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New Belgium airs TV commercials for the first time in eight years, but not in Colorado

New Belgium Brewing is running its first TV ad campaign in eight years, buying airtime in twelve markets across the country in order to help beer drinkers associate the name Fat Tire with the brewery itself, which wants to push the rest of its lineup. But the commercial, a thirty-second spot create ... More >>

Super Bowl ads: MSU Denver marketing professor Darrin Duber-Smith on what makes them successful

It's on your mind. You can't stop thinking about it. Your blood starts to pump. Your mouth begins to water. And while the buildup lasts for days, the actual live action (from start to finish) only lasts about ten minutes. No, I'm not talking about sex; I'm talking about the Super Bowl, baby. And whi ... More >>

Tim Tebow to become Times Square Tim in New York, says Focus on the Family

After the Broncos traded Tim Tebow to the Jets, televangelist Pat Robertson accused Denver of treating Tebow shabbily. But a spokesman for Colorado Springs' Focus on the Family, for which Tebow made a 2010 Super Bowl ad, doesn't echo this claim. Instead, he believes the events that led the Broncos t ... More >>

Filmmaker Anson Fogel on Colorado's stunning new tourism campaign

This week a series of nine "Come to Life" television spots promoting Colorado tourism began airing in target markets across the country, with an emphasis on outdoor summer adventure. To get that vibe just right, the Colorado Tourism Office brought in a team including Denver-based ad agency Karsh/Hag ... More >>

Super Bowl XLVI: Five pop-culture predictions for the coming year

Calender-wise, every year starts at the beginning of January. But when it comes to pop-culture, the year "kicks off" (hey-o!) with the advertising blitz (so many football puns!) that is the Super Bowl, when advertisers collectively spend brajillions of dollars to tell us how to think and feel during ... More >>

Binge drinking: Denver youth drink more than the state and national average

Wikipedia​Ask yourself, right now, how often you down five drinks (or more) in a single sitting. Answer honestly. Depending on what you decided, you might be a binge drinker. The good news here is that you're not alone. The bad news is that Denver's youth population is joining you.

Denver Daily News shuts down: "Just doesn't look like we can sustain," publisher says

​Update: Denver Daily News publisher Kristie Hannon has been swamped with messages since word broke that the paper will cease publication just over ten years after its debut. However, she took the time to take part in a detailed Q&A about the decision.

Tim Tebow's Through My Eyes book tour stops include Hannity & The Daily Show! (VIDEO)

Video below.​Tim Tebow's book Through My Eyes is filled with stories about faith, football, faith, family and faith, in that order -- and he's promoting it with the same kind of pumped-up enthusiasm that marks his play. He's already appeared on an extended segment of Sean Hannity's Fox News pr ... More >>

Denver Magazine's Michael Ledwitz denies stiffing advertisers, staffers after pub closed

Michael Ledwitz.​After last week's item about Denver Magazine shutting down, with its key assets purchased by rival 5280, the comments section exploded, with numerous posters accusing Michael Ledwitz, the defunct mag's CEO, publisher and editor, of ripping off advertisers. It's a charge that o ... More >>

Chris Romer wins Denver Post mayoral endorsement -- but does that mean anything?

Chris Romer.​Yesterday, the Denver Post officially endorsed former Senator Chris Romer in the Denver mayor's race, calling him a "dynamo of ideas" who would bring "the critical eye of an outsider" to the gig, since he's never worked for the city. But in today's shifting media environment, doe ... More >>

Quiznos' new commercials are the freakiest things we've ever seen -- but will they sell?

​The Denver-bred Quiznos chain is an odd duck. While its toasted sandwiches are now sold coast to coast, it's courted controversy because of its franchise practices. And its commercials, while memorable, are pretty damn strange, whether it's singing mutant hamsters, sexualized talking ovens or ... More >>

Women's Funding Network sex-trafficking study is junk science

Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media

Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad wins NRB award (and continuing publicity) for Focus on the Family

Tim & mom.​The 2010 Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mom is the gift that keeps on giving for Focus on the Family. Next month at their convention in Nashville, the National Religious Broadcasters will reportedly name it the year's best -- and why not? The commercial, on view below, ce ... More >>

Marijuana: RTD defends ads but stresses support for police, no KushConII endorsement

The bus ads.​Yesterday, Colorado Drug Investigators Association's Commander Jerry Peters explained why his organization had written a letter castigating RTD's decision to accept bus ads for KushConII, a marijuana-oriented convention taking place this weekend. While RTD spokesman Scott Reed say ... More >>

Marijuana RTD ads for KushConII bad messages for kids, drivers, says Commander Jerry Peters

KushConII ad.​Last month, organizers of KushConII thanked RTD for accepting event-related bus ads. But RTD isn't receiving the same sort of compliments from the Colorado Drug Investigators Association. Says CDIA veep and North Metro Drug Task Force investigator Jerry Peters, "We don't feel it' ... More >>

