What happens here, stays here.” The official slogan of Las Vegas is back by popular demand three months after it was paused following the mass shooting that rattled the city. The...
View ArticleYelp Accused Of Hiding Positive Reviews For Non-Advertiser
DALLAS (CBS11) – A Dallas business owner is accusing Yelp of hiding good reviews of his coffee shop after he refused to pay them for advertising. Bob Sinnott owns Toasted Coffee + Kitchen in Lower...
View ArticleFeds: Backpage.com Made $500M From Prostitution-Related Ads
PHOENIX (AP) — The owners of the classified advertising site Backpage.com, who have already beaten some state charges in a separate California case, are now facing a federal indictment charging them...
View ArticleHearing Set For Jailed Backpage Founder In Case Over Sex Ads
PHOENIX (AP) — A hearing is scheduled Monday to determine whether a founder of the advertising site Backpage.com should be released from jail while he awaits trial on charges alleging that he published...
View ArticleBackpage.com Co-Founder Released From Jail On $1M Bond
PHOENIX (AP) — A co-founder of the classified advertising site Backpage.com who has been jailed for the last 10 days on charges of facilitating prostitution was released on a $1 million bond Monday as...
View ArticleHearing Set For Backpage.com Founders In Case Over Sex Ads
PHOENIX (AP) — A court hearing is scheduled for two founders of the classified advertising site Backpage.com in a case in which they are accused of knowingly running ads for sexual services. The...
View ArticleBackpage.com Founders Face 2020 Trial In Case Over Sex Ads
PHOENIX (AP) — A January 2020 trial has been set for the founders of the classified advertising site Backpage.com and five of the site’s employees in what federal authorities have described as a scheme...
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Facebook, Google Sues Over Political Ads
SEATTLE (CBSNEWS.COM) – Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued Facebook and Google, saying the companies failed to maintain information about political advertising as required by state...
View ArticleNew Song Search For ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ Ad Campaign
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Organizers of the iconic “Don’t mess with Texas” advertising campaign are looking for a new tune to promote the anti-trash effort. The Texas Department of Transportation on...
View ArticleWith Employers Eager To Fill Jobs, Hiring Could Stay Strong
WASHINGTON (AP) — Against the backdrop of next week’s midterm elections, the U.S. job market is the healthiest it’s been in at least two decades. And with another strong hiring report expected Friday,...
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Delaware Attorney General Moves To Shut Down Backpage LLCs
DOVER, Del. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Delaware’s attorney general has moved to dissolve the limited liability companies behind Backpage.com, a classified ad website whose listings included sexual services....
View ArticleThe Hallmark Channel Reverses Course, Reinstates Same-Sex Marriage Ads
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Hallmark Channel initially said it “was distracting from the purpose of our network,” when addressing why it pulled a wedding commercial featuring a lesbian couple. Now...
View ArticleTexas, 9 Other States Sue Google Over ‘Anticompetitive Practices, Deceptive...
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The State of Texas is leading a multistate coalition in a lawsuit against Google for “multiple violations of federal and state antitrust and consumer protection laws,...
View ArticleTexas AG Ken Paxton Seeks $43M In Public Funds To Hire Outside Lawyers For...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The mass exodus of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top staff over accusations of bribery against their former boss, has Paxton seeking $43 million in public funds to...
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Apple To Make It Harder For Apps To Track iPhone Users
NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) — Apple says it will roll out a new privacy control in the spring to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people. The delay in its anticipated rollout aims to placate...
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