DNC rolls out, then pauses, vote reg. display ads

AD OF THE DAY

ClickZ.com had the report yesterday: Community standards at Clear Channel radio station web sites leave something to be desired. The creeping crud of shock-jock culture washing onto the web is news to some, but it is also burying the lede.

The Obama campaign and the DNC embarked on a massive new voter registration effort using web display. It’s a strong idea and the craptastic content on some of the targeted web properties doesn’t change that. One can only hope this is being relaunched and soon. (ed. - The ads are running again mid-afternoon Wednesday.]

Do we really need to endure another post-election navel gaze on why politics was slow to adapt to the Madison Avenue metric of web advertising?

Here are the domains where the three DNC-Obama collaborations launched:

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Launched on August 23:

lasvegassun.com nevada

timesdispatch.com Richmond virginia

huffingtonpost.com

101thefoxrocks.com clearchannel, michigan

stltoday.com missouri

b93.com michigan

wdfn.com Detroit mi

wtkg.com grand rapids mi