2012 ads

• Since each campaign launched in Spring 2011, Obama for America spent $26.9 million on digital ads through May 2012, including text messages, according to ClickZ Politics analysis. Thats 3.5 times Romneys $7.6 million.
(Huffington Post)
• ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A federal agency trying to reduce gun crimes has brought its campaign of billboard ads to Rockford, in northern Illinois.
(MySanAntonio)
• Only after returning did I learn that my prevacation reporting about second-quarter job growth on CNBC had led off a television ad assailing Mr. Obama's economic record.
(New York Times)
• Obama camp spent $43 million on ads in June. American Crossroads has its best fundraising month so far. Kaine, Allen debate tonight in Virginia. Why Ross Perot might have been a good candidate for 2012.
(Politico.com)
• The debate Saturday at the posh Homestead resort in Hot Springs comes with both candidates savaging each other in campaign ads, much of it from allied but independent organizations.
(nola.com)
• Last month alone, Obama pumped $46.7 million into advertising — ranging from TV commercials in battleground states to Internet ads seeking donations. Thats more than twice the $19.
(USA Today)
• There will be a mandatory meeting for all potential 2012 West Boylston Middle/High School fall athletes entering grades 6 to 12 and their parents at the WBMHS gymnasium at 6 p.m. on Aug. 16. All interested fall athletes should attend with a parent.
(Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• Some ads have elements that may remind audiences of the shooting. The movie's villain, Bane, for example, has his face covered by a mask in ads, similar to the gas mask worn by the shooter.
(Businessweek)
• The 30-second ad is a message from Romney's campaign suggesting that Obama has eschewed the middle class for those holding enough money to donate to his campaign.
(Mashable)
• DAYTONA BEACH -- NASCAR has selected Ogilvy Mather as its new advertising and marketing agency.
(Daytona Beach News-Journal)