2008
Post Election:
Media spent more on covering Obama
Cable's New VOD Politics Channel
Banner Year for
Political Spending
2008 Political Ads Worth $2.5 Billion to
$2.7 Billion
Obama's Ad Dominance Reaffirmed
The best and brightest political ads
(National Journal)
Internet the Second Most-Used Medium for
Presidential Election
On the Net: Web still lacks TV's
election drama
Obama Victory Is Record News on
the Web
Obama Victory
Speech Viewed More Than 7M Times on Web
What Obamedia?
Presidential ad picks and pans
(Politico)
The Day After,
Election-Flavored Ads
Election Night
Media Habits Changed Forever
78.6 Mil Watched
Prime-Time Election Coverage
Pre- Election:
CO
Obama far
out-spending McCain on Denver-area TV ads
MO
Election-year ads are bonanza for
TV stations
GOP Hits Obama With Pastor Ads
Days Ahead Of Election
Ad Spending Surges
as Campaign Enters Final Days
Cheney stars in
new Obama campaign ad
Obama rips Sarah
Palin in new campaign ad
Political Season: Last Of This
Year's Big TV Ratings & Ad Spend
Study: Obama Gains
on McCain in Negative-Ad Race
Obama ads in GOP
turf
Nader Makes First Ad Buy
WI
Obama Outspent
McCain 3-to-1 in One Week of October
Infomercial for
Obama Is Big Success in Ratings
ABC out of Obama half-hour
campaign ad buy
Obama infomercial: Smart politics or risky
overkill?
With Time Running Short,
Campaigns Engage in a Noisy Air War
Obama ad: Don't get distracted by
attacks
OH:
Presidential candidates battle
for TV advertising slots
Study: Media more negative about McCain
than Obama
Mailed Ads Have
Become Mostly Negative, Experts Say
New Obama ad looks
ahead four years
Winning The Media Campaign: How the Press
Reported the 2008 General Election
Obama's ads have
the bucks; McCain's have the bark
Political dollars shift to cable
Ready, Aim, Backfire: Nasty Political Ads
Fall Flat
(Wall St
Journal)
Political ads add
to the muddle, clutter on TV
Obama TV Advertising: More,
Longer Spots
Spanish ads pit
McCain, Obama against each other
Obama’s Ad Effort Swamps McCain
and Nears Record
RNC pulls ads from Wisconsin,
Maine to focus on red states
Obama drowning out McCain in TV
ads
G.O.P. Opens
Wallet for Ads
McCain Attack Ads Called Inevitable -- And Ineffective
54% Pay Attention to Political Ads, 64%
Rate Most Ads Negative
Presidential ads provide windfall
to local stations
Obama Airs 25,000
Commercials in Past Four Days
Why Negative Ads are Good for Voters
(Newsweek)
Obama Says 'Yes We
Can!' to In-Game Advertising
How To Win The White House Using
Online Advertising
Negative ads can cause a physical reaction
Obama Camp Drops
$2 Million on 30-Minute Prime-Time Slots
Study: 2008 Race
More Negative Than 2004
Obama, Purse Swelling, Plans
Half-Hour TV Ad
WI
Campaign ads focus more heavily on
Wisconsin
Study: Nearly all recent McCain
ads were negative
Obama Outspending McCain Nearly 3
to 1 on TV
Independent groups are new power
in political ads
UAW launches ad
campaign against McCain
Pollster :
McCain’s Attack Ads Aren’t Working on Voters
McCain ad calls Obama
'dishonorable'
Independent groups aim at McCain, Obama in
new ads
MI
Obama outspends McCain on ads in
Michigan
MI
McCain pullout will slow spending on TV political
ads
False political advertising works, and
that's no lie
McCain, Obama camps trade barbs
on negative ads
Bonfire of the verities Both
presidential candidates skirt truth in campaign ads
Obama counters upcoming negative
ads
VA
Obama, McCain Saturating TV With Ads
Negative Campaign
Ads Have Surprising Impact on Voters’ Feelings About the
Candidates
MI
McCain pulls advertising in
Michigan
Obama, McCain Spending Big On
Local Attack Ads
NRA Delivers New
Ad in Spanish
Wildlife group expands reach of
anti-Palin wolf ad
Are Political Commercials
Muddying TV News Ad Space?