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Tim Tebow draft pick good for Broncos and America, says Focus on the Family

Tim Tebow and his mom, as seen in Focus on the Family's Super Bowl ad.​NFL Nation is divided on whether the Denver Broncos were wise or wack to draft Florida quarterback Tim Tebow in the first round of last night's draft. Example: ESPN's draft coverage juxtaposed an instant poll showing that ... More >>

Focus on the Family's Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad beloved by Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and millions more

The Tebows have brought Focus on the Family a lot of love, cyber and otherwise.​The Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad co-starring Florida QB Tim Tebow and his mom spurred complaints from pro-choice groups that inadvertently helped spread FOTF's anti-abortion message. And even though the game i ... More >>

Air Force Reserves Super Bowl Commercial allegedly rips off White Stripes. While they're sorting that out, have you seen the Reserves' other PSA? Sounds a lot like the Who.

There was something funny going on in the Super Bowl commercials this year, and it wasn't those stupid Bud Light ads. Nope, this one wasn't supposed to be funny at all. It was supposed to inspire you to join the Air Force Reserves, but instead it had us thinking about Lego's. By now, you've hea ... More >>

Denver Planning Board to consider controversial Writer Square sign plan today

Dave HannesThe new "bug zapper" lampposts at Writer Square​One of the most noticeable -- and controversial -- changes to downtown lately has been the transformation of Writer Square, the longtime pedestrian shopping center that has lately seen all of its trees, benches and other landscaping re ... More >>

John "Whip" Wilbur about the death of Indie 101.5 and the rise of Indie303.com

John "Whip" Wilbur.​No one tried harder to save Indie 101.5 -- a station discussed in a just-published interview with Max Media Denver president and general manager Jeff Norman -- than its music director, John Wilbur, known to one and all as Whip. In January, he stepped from behind the microph ... More >>

Quiznos is the sandwich of choice for half-naked playmates

While Denver-born restaurant chain Chipotle is getting flak for its new ad campaign's distinct lack of cojones, the marketing for Quiznos Sub Shop, another local restaurant chain done (sorta) good, still shows a lot of balls. Or, to be more accurate in this particular case, a lot of boobs. The Pl ... More >>

Will advertising rates for the Denver Post be going up?

Dean Singleton delivers. During yesterday's press conference announcing the closing of the Rocky Mountain News, MediaNews Group boss Dean Singleton, whose firm owns the Denver Post, declared that the ad rates at his publication are "way below" the national average, but "they'll just have to stay th ... More >>

The details behind Clear Channel and 9News public-service announcements for car dealers

An image from a National Automobile Dealers Association public-service announcement. Yesterday morning, during one of his regular updates on KOA/850 AM's morning-news broadcast, Channel 9 business reporter Gregg Moss talked about a new series of public-service announcements for the automobile indus ... More >>

The Cigarette is dead, and the ads are illegal

The nifty ads are hard not to notice, boldly proclaiming: The Cigarette is Dead. They've popped up alongside buildings, buses and billboards, directing people to www.QuitDoingIt.com, where smokers can find tools to help them quit. Commissioned by the State Tobacco Education & Prevention Partnershi ... More >>

7News' political ad breaks: the pause that refreshes

Political ads: already out of control

KHOW Magazine Headed to a Mailbox Near You

The Revolution Will Be Televised Part Two: The Future Is Now

Cavemen? Ugh.

Coors, of Course

More Messages: Straight From the Source

More Messages: Truth Testing

Ad It Up

Campaign spots provide TV stations with pleasure and pain.

More Messages: It's an Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad World

Altitude Check

As other pubs fall, 5280 is a mile high and rising.

Purple Haze

While the State Capitol glows, state residents glower over their Xcel bills.

Best Campaign Commercials

Anti-Marilyn Musgrave ads

Fat Chance

An electronic gizmo that promises six-pack abs short-circuits.

The Light Stuff

Coors loves the young male demographic -- and twins!

Ad Attack

Political commercials outnumber political reports on local television.

Trouble by the Bay

Labor strife looms in a western outpost of Dean Singleton's media empire.

Good Sex, Bad Sex

An adult advertiser complains that explicit radio stations won't run his not-very-explicit commercials.

Airtime

Bill Owens will be on TV plenty this month, but not as a candidate.

Best Stand-in by a Non-Colorado Town

Portland, Oregon

Mel Sells Out

What women -- and men -- want is a better movie than this.

Breast Reduction

Gary Haney's conscience told him to take the boobs out of his magazine.

Don't Turn That Dial

Reading, writing and arithmetic add up to money for Channel One.

Adding Insult to Injury

Pulling the plug on attorney advertising could get somebody sued -- including the State of Colorado

DIAL "M" FOR MEDIOCRE

WE'VE JUST LISTENED TO EVERY RADIO STATION IN DENVER--AND BOY, DO OUR EARS HURT.