Cars.com Already Laying Out Its Super Bowl Plans
                                                                 February 3, 2008
                                         Using Super Bowl  Ads In The Classroom
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Want to use Super Bowl commercials in your classroom?

This page was designed as a resource for educators. You will
find links to lesson plans, news articles and streaming video clips.

NOTE: Be sure to read the
Home newspapers on Friday February 1
and Monday February 4 for complete Super Bowl Ad coverage.

Copyright: educators can legally record and use Super Bowl ads in instruction

Tell the NFL: Make the Super Bowl
Family-Friendly. Stop the Beer Ads.

GETTING STARTED

NEW 2008 Lesson Plan: The Super Bowl Ads & Media Literacy

Download these:
core concepts of media literacy
critical thinking/viewing questions
and the common techniques of persuasion.

Where to view the Super Bowl Ads:
Advertising Age
Wall St Journal
www.myspace.com/superbowlads
http://sports.aol.com/nfl/superbowlads
SuperBowl-Ads.com 
www.superbowltvads.com
http://sportsline.com/nfl/postseason/superads

CBS Special Greatest Ads 2008
Now Playing: Classic Super Bowl Ads 
 

 


 

Post Game News Articles:
    Super Bowl 30-second ads to cost $3 mln in 2009: report/ Rising cost of Super Bowl ads
   Super Bowl Top 10 Most-Liked, Most-Recalled Spots

    News Corp. Rakes in $250 Million in Super Bowl Ad Revenue
   An Ad With Talking Pandas, Maybe, but Not With Chinese Accents
   For Marketing, the Most Valuable Player Might Be YouTube
   Super Bowl audience is perfect game for ad men
  Super Bowl Ads Super-Popular at MySpace
   Star power not enough this year in Super Bowl ads (USA Today)
 
Super Bowl's TV ads are, er, a real smash (LA Times)
  Super ads and super busts (Chicago Sun Times)
 
Lippert Rates the Super Bowl Spots TiVo Helps Super Bowl Ad Ratings (Ad Week)
 
Advertising:  A Severed Car Grille? It's Super Bowl Ad Time (NY Times)
 
First-timers excel in Super Bowl ads (AP)
 
Mixed reviews for Super Bowl ads  (CNN/Money)
 
Furry critters abound in Super Bowl Ads (AP)
 
Winning Ads, and Fox's Busted Play (Wash Post)
 
Rating The Super Bowl Commercials (Info Week)
 
Popular Super Bowl ads bump stock price (Boston Globe)
 
Super Bowl Viewers Say FedEx Delivered Winning Ad (press release)
 
Super Bowl Ad Rankings - Northwestern University Students Rank ...
  Super Bowl Commercials Cost Plenty, Deliver Little (press release)





  

                         Pre Game News Articles:
   Broadcast News Coverage of Super Bowl Ads Reaches More Than 750 Million Viewers
   Hits and Misses in Super Bowl Advertising
  
Good Super Bowl Sunday Ads = Richer Executives on Monday Morning
    Experts and Consumers Will Determine Winning Ads of Super Bowl XLII
   This Year’s Super Bowl Ads to Be Gentle and Sweet
    Super Bowl ads playing overtime
    Fox's In-Game Super Bowl Ads Sold Out
   THE CLOCK'S RUNNING OUT ON SUPER BOWL BEER ADS.
    E-Trade to Run 2 Super Bowl Ads
   Internet Reduces Necessity, Impact of Super Bowl TV Ads
  
Pepsi Super Bowl ad is silent
   Cars.com Unveils Super Bowl Creative
   The sleaziest Super Bowl ads of all time
   Advocacy groups keep advertisers on their toes
   Advertisers put their Super Bowl game faces on; Ad sneak peek
   Super Bowl Ads Are Expensive and in High Demand, But Are They Value-priced?
  
Advertisers Score With Any Place in Game
   Don't Flush Your Ad Down the Super Bowl
  
The Super Bowl Blitz Expands in Online Arena
    Nielsen Tracks Super Bowl Ads
   Super Bowl Notebook | Big Game ads still big-time business
  
Fox Mashes Up the Supers
  
And Super Bowl's top advertiser: Fox
  
Super Bowl sparks some super advertising blogs
   Bridgestone buys costly Super Bowl exposure
   Super Bowl Ads Linked to Stock Market Success
   Fox to Run Teen Drug Ad During Super Bowl
  
Super Bowl ads: $2.7 million and worth it
   Super Bowl XLII -- more than just a game, for ad folk
   Why Bridgestone Has Three Ads for Two Bowl Slots
  
White House Takes New Tack in Drug War

    Super Bowl Ad Bonanza
    Will Dorito’s Super Bowl XLII Contest Produce Another Winner?
  
PepsiCo Super Bowl Ad Features Silence
    Go Daddy Clears Censor Standoff - Reinvents Super Bowl Game Plan
  
Sneak peeks at Super Bowl ads

    Super Bowl ads have cinematic quality
  
Marketers going all out to make impression on Super Bowl audience
  
Some Anheuser Spots To Miss Super Bowl
  
A media buyer's primer on Super Bowl
    Budweiser to Run 7 Ads in Super Bowl
    Best Super Bowl ads? Public opinion Web site ready to kick off
   Marketers announce ad lineup for Super Bowl
  
Super Bowl Showstoppers: Despite the Economy, the Big Game Is Still on for Advertisers
  
Moms To Super Bowl Marketers: Don't You Forget About Me
 
  
Outnumbered Bud Tests Best for A-B
  
Ad Track, Super Bowl edition: Jeeter at bat for G2
  
Super Bowl ads are a sign of the times
  
A Super Bowl campaign ad? Maybe not
  
The Super Bowl Ad that Cost Under Armour $596 Million 

  
Bud Light Steals A-B's Ad Thunder at Super Bowl
    Unilever Roils Agency Giants, Punts Bowl Spot to Boutique
  
Nationwide on Sideline for Super Bowl
   
Soured on Apple, Music Labels Alter Allegiance: Amazon Now Industry's Pet Service
  
Hyundai May Pull Out of Super Bowl
   Who's Buying What at Super Bowl 2008
   Who Just Made a Bowl Buy? It's a Big Secret
  
Audi Super Bowl Spot to Feature 'Godfather' Motif
  
Doritos Got a Winning Spot, Creators Won Recognition
  
Which Ads Will Score Among Super Bowl Viewers?
   
