Comments on: Using Playboy model to sell papers in Buenos Aires http://www.visualeditors.com/2007/11/using-playboy-model-to-sell-papers-in-buenos-aires/ The classroom for visual journalism Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:45:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jim McBee http://www.visualeditors.com/2007/11/using-playboy-model-to-sell-papers-in-buenos-aires/#comment-48495 Jim McBee Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:56:36 +0000 http://www.visualeditors.com/home/2007/11/using-playboy-model-to-sell-papers-in-buenos-aires/#comment-48495 Google ad headers on this page: Thongs Women Models Female Bikini Models 20 Hotels in Buenos Aires Models Bikini Stunning Bikini Models Models Bikini I guess Google has gone the steamy route, too. Google ad headers on this page:

Thongs Women Models
Female Bikini Models
20 Hotels in Buenos Aires
Models Bikini
Stunning Bikini Models
Models Bikini

I guess Google has gone the steamy route, too.

]]> By: Ignacio http://www.visualeditors.com/2007/11/using-playboy-model-to-sell-papers-in-buenos-aires/#comment-48482 Ignacio Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:58:16 +0000 http://www.visualeditors.com/home/2007/11/using-playboy-model-to-sell-papers-in-buenos-aires/#comment-48482 Guys, you are missing the point :) This isn't an ad for a "real" newspaper nor are papers in Argentina "going the steamy route" as the poster above assumes. It's an ad for sports newspaper, and the point it is trying to make is that guys are so crazy about sports that the girl had to "wear" that paper in order to call his boyfriend's attention... ;) Guys, you are missing the point :)

This isn’t an ad for a “real” newspaper nor are papers in Argentina “going the steamy route” as the poster above assumes.

It’s an ad for sports newspaper, and the point it is trying to make is that guys are so crazy about sports that the girl had to “wear” that paper in order to call his boyfriend’s attention… ;)

]]> By: R. Rolfe http://www.visualeditors.com/2007/11/using-playboy-model-to-sell-papers-in-buenos-aires/#comment-41261 R. Rolfe Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:17:28 +0000 http://www.visualeditors.com/home/2007/11/using-playboy-model-to-sell-papers-in-buenos-aires/#comment-41261 Interesting that newspapers (which typically hold themselves to a high level of professionalism and, shall we say, near-stodginess) are going the steamy route. It's also rather sad and incredibly disappointing. I promise to avoid a rant, but it's important to say that this kind of advertising is ultimately destructive. Surely the paper is good enough to sell itself. Interesting that newspapers (which typically hold themselves to a high level of professionalism and, shall we say, near-stodginess) are going the steamy route. It’s also rather sad and incredibly disappointing. I promise to avoid a rant, but it’s important to say that this kind of advertising is ultimately destructive. Surely the paper is good enough to sell itself.

]]> By: Casey Rogers http://www.visualeditors.com/2007/11/using-playboy-model-to-sell-papers-in-buenos-aires/#comment-41096 Casey Rogers Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:40:17 +0000 http://www.visualeditors.com/home/2007/11/using-playboy-model-to-sell-papers-in-buenos-aires/#comment-41096 Most of newspapers I saw in my time living in Peru featured bikini-clad models on the cover and pin-ups inside. Sex sells, and there's no shame using it in South America. Not that we have a ton of shame up here in the United States either... but it can be a little more gratuitous down there. Most of newspapers I saw in my time living in Peru featured bikini-clad models on the cover and pin-ups inside. Sex sells, and there’s no shame using it in South America. Not that we have a ton of shame up here in the United States either… but it can be a little more gratuitous down there.

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