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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 11, 2006 5:31:48 PM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Ads Created by Users
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[Note:  This item comes from reader Scott Berry.  DLH]

From: Scott Berry <sjb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 11, 2006 2:14:24 PM PDT
To: 'Dewayne-Net Technology List' <dewayne-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Ads Created by Users

Looks like ad agencies are next in line for disintermediation. Not that this should be much of a surprise…

Scott

An Agency's Worst Nightmare: Ads Created by Users

By JULIE BOSMAN, New York Times

Published: May 11, 2006

IT all happens in 24 seconds. Like a souped-up Transformer robot, a silver Sony stereo rapidly deconstructs, then reassembles into the shape of a flat-screen television. The television then converts into a DVD player. The DVD player to digital camera. The camera to portable PlayStation.

The animated spot is the latest television commercial for Sony Electronics, but its creator is not a technology wizard at either of Sony's two advertising agencies. The commercial is the work of Tyson Ibele, a 19-year-old from Minneapolis who won a contest on the cable network Current TV for its first viewer-created ad message; it will run for the first time today.

User-generated content, best known for fueling the popularity of Web sites like YouTube and MySpace, is rapidly taking hold in advertising. Dozens of entries were submitted for the Current contest, and Mr. Ibele's commercial will run for one to two months on the network. In the coming weeks, more user-generated ads for companies like L'Oréal and Toyota will follow the Sony commercial.

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<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/business/media/11adco.html? ex=1305000000&en=0488b91d695a5873&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss>
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