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The Age of Persuasion

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Years ago, I stumbled across a half-hour radio program on CBC entitled "The Age of Persuasion". The show was about the advertising industry and delivered by an executive who has been in the business a long time. Since I did a recent post by audio, I would like to introduce an entertaining and informative look into the world of advertising. Many segments can be found on the website. Here is a link to an interesting one from just a couple of months ago. Enjoy. Terry O'Reilly's voice is like gold. Very listenable.

(Should have added this before) There are many more segments on the AOP website http://www.cbc.ca/ageofpersuasion/
Important note: Each segment is 27:30 minutes long. I wouldn't recommend this to people with limited internet usage.

About Advertising..

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I just used what used to be one of my favourite Opera widgets: Dictionary.com

I say "used to be" because when I did a search with it just recently, so much of the "results" were advertisements or "sponsored links". Sigh, out you go...

Did you know Opera is one of the last frontiers on the web that does not have banner ads promoting sexy dates or losing weight? Am I one of the only few bothered by this advert intrusion to just getting simple information? I realize it takes money to launch and maintain a website, but does it need to prey on people's insecurities or fantasies?
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