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4 Finalists Emerge in Charles Schwab Review
Four agencies have advanced to the final round of Charles Schwab's creative review. The shops have been briefed and have began preparing for final presentations, according to a source. In addition to...
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Is It Worth It? Notes on Life and Career From a Late Adman
"So was it worth it? Well, of course not. It turns out it was just advertising. There was no higher calling. No ultimate prize." That's one conclusion drawn by Linds Redding in "A Short Lesson in...
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Don't Steal This Agency's Parking Spots, Unless You Want a Good Caning
Partners + Napier in Atlanta recently gave its copywriters license to spice up the signs next to its parking spots, warning people not to use them unless they have business with the agency. The signs...
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Ad of the Day: Whole Foods Market
Uptight about making that perfect Martha Stewart Thanksgiving dinner? Relax. Imperfection can be as appetizing as those unsprayed apples and papayas at Whole Foods. That's the underlying message in...
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Havas See a 2% Hike In Q3 Organic Revenue
Havas, citing growth in third-quarter revenue in North America, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region, reported a 10.6 percent increase in revenue to $546.2 million. Organic revenue in the period...
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Reckitt Benckiser Conducts Digital Search
Talk about a timely search. Amid the thick of cold season, Reckitt Benckiser is seeking an agency to create digital ads for three of its cough, cold and flu brands. Sources identified the brands as...
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Portrait: Hush
SpecsWho Standing: creative partner David Schwarz (left), creative director Jodi Terwilliger. Sitting: creative partner Erik Karasyk (left), head of production Ryan McGrathWhat Design companyWhere...
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Perspective: Hey, Tough Guy
In the long history of celebrity endorsements (Mark Twain, let us remember, was plugging Great Mark Cigars as early as 1875), brands have learned that while a famous face is the key requirement, a...
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Sears Holdings Retains MPG as Media Lead
Sears Holdings confirmed it will continue to work with MPG as its media lead after the retailer’s review of its $570 million account. The parent of Sears and Kmart is one of the Havas agency’s largest...
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Sally Draper's New Iron in the Fire: Waffles
In the intensely metaphorical, self-reflective universe of Mad Men, ad campaigns mirror aspects of Don Draper's tortured psyche, and by extension, become revealing meditations on the greater human...
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Help This Man Turn Billboards Into Hanging Bamboo Gardens
The phrase "L.A.-based artist" often describes someone who is a total dingus, but Stephen Glassman is a rare and welcome exception to that rule. He's developing a large-scale art project that turns...
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Knifing People on Trains Is a Great Idea, Says PlayStation Ad
Here's a successfully creepy spot from Deutsch LA for Assassin's Creed III on PlayStation's Vita handheld. Because when you're bored and disgruntled from your commute, what you really want to do is...
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Ad of the Day: Sony Xperia
Over the weekend of Oct. 26, when audiences in Sweden flocked to see the new James Bond film Skyfall (yes, you heard that right—they got the latest Bond movie two full weeks before the U.S. did), one...
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Mad Magazine's Old Parody Ads Were Better Than the Real Thing
Back in its glory days, better known as the 1960s and 1970s, Mad magazine was full of awesome fake ads like the ones archived in this Flickr account. Do yourself a favor and just start the slideshow...
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McCann Worldgroup Wins AOL Assignment
McCann Worldgroup has won a project from AOL although it’s unclear how the business will be managed to avoid conflict issues with Microsoft at twofifteenmccann, sources said.“It’s a hot potato at the...
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Horrible Client Feedback Turned Into Hilarious Works of Art
Sometimes, bad client feedback is so bad, it becomes a work of art. And that's exactly what you'll get with "Sharp Suits: A Creative Catharsis." This Irish art exhibit, originally on display in a...
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Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Nov. 2-9
This week, long-lost lovers got knocked off their feet by new appliances, Dewar's demonstrated that you needn't have a Y chromosome to enjoy a "drinking man's scotch," and smartphones went for a...
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