Get your fave CNN.com headline on a T-shirt
Cory Bergman April 21st, 2008
People either love or hate CNN.com headlines. They’re short, witty and funny. Some say they’re sensational. In fact, there’s even a website dedicated to “a hilarious collection of CNN’s often ridiculous headlines.” Well, now CNN.com is letting you take some of your favorites and put ‘em on your own T-shirt. Yup, just go to CNN.com’s home page and take a look at the list of headlines:
See the little T-shirt logos next to a few of them? I’m clickin’ the DUI one.
And viola! There’s your headline shirt for $15 bucks, with $5 shipping. Sooo… is this a brilliant marketing strategy? Will it sell lots of T-shirts? Will it “soften” CNN.com’s image because most people will buy and wear the craziest CNN.com headlines? Do tell in comments…
15 Comments Add your own
1. jordan | April 21st, 2008 at 9:08 am
whats the link to buy the shirt?
2. Simon | April 21st, 2008 at 9:17 am
In fact, if you play around in the address bar after you have clicked on a T-Shirt link, you can get the shirt to read anything.
3. southjersey | April 21st, 2008 at 9:38 am
You can’t purchase any modified headlines.
4. Joe | April 21st, 2008 at 10:20 am
“Free Prom Dresses Honors Girl’s Memory”
Maybe the girl’s entire family will each buy a t-shirt!?!
They need to be careful which headline can be made into a shirt.
5. fleetwood mack | April 21st, 2008 at 10:41 am
What a neat idea. proves once again you CAN get people to pay to be your billboard.
Hats off to them.
6. Z | April 21st, 2008 at 10:58 am
First reaction: For the love of God, why???
Second reaction: Fark.com should totally do this
Third reaction: I don’t think their headlines generally merit this kind of treatment.
Fourth reaction: But, I’m hardly a fashion plate for wearing headlines.
7. Meg | April 21st, 2008 at 11:58 am
I do agree - Fark.com would be much better of a market
I looked under Frequently Asked Questions and WHY wasn’t an option
I read CNN.com daily and was never overly impressed with their headlines - I don’t want it across my chest, especially for $20 - I mean come on, that can buy me 1/4 of a tank of gas
8. Mike Escutia | April 21st, 2008 at 11:59 am
This is a late April Fool’s Day joke, right?
That said, it’s funny.
9. discreet_chaos | April 21st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Offtopic, but Meg… The other day, I joked that we’re all going to use our stimulus checks to get a fill-up , then to my horror, I realized that this may have been part of the plot all along.
10. thom | April 21st, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I remember when I use to go to CNN.com to get real news. I don’t mind a little off-beat dessert with my balanced meal of news.
But CNN.com has gone too far. It’s all tabloid, trash and sponsor-generate junk these days (and most of that is just to get people to click on video ads, I’m sure).
I get it that they want to have a sense of humor. But it feels like CNN.com wants to be “Best Week Ever” and not a serious source of news.
I wish they would spend some time redesigning their home page and stop trying to prove how clever they are with T-shirts.
Truly clever people can come up with interesting ways to tell stories and have a sense of humor. Listen to NPR any day and you’ll learn how.
11. fleetwood mack | April 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
$20 for a quarter tank of gas? Not for long.
12. Amanda E. | April 21st, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Sooo..looks like altering the URL, you can have t-shirts that say “XYZ-TV is #1 - I saw it on CNN.com”
Nice
13. Dr Stockmann lives | April 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 am
Thom is right.
14. Dr Stockmann lives | April 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 am
Thom is right.
15. Foxy | July 4th, 2008 at 8:49 am
neat idea
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