The Embarrassing Transience of Stadium Names
October 6, 2008
Submitted by admin on February 21, 2008 - 2:00am
Director, Commercial Alert; activist challenging marketing abuses in schools and to children; corporate naming of stadia and civic places; and other commercial excesses.
When Names Are Bought and Sold
January 3, 2007
In Utah, an NBA arena is named after a questionable toxic waste disposal firm. The trouble with auctioning public assets to the highest bidder.
Pieces of Silver for Public Names -- and Our Shared Identities
January 27, 2006
What's in a name? A great deal when it comes to selling our schools and other civic institutions.
The Self-Reinforcing Spiral of Commercialism
August 12, 2005
The spiral of commercialism threatens to overwhelm artistic creativity in all corners of society.
Philly High School to Sell Naming Rights
November 12, 2004
Philadelphia school to sell naming rights, but polls show public thinks private names for public institutions has gone too far.
