Gawker: sponsors

Come to Our Beck's Beer-Filled Gawktoberfest!

Richard Lawson — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:24:00 EDT

Hello beer lovers (which hopefully means all of you)! Gawker and one of our fantastic sponsors, Beck's Beer, are throwing a little Oktoberfest party next week, and we'd like to see you there. We're calling it, um, Gawktoberfest, it's on Gawker HQ's roof deck, and it runs from 7-10pm next Thursday, 10/23. We'd love for all of you to come, of course, but the space can only hold so many people. So we have to limit the number to 100 folks. We're trying to be as fair as possible about who gets to come to this epic event (free food and beer!), so if you're interested, fill out the form after the jump before this Friday at noon and we'll select 100 (+1) people (who are over 21) at random from that list and notify them via email on Friday afternoon.

Beck's Beer Presents: Gawktoberfest
Gawker HQ Roof
Date: 10/23 7 - 10 PM
Food and Beck's Beer will be provided
Note: By filling out our form readers will be opting-in to Beck's Key Club.
As always, standard contest rules apply.

Win a Starter Wife Gift Bag and Be The Happiest Divorcée Currently Drunk In Your Living Room

Richard Lawson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:53:00 EDT

Ooh ooh! Check it out y'all! A sponsor, uh, sponsored contest! This one comes from the new USA series The Starter Wife. A starter marriage is defined as a first marriage that lasts less than 5 years and is over before the couple has children. After the jump are the names of 5 former celebrity couples...to win you have to identify if they qualify as "starter marriages" according to this definition. So if the couple broke up in under five years, had no kids, and it was both parties' first marriage, the answer is Yes. If they lasted longer than five years, had kids (adoption counts!), or at least one party was previously married, then the answer is No. If you get them all right and then we select your name, you get this fabulous gift bag!

1. Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman
2. Tom Green & Drew Barrymore
3. Halle Barry & David Justice
4. Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson
6. Angelina Jolie & Jonny Lee Mille

Send responses to contests@gawker.com and enter for a chance to win the Starter Wife Gift Bag (pictured below). Don't forget to check out The Starter Wife, premiering Friday night on the USA Network. Standard contest rules apply.

Valleywag pounding its sponsors

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:40:00 EDT

We can't say our relationship with our advertisers is as close as, say, MySpace and TechCrunch's. But we see nothing wrong with expressing our gratitude in a professional manner. Thanks go to:

Adobe, BlackBerry, Casio, Chevy Fuel Solutions, Gyration, HP TouchSmart, IE8, Mike's Election Guide, Register.com, Rovio, Sharp Aquos, Sprint, T-Mobile, TiVo, Unscrew America

Want to pound our readers with your next campaign? Advertise on Valleywag.

Our Advertisers Have Suspended Their Ad Campaigns

Richard Lawson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:06:00 EDT

Thanks to our sponsors this week, who dropped everything and rushed to our site to fix our economic crisis (we didn't have enough money to pay Sheila): 1800 Tequila, Becks, Choke (Fox Searchlight), Hotflops, MINI, Mike's Election Guide, Sebastian Hair Care, Starwood Hotels, TiVo, True Blood (HBO), T-Mobile, Unscrew America. Interested in putting Gawker first and joining the cause? Click here for information.

Enter This Sex Scandal Contest and Choke On It

Richard Lawson — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:03:00 EDT

Sex is fun! Sex scandals are even more fun. Movies are also a good time, so one of our lovely advertisers has decided to sponsor a little contest involving just those three things. After the jump you'll find a list of famous sexual liaisons, and all you have to do is name the celebrity that matches up with the once-secret lover. Of the readers who name all five correctly, one, randomly selected, will win a year's subscription to Netflix. Details after the jump!

Name the celebrity that matches up with the once-secret lover....

1. Ashley Dupre
2. Marla Maples
3. Balthazar Getty
4. Rielle Hunter
5. Edward Brooke

Email us your answers at contests at gawker dot com. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, September 25th, by 6pm EST. As always, standard contest rules apply. Sponsored by Choke: From the Author of 'FIGHT CLUB'. In Theatres Friday. Watch the trailer here.

Brooke Hogan Knows Every Defamer Advertiser By Name

STV — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:50:00 EDT

The GOP's shining stars may elude Brooke Hogan, but no one would dare try to ambush her with a quiz about Defamer's noble advertisers. Their taste, class and leadership are omnipresent, and we're grateful to have them along for the ride. We'll bet she can name you too; advertise here and find out!

Special thanks to: 1800 Tequila, Choke (Fox Searchlight), Hotflops, Mike's Election Guide, Sebastian Hair Care, Starwood Hotels, TiVo and Unscrew America.

Valleywag announcement tomorrow: No more Seinfeld ads!

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:40:00 EDT

Something Valleywag has in common with Microsoft: We're also not running any ads with Jerry Seinfeld in the near future. Not that there's anything wrong with that, or with the folks who do advertise with us. Thanks go to:

Blackberry, Chevy Fuel Solutions, Gilda's Club Worldwide, Gyration, HP TouchSmart, IE8, Mike's Election Guide, Register.com, Rovio, Sharp Aquos, Sprint, T-Mobile, TiVo, Unscrew America

Got a campaign ready for its next phase? Advertise on Valleywag.

Our Advertisers Are Not A Cesspool

Richard Lawson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:55:00 EDT

Many thanks this week to our sponsors: 1800 Tequila, Becks, Choke (Fox Searchlight), Hotflops, MINI, Mike's Election Guide, Sebastian Hair Care, Starwood Hotels, TiVo, True Blood (HBO), T-Mobile, Unscrew America. Interested in hacking your way into an ad account? Click here for information.

