6/30/2006

11 Responses to “Some Information on L.A. Times Advertisers”

1. Be sure and tell Dennis Prager he has to stop endorsements, testimonials and remotes for Samy’s Camera.

   Drop a line to Salem Communications:
   4880 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 300
   Camarillo, CA US 93012

   steve (db6ba8) — 6/30/2006 @ 6:21 pm

   
   

2. Or, you could tell Samy’s Camera that they should take the advertising dollars spent at the L.A. Times, and spend them on Prager’s show instead.

   Samy’s Camera
   431 S. Fairfax Ave.
   323-938-2420

   Patterico (50c3cd) — 6/30/2006 @ 6:22 pm

   
   

3. Because everyone knows that more photographers listen to Dennis Prager than read the Los Angeles Times.

   Jesus Christ, Miracle Caterer (7fc940) — 6/30/2006 @ 11:35 pm

   
   

4. Brilliant analysis.

   Because everyone knows that LAT ads and Prager ads cost the same.

   Jesus Christ.

   Miracle Caterer.

   Patterico (50c3cd) — 6/30/2006 @ 11:55 pm

   
   

5. They want the advertising venue that’s going to give them the maximum amount of exposure relative to cost – doubtful that they’d get as much exposure on a three-hour morning drive show on the 29th-rated station in Los Angeles over a newspaper with over a million in circulation.

   [Doubtful it’s the same cost, too. But you go on looking at only half the equation if it makes you feel better. — P]

   Additionally, the Los Angeles Times had this to say about Mr. Prager: “Dennis Prager is an amazingly gifted man and moralist whose mission in life has been crystallized: to get people obsessed with what’s right and wrong.” But, I know how much you hate the Times, so obviously they must be wrong.

   By the way, I subscribed as soon as I’d heard you picked up your toys and ran home. I’ll line the litter box in your memory!

   Jesus Christ, Miracle Caterer (7fc940) — 7/1/2006 @ 1:01 am

   
   

6. I wish I could cancel my subscription. But I already did years ago because I couldn’t stand reading slanted “news.” Each article really should be in the op-ed section.

   Maybe I should call and tell ’em “I cancel you twice!”

   Robert (08b7d1) — 7/1/2006 @ 8:19 am

   
   

7. Idea for Times Advertisers
   Some blogs have lists of Times advertisers, with the implied suggested to contact them to register their displeasure with the times.
   Most advertisers probably have long term contracts with the times and if they don’t advertise they probably forfeit the money.
   There is no incentive for them not to advertise.
   How about a suggestion that the advertisers donate or publish every 5th, 3th, or 2nd advertisement as a positive ads in support of the USA?
   Maybe even ads written by some of the groups the bloggers know about.
   Maybe advertisers could also donate their ad copy writers
   How about donating an ad celebrating some of the solders that have received heroism awards.
   Everyone wins except the Times, advertisers get positive attention, groups get their word out and the poor Times just has to grin and bear it.

   dave (9d5dc6) — 7/1/2006 @ 9:55 am

   
   

8. For big companies, ad placement decisions are made by the ad agency, not the advertiser.

   So, unless you know which agencies Robinsons/May or Banana Republic are using, you waste your time writing to those company’s corporate HQ’s. And the agencies are just looking for eyeballs in a certain age/income demographic. As Michael Corleone said, “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s business.”

   Trust me, they get tons of mail from people out to save the whales, save the rain forests, boycot this or that. Your message will end up in the same bin.

   Certain advertisers must advertise in the Times because the Times provides the eyeballs they need at the right price. Advertiser boycots are inherently unfair because you attact someone who has nothing to do with the issue you are angry about.

   Dennis Mosher (47031d) — 7/1/2006 @ 11:52 am

   
   

9. Boycotting them all at once would not work because it would spread the effort too thinly. It probably would not be noticed. Selective boycotts, however, might do the trick. Pick a couple of financially-weak advertisers and boycott them. Noisy, in-your-face activities aimed specifically at such targets stand a better chance. If those targets buckle, move on to the next. A demonstration of such influence surely would get the attention of other advertisers.

   Bleepless (9c45ff) — 7/1/2006 @ 8:51 pm

   
   

10. write the advertiser but dont threaten a boycott, advise them that you are cancelling your subscription to the Times and that their advertisements in that paper wont reach you. i also think people should start writing their local public library encouraging them to cancel their subscriptions to both LAT and NYT.

    chas (f534b8) — 7/2/2006 @ 1:09 pm

    
    

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