Rosie O’Donnell and Nicolle Wallace didn’t see eye to eye about the recently pulled Super Bowl Xlix ad from GoDaddy on ABC’s “The View” Wednesday.
The domain-registering website and Super Bowl regular had planned to run an ad titled “Journey Home,” where an adorable puppy gets accidentally bumped out of the back of a pickup truck, sparking an inspiring journey to make it back to his farm. Buddy is welcomed back into his (temporary) owner’s open arms, when she reveals that her joy in seeing the presumed-gone pooch is for monetary purposes. “I’m so glad you made it home!
The domain-registering website and Super Bowl regular had planned to run an ad titled “Journey Home,” where an adorable puppy gets accidentally bumped out of the back of a pickup truck, sparking an inspiring journey to make it back to his farm. Buddy is welcomed back into his (temporary) owner’s open arms, when she reveals that her joy in seeing the presumed-gone pooch is for monetary purposes. “I’m so glad you made it home!
- 1/28/2015
- by Alicia Banks
- The Wrap
After an outcry from the animal-loving community, GoDaddy has pulled a controversial Super Bowl ad featuring a puppy being sold online. And, as it turns out, the adorable golden retriever that starred in the ad got a happy ending of his own. In a statement from the company's chief executive officer, Blake Irving, he says the dog, Buddy, was adopted by an employee."Rest assured, Buddy came to us from a reputable and loving breeder in California," he wrote. "He's now part of the GoDaddy family as our Chief Companion Officer, and he lives permanently with one of our longtime employees.
- 1/28/2015
- by Amy Jamieson, @mylomickey
- PEOPLE.com
GoDaddy has become a Super Bowl commercial staple, and the domain-registering website is keen on pushing the envelope. This time, however, it may have gone too far, and the company has pulled its planned Big Game spot mere days before Sunday’s unofficial national holiday.
The website that helps users buy other websites planned to run an ad titled “Journey Home,” where an adorable puppy gets accidentally bumped out of the back of a pickup truck, sparking an inspiring journey to make it back to his farm. Buddy is welcomed back into his (temporary) owner’s open arms, when she...
The website that helps users buy other websites planned to run an ad titled “Journey Home,” where an adorable puppy gets accidentally bumped out of the back of a pickup truck, sparking an inspiring journey to make it back to his farm. Buddy is welcomed back into his (temporary) owner’s open arms, when she...
- 1/28/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
While the Super Bowl has been overshadowed by “deflate gate” ahead of 49th annual matchup, a new controversy has marred the attention surrounding the game.
GoDaddy.com debuted and swiftly yanked a new ad following immediate backlash on Twitter and from organizations like the Spca. Offended viewers even launched a on petition on Change.org.
The spot, which debuted online ahead of the game, featured a puppy on a journey home after becoming separated from its human family. The commercial, titled “Journey Home,” appeared to be a heart-warming journey in similar vein to Budweiser’s popular ad, “Puppy Love,” which was to be followed with “Lost Dog” this weekend.
Still looking for your dog, @Budweiser? @GoDaddyBuddy can help by building you a website. #bestbuds
— GoDaddy (@GoDaddy) January 23, 2015
However, in GoDaddy’s mockery, the puppy’s owner was relieved to find him home because it had already been sold on a new GoDaddy-hosted website.
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GoDaddy.com debuted and swiftly yanked a new ad following immediate backlash on Twitter and from organizations like the Spca. Offended viewers even launched a on petition on Change.org.
The spot, which debuted online ahead of the game, featured a puppy on a journey home after becoming separated from its human family. The commercial, titled “Journey Home,” appeared to be a heart-warming journey in similar vein to Budweiser’s popular ad, “Puppy Love,” which was to be followed with “Lost Dog” this weekend.
Still looking for your dog, @Budweiser? @GoDaddyBuddy can help by building you a website. #bestbuds
— GoDaddy (@GoDaddy) January 23, 2015
However, in GoDaddy’s mockery, the puppy’s owner was relieved to find him home because it had already been sold on a new GoDaddy-hosted website.
Huffington Post[p...
- 1/28/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
Danica Patrick loses again ... this time, GoDaddy.com is Pulling their Super Bowl ad featuring the Nascar driver over Outrage from animal lovers. The commercial -- called "Lost Dog" -- shows a puppy that falls out of a truck ... and then overcomes all odds to find its way back home. Problem is, when the little guy returns home ... he finds out the owner used GoDaddy to set up a website to sell the dog to a new owner.
