Thursday, September 18, 2008

Microsoft dumps Seinfeld

As predicted in this very blog, the great train wreck of modern advertising has occurred...

Remember those awful Microsoft ads with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates? Well, now you can forget them. Microsoft flacks are desperately dialing reporters to spin them about "phase two" of the ad campaign...

...Microsoft's version of the story: Redmond had always planned to drop Seinfeld. The awkward reality: The ads only reminded us how out of touch with consumers Microsoft is.


Read more here.

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