Breakfast-Cereal Mascots as You Never Wanted to See Them Before
If you've ever wondered what your favorite breakfast-cereal mascots would look like as real people, I've got good news and bad news: Someone's brought them to life, and the results are horrifying....
View ArticleW+K Plays for the Big Dough
With a shot at working on a Super Bowl spot for Oreo, the world’s No. 1 cookie, Portland, Ore.-based Wieden + Kennedy has again found itself with the chance to cross over into a leading role with a...
View ArticleThe Spot: Heart of Darkness
IDEA: Zombies crave braaaains, but they're also fond of heaaaarts. Your heart keeps you alive, after all, and zombies need you alive to devour you. So, it stands to reason zombies know CPR—to...
View ArticlePebbles Boulders, Alpha Bits Now Safer for Children
Cereal companies that pledged to cut sugar and increase whole grains in the 21 brands marketed to children are making progress, according to the industry's own estimate. Today, more than 70 percent of...
View ArticleFast Chat: Orion Holdings' Chief Brian McMahon
The media barter business is booming: Over the past 19 months, Orion Trading has added more than two dozen U.S. clients to its barter operations. Brian McMahon founded Orion Holdings in 1996 for...
View ArticleAd of the Day: PlayStation
PlayStation's live-action heroes are back, and they're beating the crap out of each other. Last year, Deutsch L.A. created “Michael,” a two-minute paean to the hardcore gamer. In that spot, actors...
View ArticleAfter Newsweek, U.S. News Offers Different Model
While the pundits ponder the future of a digital-only Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report offers a different lesson for magazine publishing. U.S. News went all-digital two years ago as part of a...
View ArticleI Spy a Better Buy
The Creamery, a café in the heart of San Francisco’s SoMa district, always has a long line at the counter on sunny weekends. Work-weary hipsters abandon their nearby condos and cubicles for breakfast...
View ArticleData Points: Responsible Youth
Despite being portrayed by some as entitled and lazy, Gen Y really, really wants to make the world a better place. That’s the conclusion of the Intelligence Group, the research arm of Creative Artists...
View ArticleWhy a Popular Soup Chain Called a Woman the C-Word in a Mass Email
Soup restaurant chain Hale and Hearty had to deal with a hot and steaming bucket of something yesterday, but it wasn't broccoli cheddar. In a bizarre email sent to customers Tuesday morning, the chain...
View ArticleYou Want Fries With That? McDonald's Shows You How They're Made
McDonald's is all about transparency. Just rub some of its fries against a sheet of paper and see what happens. Soon, you'll be able to look straight through it and watch Tribal DDB's latest video in...
View ArticleUnsuspecting Elevator Riders Get Shafted in LG's Latest Viral Spot
Somewhere between Crank Yankers and Ashton Kutcher, pranking unsuspecting people for the benefit of your brand has become popular. Case in point: LG set out to prove that its IPS monitors have super...
View ArticleNick Offerman Prepares You for the Manliest Movember of Your Life
At this point, any distinction between actor Nick Offerman and character Ron Swanson is pretty much non-existent. They both love bacon. They both love woodworking. And they both sport the same...
View ArticleDior Ad Banned as Natalie Portman's Eyes Look Too Damn Beautiful
It's been a while since I'd heard from Britain's Ad Standards Authority, so I was excited to learn that they dropped their mighty ban hammer on a Christian Dior mascara ad featuring Natalie Portman....
View ArticleAd of the Day: Apple
I swear to you, I pulled up this new ad for the iPad mini on YouTube, and before I even managed to put in my earbuds, I said to myself, "Those two iPads had better not be playing 'Heart and Soul.' "...
View ArticleMartin Agency Fills CCO Role From Within
The Martin Agency found its new creative chief right under its nose. Joe Alexander, an executive creative director who has steered the 100-person creative department since chief creative officer John...
View ArticlePolitical TV Ads Shatter Records
Tired of all those political ads on TV? Brace yourself. The past few months were only a warm-up for the coming days leading up to Nov. 6, when about one-third of all the political advertising for the...
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