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Thursday, October 06, 2011

Remembering Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

On The Media: Apple's Advertising Genius

A pedestrian passes a wall covered with Apple iPod advertisements July 14, 2005 in San Francisco.

October 6, 2011 Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple, died Wednesday at the age of 56. Jobs was a visionary who led the company through the invention of the iPod, iPhone and ipad. But Bob Garfield, co-host of WNYC's On The Media thinks he was something else as well: a liberator, and a brilliant advertiser.

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Friday, April 08, 2005
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Friday, May 21, 2004
Friday, February 06, 2004
Friday, January 30, 2004

Super Bowl TV Ad Preview

January 30, 2004 NPR's Alex Chadwick gets a sneak preview of the commercials scheduled to air during the Super Bowl from Bob Garfield, host of NPR's On the Media — and one that won't be seen, an anti-Bush ad from MoveOn.org.

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On Day to DayPlaylist

Thursday, January 15, 2004
Friday, January 09, 2004

Primary Objective: Tell a Tale of the Campaign Trail

January 9, 2004 The early presidential season lets the media swarm over New Hampshire and Iowa, where no cliché is too threadbare, no observation too obvious to be presented as news. But what about the year's first ballot battle, in Washington, D.C.? Bob Garfield of On the Media searches for the primo primary story.

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On All Things ConsideredPlaylist

Friday, September 12, 2003
Thursday, March 06, 2003
Monday, January 27, 2003

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