- 1/28/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
There’s one more corporate casualty at Yahoo following this week’s 2,000 layoffs: Chief Product Officer Blake Irving, whose operation was hit hard by the sackings, resigned. He opposed CEO Scott Thompson’s decision to let 14% of the company’s workforce go without first articulating a strategy, according to AllThingsD which first reported Irving’s departure. Many of the layoffs were in the engineering and research focused Labs operation. Irving’s also said to dispute corporate plans to dump at least parts of its ad technology and search businesses. Thompson will discuss his corporate vision at a company-wide meeting on Tuesday. A memo about the meeting said it would focus on “core media and communications,” “platforms” and “data,” Reuters says. “The immediate next step for all of us is to get clear on our goals, and then take action and move,” Thompson said in the memo. Yahoo shares are down 10.5% over the last 12 months.
- 4/6/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
In the wake of AOL purchasing the Huffington Post and News Corp. unveiling The Daily, Yahoo is looking to regain some footing in the digital news marketplace. Today, the company introduced Livestand, a personalized digital newsstand for tablets and mobile phones.
According to Yahoo, the e-newsstand will "offer new content to consumers based on their interests." It will be cross-platform, meaning publishers and advertisers can push content across a variety of devices, from the iPad to Android-based tablets.
With this new product, Yahoo joins Apple, Google, and a growing number of tech giants who see potential profit in creating a centralized hub for digital news, similar to what iTunes did for digital music or the Kindle store for ebooks.
But Yahoo may also be taking aim at a different, fast-growing competitor in this field: Flipboard. The "personalized, social magazine" platform for the iPad pulls content from around the web based...
According to Yahoo, the e-newsstand will "offer new content to consumers based on their interests." It will be cross-platform, meaning publishers and advertisers can push content across a variety of devices, from the iPad to Android-based tablets.
With this new product, Yahoo joins Apple, Google, and a growing number of tech giants who see potential profit in creating a centralized hub for digital news, similar to what iTunes did for digital music or the Kindle store for ebooks.
But Yahoo may also be taking aim at a different, fast-growing competitor in this field: Flipboard. The "personalized, social magazine" platform for the iPad pulls content from around the web based...
- 2/10/2011
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
News of Delicious’s imminent demise turns out to have been overblown. Yahoo isn’t necessarily planning to kill the bookmarking site, a spokesman says--it’s merely considering “other options” for it (read: sale) because the service no longer fits with the company’s overall strategic goals.
That hasn’t stopped online commenters from decrying this as the latest bonehead move from a company that has been struggling to find its way for the past few years. But if you look at Yahoo’s emerging strategy, the decision not only seems to make sense, it also reveals that the company has the discipline to do what it takes to win.
Earlier this year, Yahoo brought on Microsoft veteran Blake Irving to head up its product group--or, in other words, to figure out what Yahoo should be building. The company was adrift since before Carol Bartz came on board two years ago,...
That hasn’t stopped online commenters from decrying this as the latest bonehead move from a company that has been struggling to find its way for the past few years. But if you look at Yahoo’s emerging strategy, the decision not only seems to make sense, it also reveals that the company has the discipline to do what it takes to win.
Earlier this year, Yahoo brought on Microsoft veteran Blake Irving to head up its product group--or, in other words, to figure out what Yahoo should be building. The company was adrift since before Carol Bartz came on board two years ago,...
- 12/20/2010
- by E.B. Boyd
- Fast Company
Okay, Yahoo may have 600 million users and insane amounts of traffic. But they've become a bit stagnant, not attracting as many new users as they could, and recently lost the second-place search spot (a highly lucrative market, as first-place Google will tell you) to Microsoft's Bing, a relative upstart. It's been time for a change for a while. So Chief Product Officer Blake Irving today announced an ambitious three-year plan to update pretty much every service Yahoo offers--plus some new ones.
First up, Yahoo Mail. Yahoo's email service is very popular, though, again, not as buzzed-about as, say, Gmail. And, in what's becoming a refrain, both Google and Microsoft have jumped past Yahoo in features and interface. Gmail is continually updating--the most recent being the excellent Priority Inbox--and Microsoft announced a completely redesigned, frankly beautiful and modern-looking version of Windows Live Hotmail just a few months ago. So what does Yahoo have to offer?...
First up, Yahoo Mail. Yahoo's email service is very popular, though, again, not as buzzed-about as, say, Gmail. And, in what's becoming a refrain, both Google and Microsoft have jumped past Yahoo in features and interface. Gmail is continually updating--the most recent being the excellent Priority Inbox--and Microsoft announced a completely redesigned, frankly beautiful and modern-looking version of Windows Live Hotmail just a few months ago. So what does Yahoo have to offer?...
- 9/17/2010
- by Dan Nosowitz
- Fast Company
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