We got the new issue of Real Estate Weekly today. The full-page ad on the back (right) from Kennedy Funding struck us initially as a remarkably tasteless play on the remarkably tasteless Golfweek cover earlier this month.

Then we read the ad.

You need millions. You have to close in 2 weeks. All other lenders already said no. Don't worry, there's a better alternative.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/joke-macklowe#comments Real Estate advertising Harry Macklowe Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:37:05 -0500 Tom Acitelli 63957 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2007/clone-live-nude-girls

Adult ads have come under fire lately. So The Village Voice's Tony Ortega decided “the best response from the newsroom was to poke some fun at ourselves.”  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/clone-live-nude-girls#comments Media advertising New York Press Tony Ortega Village Voice Media Inc. Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:32:26 -0400 Leon Neyfakh 57362 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2007/live-nude-girls

“This was a mild stunt, not a heavy editorial,” he said.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/live-nude-girls#comments O2 advertising New York Press Tony Ortega Village Voice Media Inc. Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:53:12 -0400 Leon Neyfakh 57330 at http://www.observer.com