McCain Winning
Search-Ad Race
Smear Wars:
Welcome to Negative Ad Season
(Time Magazine)
McCain, Obama ads on network evening
newscasts
McCain, Obama
wasting no time with attack ads
Post-debate attack
ads launched
How Voice Actors Are Chosen for
Political Ads
FL
Campaigns spend big bucks for
wave of TV ads
IN
McCain TV ads to air next
week
5 States Where McCain Is Spending
More on Ads Than Obama
Dubious Claims in
Obama’s Ads Against McCain, Despite Vow of Truth
Truth in
Advertising? Not for Political Ads
(Time Magazine)
Facts, Fables & Fibs
(Time Magazine)
Harsh attack ads
are narrowly focused in presidential campaign
McCain ads low on truth; Obama's
not much better
NRA Targets Obama-Biden in
Ongoing Ad Buy
Presidential candidates air
attack ads
Analysis:
Political Ads Must Be Fact-Checked
Obama, McCain Spend Record $94M In August
McCain's negative ads could
backfire
CO
Colorado tops in
presidential TV ad buys
VA
Spending for TV ads shows Va.'s
importance
Campaigns target each others economic
advisors
Ad Buys Point to Familiar Presidential
Battleground
What's really airing
527 Releases ‘Swift Boat’ Style
Ad of McCain
Truth telling in the media and the fall
elections (MPR)
Obama Ad Mocks
McCain as Out of Date
Obama mocks McCain
as computer illiterate in ad
McCain Ratchets Up National TV Ads
Obama, McCain issue competing TV ads on
education
McCain Ads Are
Hybrid Vehicles
McCain's New Ad: ‘Original Mavericks’
McCain vs. Obama: The online race
OH:
Political ads permeate fall TV
Sarah Palin VP Announcement
Inspires Ads
5 Misleading Presidential
Campaign Ads
Obama Expands Lead
on McCain in Online Advertising Battle in June
Anti-McCain ad a 'nightmare'
GOP scales back TV ad plans in
some states, not NH
McCain ad: Palin
more qualified than Obama
Camps Get Back To Business With
Dueling Ads
Obama Unleashes Ad Mocking
McCain’s Ties to Bush
Report: Rove raising money for attack ads
McCain's ads on taxes are just
plain false (Oped)
Study: Based Solely on Olympics
Ads, McCain Prevails
Companies offer targeted political ads
Obama's new ads: McCain-Bush, not
Palin
McCain Scores
Point in PR Wars
Obama ad: Despite Palin, McCain
isn't change agent
McCain to spend
advertising money in Minnesota
Cable Consortium
Pushes Political On-Demand Ads
Political Ads: Web Vs. TV
Political Ads: TV's Last Bonanza
Obama campaign
preparing series of attack ads
McCain Ad Calls Obama Dangerously
Unprepared
Candidates Spending More on Cable
Ads
Conservative Group’s Ads Link
Obama to 1960s Radical
Obama counterattacks on 'Swift
Boat'-style ads
How Are Political Ads Made
Quickly?
'3 AM' McCain ad uses Clinton
clips
Obama asks Justice probe of
'Issues' ads
McCain ad: Clinton's 'truth hurt'
McCain ad says
Obama snubbed Clinton in VP pick
Obama silences ads in some states
during convention
Every Four Years: Presidential
Campaign Ads
(Newseum DC Exhibit)
Obama Stops Advertising in Red
Battleground States
When Images Speak Louder Than Words
Group to spend $2.8 million on
anti-Obama ad
Candidates' wives lend voices to
anti-poverty ad
Presidential campaign ads: Watch,
rate
Obama ad focuses on tax cuts
McCain, Obama to silence critical
ads on Sept. 11
Obama’s Ads in Key States Go on
Attack
Television Starts to Court the
Young Voter
All's Fair in Love
and Political Ads
They're back:
Harry and Louise on health insurance
Subtle Internet Ads Send Targeted
Political Messages
(NPR)
Obama targets Olympic audience with
economic TV ad
Obama, McCain Air Olympics Ads
(WSJ)
Jackson Browne
sues McCain over ad
Are You Ready For More McCain Attack Ads?