Omaha-based InfoUSA plans to advertise in Super Bowl
   Gatorade gives audience an early look at Super Bowl ads
   
Nissan Takes the Local Route to the Super Bowl
   Coca-Cola Wants a Seat at the Super Bowl
   NFL Signs Bridgestone for Super Bowl Halftime Shows
   "TiVo Drives Demand for Super Bowl Ad Slots"
   
Super Bowl Is 90% Sold Out
   Super Bowl XLII Is More Than CX Days Away, But…
   
Cars.com Already Laying Out Its Super Bowl Plans
  
   

Read the post 2007 Super Bowl game ad reviews;
see also these articles from the Feb 2007 USA TODAY newspaper

  





Super Bowl StatsSuper Bowl Stats



from 
http://adage.com/SuperBowlBuyers/superbowlhistory07.html


 
Year Price *1 Price Adjusted for Inflation *2 Network Rating *3 Avg. Number Home Avg. Number Viewers
1967 $40,000 $245,350 CBS,NBC *4 41.1 22,570,000 51,180,000
1968 54,000 319,098 CBS 36.8 20,610,000 39,120,000
1969 67,500 381,555 NBC 36.0 20,520,000 41,660,000
1970 78,200 416,379 CBS 39.4 23,050,000 44,270,000
1971 72,000 364,607 NBC 39.9 23,980,000 46,040,000
1972 86,000 421,233 CBS 44.2 27,450,000 56,640,000
1973 103,500 488,568 NBCk 42.7 27,670,000 53,320,000
1974 107,000 460,397 CBS 41.6 27,540,000 51,700,000
1975 110,000 424,436 NBC 42.4 29,040,000 56,050,000
1976 125,000 452,873 CBS 42.3 29,440,000 57,710,000
1977 162,000 555,980 NBC 44.4 31,610,000 62,050,000
1978 185,000 595,423 CBS 47.2 34,410,000 78,940,000
1979 222,000 652,105 NBC 47.1 35,090,000 74,740,000
1980 275,000 708,296 CBS 46.3 35,330,000 76,240,000
1981 324,300 748,356 NBC 44.4 34,540,000 68,290,000
1982 345,000 737,120 CBS 49.1 40,020,000 85,240,000
1983 1400,000 824,936 NBC 48.6 40,480,000 81,770,000
1984 450,000 888,987 CBS 46.4 38,880,000 77,620,000
1985 500,000 954,137 ABC 46.4 39,390,000 85,530,000
1986 550,000 1,014,070 NBC 48.3 41,490,000 92,570,000
1987 575,000 1,041,607 CBS 45.8 40,030,000 87,190,000
1988 600,000 1,045,145 ABC 41.9 37,120,000 80,140,000
1989 675,000 1,122,497 NBC 43.5 39,320,000 81,590,000
1990 700,000 1,106,186 CBS 39.0 35,920,000 73,852,000
1991 800,000 1,198,515 ABC 41.9 39,010,000 79,510,000
1992 800,000 1,166,896 CBS 40.3 37,120,000 79,590,000
1993 850,000 1,200,770 NBC 45.1 41,990,000 90,990,000
1994 900,000 1,240,150 NBC 45.5 42,860,000 90,000,000
1995 1,000,000 1,339,973 ABC 41.3 39,400,000 83,420,000
1996 1,100,000 1,435,370 NBC 46.0 44,145,000 94,080,000
1997 1,200,000 1,519,674 FOX 43.3 42,000,000 87,870,000
1998 1,300,000 1,621,886 NBC 44.5 43,630,000 90,000,000
1999 1,600,000 1,963,990 FOX 40.2 39,992,000 83,720,000
2000 2,100,000 2,503,131 ABC 43.3 43,618,000 88,465,000
2001 2,050,000 2,357,880 CBS 40.4 41,270,000 84,335,000
2002 1,900,000 2,160,721 FOX 40.4 42,664,000 86,801,000
2003 2,100,000 2,323,355 ABC 40.7 43,433,000 88,637,000
2004 2,250,000 2,445,073 CBS 41.4 44,908,000 89.795,000
2005 2,400,000 2,532,392 FOX 41.1 45,081,000 86,072,000
2006 2,500,000 2,541,562 ABC 41.6 45,867,000 90,745,000
2007 2,600,000 2,600,000 CBS N/A N/A 93,200,000
2008 2,700,000 2,700,000 FOX 44.7   97,500,000*
1. Consensus reported price for :30 commercial. 2. Adjusted for inflation in 2007 dollars. 3. Percentage of TV households watching average minute of Super Bowl telecast. 4. First Super Bowl aired on both CBS and NBC; CBS charged $85,000 and NBC charged $75,000 for one minute. Source: "Advertising Age" (prices), Nielsen Media Research (ratings)
* Second most viewed TV program in television history







































































 


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