Wired apologizes for obnoxiously defective ad

Today, wired.com apologized for a poorly programmed interstitial ad that blocked the site’s content for 8 hours and generated hundred of complaints. Check out this screenshot of the defective AT&T monstrosity in action.
Perhaps it’s time to finally kill this intrusive and annoying type of ad and focus on giving people a reason to pay attention to your message.
In the meantime, there’s always the Corporate Apology Cookie Gift Basket…
Frenzied Waters, Campfire’s big summer campaign for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, was a huge success. Bloggers, radio personalities and the general public hunted for mysterious “Shark Attack” capsules, capsules that contained the artifacts of oceanic tragedies. Some from times past, some that hit closer to home than anyone could have imagined.
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