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Category Archives: Newspaper ad

Using Newspapers for Campaigns

Posted on 06/17/2015 by Cal SkinnerJune 8, 2015
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Looking at the circulation figures of USSPI I found an interesting factoid. Look at the table below: Focus in on the McHenry County line. 110,000 households. The information shows what percentage of the households receive the Chicago Sun-Times and Tribune … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Circulation, Direct Mail, Newspaper, Newspaper ad, Northswest Herald | 1 Reply

Message of the Day – A Newspaper Ad on Inauguration Day

Posted on 01/21/2013 by Cal SkinnerJanuary 21, 2013
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When I pulled my Chicago Tribune out of the plastic bag and put it on the kitchen counter, you see what I saw: From my point of view, this is where ads are placed to interfere with my reading the … Continue reading →

Posted in Barak Obama, Dreamworks, Message of the Day, Movie, Newspaper ad, Ronald Reagan, The Croods | Leave a reply

Message of the Day – A Newspaper Ad

Posted on 04/08/2012 by Cal SkinnerApril 8, 2012
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Today’s Message of the Day is a Hobby Lobby newspaper ad.  It ran in both newspapers we subscribe to, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. Hobby Lobby wears its Christian leanings on its sleeve, so to speak. Listen to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ad, Christ, Christian, Easter, Hobby Lobby, Newspaper, Newspaper ad | Leave a reply

Message of the Day – A Newspaper Ad

Posted on 05/15/2011 by Cal SkinnerMay 14, 2011
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Hobby Lobby is an unabashed Christian store. Christian songs are played on the craft store’s PA system. On Easter it publishes full-page Christian ads. You see this year’s above. The message was HE DIED WE LIVE Click on the image … Continue reading →

Posted in Ad, Christian, Easter, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Newspaper, Newspaper ad, Resurrection, Romans 5:8-9 | Leave a reply

More Newspaper Kvetching

Posted on 04/09/2010 by Cal SkinnerApril 7, 2010
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The Aurora Beacon-News was the first to complain about a bill that would eliminate some legal advertising. Now, the Bloomington Pantagraph has taken up the drumbeat. In response, Rich Miller at his Capitol Fax Blog floated an idea that should … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloomington Pantagraph, Capitol Fax Blog, Gravey Train, Legal Advertising, Newspaper, Newspaper ad, Newspapers, Rich Miller | Leave a reply

Trimming Newspapers’ Lifelines

Posted on 03/21/2010 by Cal SkinnerMarch 21, 2010
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One of things keeping small newspapers alive is legal advertising. Think of the publication of real estate assessments. That’s the big one. It was twenty cents a line way back when I knew such prices. Now, a legislator has been … Continue reading →

Posted in A.J. Wilhelmi, Fire Protection District, Joliet Beacon-News, Legal Advertising, Newspaper ad, Newspapers | 1 Reply

Message of the Day – An Ad

Posted on 08/02/2007 by Cal SkinnerAugust 2, 2007
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A really irritating one. OK. I shouldn’t complaint because I don’t subscribe to the Northwest Herald. That’s a valid point of view. But within the last week a translucent yellow ad has popped up as I go the NW Herald … Continue reading →

Posted in Foxfire Fest, Newspaper ad, Northwest Herald | 1 Reply

Message of the Day – An Ad

Posted on 08/02/2007 by Cal SkinnerAugust 2, 2007
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A really irritating one. OK. I shouldn’t complaint because I don’t subscribe to the Northwest Herald. That’s a valid point of view. But within the last week a translucent yellow ad has popped up as I go the NW Herald … Continue reading →

Posted in Foxfire Fest, Newspaper ad, Northwest Herald | Leave a reply
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