(Natl Journal)
NC
Obama campaign spends over $2M on
NC TV ads
Entravision, Univision Political
Ads May Soar in US Election
IN
New Obama ad features Hoosiers
criticizing the economy
Who's winning the message war, Obama or
McCain?
Candidates' Olympics ads take
different approaches
FL
Obama Runs
9,785 TV Ads In Fla., Zero For McCain
Study: Candidate
Web Sites Are as Effective as TV and Cable Ads
Campaigns unveil dueling
celebrity ads
Barack Obama responds with
his own McCain 'celebrity' ad
Political Spots Now a Bargain
Getting in their digital digs
On positive side,
negative ads work
Obama Ad Attacks
McCain on Yucca Mountain
GOP Launches Three New Ads
New McCain Ad Hits
Obama on Celebrity Again
Is there sinister subtext in
McCain ads?
(Politico)
Poll: Obama's ads positive,
McCain's not
Obama' plan to put ads on gas pumps hits
roadblock
Winning the Message War: 2
Parts (Campaigns & Elections)
McCain ad asks if
Obama is ready to help families
McCain’s $6M Olympic ad buy tops
Obama’s
New McCain
ad pushes independence, distance from Bush
Study: McCain Finally Getting
Media Coverage Equal To Obama
McCain ads may
hurt Obama, but they've already hurt McCain
Obama
assails McCain as tool of Big Oil in ad
Obama ad calls for
return of windfall profits tax
Campaign ad blitz already at $50 million
Obama extends reach with TV ads
Election Year Rains Millions on
Media Outlets
Presidential Candidates Battle It
Out With Ads
Presidential Campaign Ads Take On
Aggressive Tone
MoveOn responds to McCain ads
Battleground
states see more political ads
Our view on campaign fairness:
McCain attack ad cheapens campaign. More to come?/
Opposing view: Ad confronts the
inevitable
Campaign ads attack GOP
candidates for oil industry ties
Obama, McCain Now Battling On
MTV, Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Accepts Political Ad
Are the media biased against
Obama?
Political Ads May Not Tell Whole
Story
(NPR)
New McCain Ads
Attack Obama's Canceled Troop Visit
McCain has Berlin moment too — in
little Berlins
Election-Year Ads
Seek Spotlight for Education Issues
Obama to
run ads during Olympics
McCain, Obama launch new radio
ads
RNC airs anti-Obama ads
McCain, Obama spend $7.2M on
Michigan TV ads
McCain TV ad accuses Obama of
shifting Iraq views
Third party groups unleash barrage of new
ads
Two ads, two views of Iraq war
McCain returns to NM, ads focus
on Hispanics
RNC and DNC exchange web attack
ads on Iraq
Black Media Hopeful on Election
Ad Spending
Ad campaign presses candidates on
education
Hispanics in
military focus of ad
Obama Ad Takes On McCain’s Energy
Plans
Cashing In On Obama; McCain/
Where the presidential candidates spend
their money (NYT)
New RNC Ads Go After Obama on Energy
Through Ads,
Candidates Vie For Hispanic Voters
(NPR)
RNC Launching $3 Million Ad Buy
in Four States
U.S. presidential race: TV ads galore
(Canada)
Obama, McCain Launch Competing Campaign
Ads
NRA to target Obama in ad blitz
McCain campaign
pulls ads from some anti-Obama Web sites
MTV is keen on airing new video:
political ads
Obama airs second campaign ad in
Indiana
Unions’ election drive means TV,
money and troops
McCain Ad Touts
Energy Policy
New Ad Hits Obama on Abortion
Breaking Tradition, MTV to Accept
Political Advertising
GOP senator makes ad touting work
with Obama
Obama Camp Vows To
Fight Race-Based Ads
Negative TV ads are nothing new
in political campaigns
NYT: Obama plans push on
