Cynthia B. Meyers
@AnneHummert
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Media & advertising historian, #brandedcontent past & present; author of A Word from Our Sponsor and forthcoming Sell-e-vision: How the Ad Industry Shaped TV
Joined March 2010
"Where's the beef?" and Apple's "1984" commercial are just two commercials that I discuss on the Everything 80s podcast
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Yes, it’s about capturing audience attention—interesting that viewers turn to YouTube when bored
Digiday has charted exactly how YouTube is a real threat to Netflix, due to its dominance of watch time, user base and its ability to totally reshape viewing behaviors.
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"Small wonder a recent survey shows 3 out of 5 doctors interviewed recommend this speedy, sparkling saline!"
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Yes, it’s about capturing audience attention—interesting that viewers turn to YouTube when bored
Digiday has charted exactly how YouTube is a real threat to Netflix, due to its dominance of watch time, user base and its ability to totally reshape viewing behaviors.
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Youngster watching at home on a coin-operated television.... This was a system once common in working-class homes across parts of Europe and the UK. At the time, televisions were still expensive, and not every family could afford to purchase one outright. To make the technology
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"It can get 'em up; it will get 'em up; it does get 'em up in the morning!… Bacon -crisp, lean-streaked, piping hot bacon… When the youngster meets his first piece of bacon he has made one of his favorite meat friends for the rest of his life." (1941)
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"It can get 'em up; it will get 'em up; it does get 'em up in the morning!… Bacon -crisp, lean-streaked, piping hot bacon… When the youngster meets his first piece of bacon he has made one of his favorite meat friends for the rest of his life." (1941)
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Today I sent in my Sell-e-vision manuscript--if all goes well, it will be a physical book late 2026!
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"A smooth as silk Barbasol shave says 'come hither' to Sally, Sue and Nellie, too." (1942)
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