Bill Gates's money much better than his acting

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:20:00 EDT

Our advertisers, thank goodness, haven't produced anything as uncomfortably awkward as Microsoft's Seinfeld commercials. Thanks go to:

BlackBerry, Chevy Fuel Solutions, IE8, Mike's Election Guide, Hotflops, Register.com, Rovio, Sharp Aquos, Sprint, T-Mobile, TiVo, Unscrew America

Got a slick come-on that doesn't feature an aging comic? Advertise on Valleywag.

Our Advertisers Know What the Bush Doctrine Is

Richard Lawson — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Many thanks this week to our experienced, highly qualified advertisers: 1800 Tequila, Becks, Choke (Fox Searchlight), Hotflops, MINI, Mike's Election Guide, Sebastian Hair Care, Starwood Hotels, TiVo, True Blood (HBO), T-Mobile, Unscrew America. Interested in joining them in the helicopter wolf hunt? Click here to find out how.

Got money to spend? Valleywag's ad inventory is for you

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:40:00 EDT

The Wall Street Journal's new magazine will tell you how to fritter away your cash on luxury baubles. Some choose instead to make wise investments, like our advertisers. This week:

Chevy Fuel Solutions, IE8, Mike's Election Guide, Register.com, Sharp Aquos, Sprint, T-Mobile, Unscrew America

Looking to put your cash to work? Advertise on Valleywag.

Valleywag advertisers are stars in our eyes

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:40:00 EDT

We wish someone would make a movie about Valleywag. But which dapper young stars would we cast as our advertisers? This week's celebrity backers:

Chevy Fuel Solutions, Register.com, Sharp Aquos, Sprint, T-Mobile, Unscrew America

Fancy a turn on our casting couch? Advertise on Valleywag.

Defamer Advertisers Are Hotter Than Alaskan Hockey Moms

Seth — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:45:26 EDT

If there's one thing we love about Defamer advertisers, it's how amenable they are to being obvious political tokens in our desperate bid to get control of the White House. Thanks guys! (Did we mention you're pretty smoking, too?) Want to be added to the ticket? Everything you need to know is right here.

Special thanks to: Choke (Fox Searchlight), Cringe (Crown Publishing), How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (Paramount), Sobieski, Starwood Hotels, and Unscrew America

Our Advertisers Allowed Us a Half-Day!

Pareene — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:57 EDT

Hey! It's a holiday weekend! Your Kreepie Kats and Week in Review will post shortly, then we'll all get drunk. For LABOR! But before we go, we thank American Express, Chelsea Art Museum, Choke (Fox Searchlight), Cringe (Crown Publishing), Hotflops, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (Paramount), Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, MINI, New Kids on the Block, Sobieski, Starwood Hotels, Stolichnaya, T-Mobile, and Unscrew America. They're the best! You should advertise too!

Our Advertisers Are Also Curious As To What Victoria Jackson Was Thinking

Mark Graham — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT

We all realize that it's been a long time since Victoria Jackson has actually made anyone laugh, so we can only hope that her comments about the "anti-Christ, whitey-hater" Barack Obama were part of some ill-conceived bit meant to relaunch her career (as a Fox News correspondent, perhaps?). Either way, our advertisers would never be caught on tape (or, for that matter, blogging) saying such backwards things. Our thanks this week go to Mother on Fire, Sobieski, Starwood Hotels, Stolichnaya and Unscrew America. If you would like to join this esteemed group of Defamer advertisers, all of the requisite information can be found here.

Advertisers run rings around us

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:20:00 EDT

The Olympics may rule the Web, but our advertisers rule our hearts:

Chevy Fuel Solutions, Microsoft Windows, Sharp Aquos, Sprint, Unscrew America

Want to go for the gold, or, rather, share some of yours? Advertise on Valleywag.

Our Advertisers Are In No Way CGI-Assisted

Mark Graham — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Unlike the way that computer generated fireworks were deployed by that shadowy cabal made up of NBC and IOC members to render the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics that much more impressive, all of our advertisers are on the up-and-up. Thanks this week go to Crunch, Mother on Fire, Sobieski, Starwood Hotels, Stolichnaya and Unscrew America. If you would like to join this esteemed group of Defamer advertisers, all of the requisite information can be found here.

Our Advertisers Never Goof the Floof

Pareene — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:43:16 EDT

Our sponsors take us on rides on their space planes, which look just like DC-8s but without engines. It's fun! So let's all thank American Express, Chelsea Art Museum, Crunch, Hotflops, MINI, Mother on Fire, Sobieski, Starwood Hotels, Stolichnaya, T-Mobile, Unscrew America, and Sony VAIO. Want to be as Clear as us? Advertise!

Valleywag puts its money where your personal information is

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:40:00 EDT

Valleywag's advertisers are so interested in you, it's a little creepy. Would a chance at winning a $300 prize salve your petty privacy concerns? If so, please take our new survey. It takes 10 minutes to complete, after which supplying your email address will enter you into a drawing for a $300 Visa gift card. Standard rules apply. The contest ends next Wednesday.

Valleywag thinks its advertisers are the future of online advertising

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:40:00 EDT

Who needs faux-sincere product placements? Our advertisers keep on coming back for good old-fashioned banners:

Chevy Fuel Solutions, Eve Online, Microsoft Windows, Novint, Sharp Aquos, Sprint, Unscrew America

Want to place yourself on the list? Advertise on Valleywag.