ads, turnout
Obama Mulling NBC Olympics Ads
States targeted
for Barack Obama ad include some shockers
Obama Launches
Nationwide Ad Campaign
Young Child Used in Anti-McCain
Ad
AFSCME,
MoveOn ad targets McCain on Iraq war
McCain, liberal groups roll out
new TV ads
Tony
Schwartz Obit: helped create famous Daisy Ad
Appeals court tells FEC to
enforce law on ads
Primaries Boost
Cable News Ad Revenue
The internet and the 2008
election
(Pew Study)
Election Ad Uptick
John Cusack takes on John McCain
in MoveOn.org ad
Media Charged With Sexism in
Clinton Coverage
McCain doesn't talk about
Vietnam, but ads do
McCain releases Florida ad in
Spanish
McCain airing 'hates war' TV ads
McCain Launches
Spanish Radio Ads in NM and Arizona
Obama
putting more ad shops on his team
Democrats Enjoy More Positive
Media Coverage than McCain
Survey:
Most say campaign ads only bore and annoy
Ad edge in 11-day span boosted
Obama, study says
NEARLY $200 MILLION SPENT ON PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN TV ADS TO DATE(pdf)
Democrats, especially Obama, won
campaign ad war
McCain Quietly
Spending on TV in Swing States
For Now, McCain Has The TV-Ad
Scene to Himself
How Barack Obama Is Using the Web
to Further Engage Voters
MoveOn.org Launches Anti-McCain Ad Campaign
MI
McCain to Begin TV Ads in Michigan
Going negative in political advertising
527
groups get the cold shoulder
New Clinton Ads for Oregon,
Kentucky
Obama warns Republicans about
critical ads
Obama stresses his faith in ads
MoveOn ad features pro-Obama
Republican
Are Political Ad Dollars Going
Online?
Politcal ads changing
The Wealth Behind
the Stealth: Advocacy TV Ads Flood the Electoral Landscape
Misleading gas ads
from Clinton, Obama
Campaign Ad War
Republicans use Obama as the bad
guy in negative ads
IN
A profitable primary over in TV
land
Political Spending
Not Benefitting TV Stations Yet
MoveOn to Air
Anti-McCain Ads
Obama campaign blasts negative
ads
IN
Presidential campaign prompts
unprecedented political ads
Ad Showcases Women in Obama's Family
Pro-Clinton group
airing ad in Indiana
DNC Releases First Anti-McCain Ad
Obama strategy: More ads, fewer
debates
SD
Obama leads
off campaign ads with family health-care issue
NC GOP leadership divided over
Obama ad
McCain asks NC GOP not to run ad
NC
Presidential candidates use ads
to win support
Democrats Look
Ahead With Ind., N.C. Ads
Hillary, Obama hit each other in
attack ads
Political TV Ads Uneven, Back-Loaded
Three negative
spots debut in one day
New Media As the Message
(National Journal)
TV ads turn negative as primary
nears
PA
Clinton Airs 5 New
Ads in Pa.
PA
Obama's unprecedented ad buy
'Soft money'
battle brewing
NC
Clinton goes on TV in Tar Heel state
McCain and Clinton
Ads Spar Over Mortgage Crisis
Clinton TV Ad:
McCain Not Ready to Handle 3 a.m. Economic Crisis
IL
Media Curves: Viewers React To
Clinton, Obama Ads
PA
Clinton Lagging in TV Ad Spending
NC
Obama campaign starts TV ads today
Obama plays on hoops fever in
state TV ad buys
McCain launches general election
ad
PA
Clinton ads up in
Pa
PA
Obama Begins Airing Campaign Ads
In Pittsburgh
Dem-leaning group airs anti-McCain ad
MoveOn.org
ads back Obama
Movie stars help with Obama ad
OH
Primary TV ads: 3,383 here
The Ohio Ad Wars
Girl in TV phone
ad for Clinton is a big supporter of Obama
Newsweek: Spying attack ads on
the way
Ads' influence falls away in a 'message
election'
Clinton’s ‘Daisy’
Ad?
