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Column: Comic Con Can Help You Sell... Everything
"Looka that guy!" shouted a construction worker on the corner of 35th and 11th. "It's fuckin' Optimus Prime!" Sure enough, a gentleman walked by clad in an astonishingly elaborate do-it-yourself...
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The Spot: Kayak's Crooner
IDEA: Who can resist the dulcet tones of a lecherous old crooner? Hotel staff can't. Or at least, they couldn't a generation ago, when the old windbag was in his prime. Charm, and baritone pipes,...
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Glenn Beck Selling New Line of Jeans to Manly American Rocket Builders
Real men build rocket ships with their bare hands. Real men wear Glenn Beck jeans. They're American jeans, partly because they were made in America but mostly because Glenn Beck says so. They're...
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There Is Crying in Baseball, and Kleenex Has You Covered
Just in time for Derek Jeter's broken ankle and the bitter tears of Yankee fans everywhere, Kleenex is offering customizable oval tissue boxes with postseason baseball themes. As a lifelong Bombers...
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Ad of the Day: PayPal
Buying stuff on the Internet is easy and safe with PayPal, says Jeff Goldblum. The actor-comedian stars in four entertaining new online spots from ad agency Publicis & Hal Riney as part of the Web...
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MPA's Berner Shows She Means Business
Mary Berner, the former Reader’s Digest Association honcho who’s the new president and CEO of the MPA, is wasting no time in trying to show the magazine industry she means business. “I’m pissed off...
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Rare Tub of McDonald's McJordan Barbecue Sauce Sells for $10K
Michael Jordan might not remember the McJordan burger, which graced Chicago-area McDonald's locations in the early 1990s, but clearly someone does, as an unopened gallon of the barbecue sauce...
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Maxipad Brand Goes for Blood in Brilliant Reply to Facebook Rant
Brands often freeze up when they're criticized on Facebook. U.K. maxipad maker Bodyform makes the most of it. A week ago, a man named Richard Neill posted a rant on Bodyform's Facebook wall,...
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The World's Shortest Free Fall, Brought to You by Slim Jim
While we're setting records, how about this stunning video of a stuntman on Conan attempting the world's shortest free fall? It looks easy, but it doesn't end well. The stunt was ostensibly sponsored...
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Fast Chat: Deutsch L.A.'s 'The Inventionist'
Yesterday, Deutsch L.A. announced “The Inventionist,” a new offering focused on conceiving and developing digital products at an affordable cost, for clients ranging from big brands to tech startups....
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Expedia Travels to New Territory
Earlier this month, Expedia launched “Find Your Understanding,” a 3:20-minute film about Artie Goldstein, a retired business owner who struggles to come to terms with his daughter’s decision to marry...
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JFK Library Relives the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Asks: 'What If?'
While suitably impressive as a whole, the most stirring element of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum's immensely detailed and immersive "Clouds Over Cuba" interactive presentation is...
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Deborah Needleman Gets Her Wishes
Well, that didn’t take long. Deborah Needleman is only in her third week as editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine. And while new editors often stay under the radar for a few months as they...
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Humans Get the Paint Job in Artsy Ads for Motorcycle Shows
Motorcycle shows always have hot girls around to show off the bikes, but design firm i.d.e.a.'s campaign for the Progressive International Motorcycle Shows took it one step further by turning the...
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Dear God, Save Me From the Monsters in the Drambuie Ad
Samuel Beckett meets Salvador Dali in this crazy new Drambuie ad from London ad agency Sell! Sell! and HSI director Chino Moya. We've seen some wacky liquor commercials in the past few weeks—notably...
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Harper's Bazaar Editor Heads to WSJ.
Kristina O’Neill, Glenda Bailey’s No. 2 at Harper’s Bazaar and a force behind its widely praised March redesign, is getting her own magazine: O’Neill has decamped for the top editor spot at The Wall...
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Lance Armstrong Gone From Nike, Livestrong
On Friday, Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Foundation kicks off its 15th anniversary celebration with an evening gala featuring the cyclist, Maria Shriver, Ben Stiller and Sean Penn with entertainment...
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Ad of the Day: Microsoft Surface
What is the Microsoft Surface? It is everything, Internet. It is old people kissing and crazy guys backflipping in slow motion and schoolgirls krumping and some guy wearing body armor—or that's what...
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Brothers From 'Charlie Bit Me' Recall Their Tough Childhood in Ragú Ad
Harry and Charlie, the kids from 2007's superviral "Charlie Bit Me" YouTube video—which is closing in on half a billion views—make a humorous return in this new Ragú spot, where they recall the pain...
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