Iraq back in political ads
RI
Flush with cash, Obama outbooks Clinton in
TV Ads
WI
Study: Obama spent 5 times more than
Clinton on primary
ads
TX
Texas political ad blitz kicks off
Clinton Friends to Mount Ohio Ad
Campaign
Obama Still Has Big Advertising
Edge
Clinton hopes negative ads will
save her campaign
OH
Clinton leads in polls, but Obama spends
more for TV ads
HI
Obama campaign to start radio ad campaign
WI
Obama winning ad wars in region
Clinton Seeks to Regroup in Ad
Wars
Young voters influenced by negative ads
Obama to
start ads in Ohio, Texas
Web-only campaign advertisements flood
presidential race
VA
Local advertising minimal ahead
of primary
Obama, Clinton
trade ad buys in critical states
WI
Political ad blitz at hand
VA
McCain launches TV
ads in Virginia
DC/MD/VA
Political TV Ads Running Early in
the District
MI
Even Michigan gets taste of big
ad blitz
Candidates spend super sums on
television ads
Ad analysis: Super Tuesday
Obama Runs Ad During Super Bowl
Screening the Chances:
Candidates' spending on TV ads shows the ins and outs of the
medium
(link to
study press release)
CA
TV ad blitz launched ahead of
Super Tuesday
GA
Obama goes unchallenged on
airways
Campaign ads not so negative
after all
Romney Outspends All Opponents
Combined in Ad Buys
Romney: Major Ad Buys in
California, Other Super Tuesday States
MA
Obama campaign will aim an ad at Super
Bowl viewers in Boston
Obama outlines aggressive Super
Tuesday ad campaign
Obama Campaign Ads Are Coming to
a TV Near You
NJ
Democratic front-runners bring the ad war
to Jersey
AK
Ron Paul ad airing on Arkansas TV stations
Obama’s New Ads in the Big States
NY
Obama
Campaign Launches TV Ads
McCain
Ads Attack Romney
Primary Tally So Far: 160000 TV Spots and $141M
in Spending
FL
Giuliani Blitzes Florida with Ad Buys
Obama ads feature prominent politicians
Political Ad Spending- Less than expected
Edwards' Feb. 5 Ad Buy
Democrats Test
Messages in Early Nationwide Ads
U.Va. team: Negative
political ads can be good
OK
Clinton To Begin
Running Ads
UT
Obama to
begin airing TV ads in advance of primary
CT
Clinton, Obama Run
Ads On State TV
GA
Obama Ads Start
Running
MN
Obama to
begin running TV ads ;
Obama's campaign to begin TV, radio
AL
Barack
Obama ads start airing
Clinton, Obama run ads in Feb. 5 states
Giuliani, McCain launch new web
ads
TN
Clinton begins running TV ads in
TN
MO
Clinton Begins Running Ads In
Missouri
Political Candidates Favor Old
Media over New
US NEWS
Great Political
Ads Pack a Powerful Punch
Clinton cries foul
on Obama cable ads
MO
Obama to launch TV
ads
Usually left behind, radio now
wants slice of political ads
LISTEN
'Hitman' Shares Secrets of Negative
Campaigning
Romney Outspends
Rest of GOP Candidates in S.C.
Romney leads in
S.C. TV ads
SC
South Carolina Ad Wars
Radio fine-tunes for more
political ads
Romney Ads Back Up
CA
Democratic candidates attune to the power
of niche TV advertising
NV
TV ad blitz starts in Nevada
Edwards's
Run-of-the-Mill Ad
SC
Edwards Releases New Ads in South
Carolina
SC
McCain seeks military vote
in SC ad
Political candidates spend early, often on
TV ads
Marketing
Presidential Candidates on the Web Goes Mainstream
Romney Pulls Ads from SC, FL
Iowa Upends Political-Ad Wisdom
Over $45 Million Spent on Broadcast in
Iowa: What Happens Next?