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Poll: Which Was Your Favorite Spot of 2012?
What did we get right? What would you have picked instead? Adweek this week made its picks for the 10 best commercials of 2012—the cream of the crop from among the hundreds of thousands of TV spots...
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Social Media Ads Go 'Native,' Will Hit $9.2b by 2016
Spend on paid social media advertising will increase from $4.6 billion this year to $9.2 billion in 2016, according to a report set for release today from BIA/Kelsey. Particularly interesting is the...
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Man Uses Scantily Clad Daughter to Sell 1977 Datsun on eBay
Meet Daddy's little girl. Lexxa Ridley, 20, is the model seen posing provocatively in a series of photos posted by her father, Kim, in an eBay for-sale listing for his 1977 Datsun 280Z. You'll get a...
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Billboard Helps Canadian Man Find His Lost Dog
If Edmonton, Alberta, resident Bob Lindsay were a normal person, he would have tacked up fliers around the neighborhood when his Labrador retriever went missing. But since people rent billboards for...
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72-Year-Old Man Models Teen Clothes for His Granddaughter's Label
The right look for your models can make or break your fashion label, which is why it's surprising that Chinese teen-girl fashion clothier Yuekou is using a 72-year-old man as the face of the brand....
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Ad of the Day: Coca-Cola
It's not yet December, but tradition and commerce require you to get in the Christmas spirit pronto. Perhaps a giant creepy Santa Claus can help? Coca-Cola is unleashing one, whether you like it or...
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Craftsman's Pre-Roll Ad on YouTube Steals the NBA's Holiday Thunder
The NBA's new "BIG: Color" commercial is a pretty big hit. Created by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, the spot shows Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Russell Westbrook and Joe Johnson...
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The Spot: Toy Overload
IDEA: It's no secret that holiday shopping, particularly offline, can be hell. Britain's Barclaycard, a credit- and debit-card company, doesn't claim to ease all the pain—just a portion of it. "Our...
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How to Make Food Ads Look Delicious in Super Slow Motion
Feast your eyes on this self-promo clip from German commercial production house The Marmalade. It's a tasty behind-scenes look at how the company achieves mouth-watering slow-motion visual effects...
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Burger King's Ugoff Is Reborn as Tidy Cats' Hans Hansenburg
Ever wonder what happened to Ugoff, the flamboyant (and fictional) fashion designer featured in Burger King's 2004 ads for fire-grilled salads? Apparently he's now going by Hans Hansenberg and working...
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McCann Erickson Wins Fast Food Account
McCann Erickson is back in the fast food business: The Interpublic agency, which previously worked for Applebee’s, won Joe’s Crab Shack after a review. The search, which was conducted by Pile and...
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Ad of the Day: Canon
The world is filled with beautiful moments worth capturing. You just have to see them. Also, buy a Canon Rebel T4i camera and carry it with you all the time. That way, whenever inspiration strikes,...
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Cat Cleans His Butt With Impunity in Insulation Ads
There seems to be no limit to the types of products and services you can advertise with cat marketing. Here, Mammoth Modern Insulation in New Zealand makes its pitch with the help of a haughty feline...
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Anna Nicole Smith's 6-Year-Old Daughter Models for Guess Kids
Anna Nicole Smith's 6-year-old daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead, is modeling for the Guess Kids spring ad campaign, alongside R&B singer Babyface's daughter, Peyton Edmunds. The ads will start...
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This Week's Craziest TV Commercials From Japan
If you can figure any of these out, let us know. Via JPCMHD.
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Men Like Mobile Ads More Than Women
Recent research has already suggested that men respond to Facebook ads more than women, and now the same appears to be true about mobile. According to Millward Brown’s 2012 U.S. AdReaction Report...
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Voice: Hardly a Wreck
Zach Coelius is the CEO of the San Francisco, Calif.-based ad tech firm Triggit. The famously outspoken Coelius took some umbrage with a recent Adweek feature. We invited Zach to respond: Adweek’s...
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Contenders Emerge in Vonage Review
Vonage has narrowed the field in its review of its creative and media businesses, with briefings slated for early next week. Sources identified the creative contenders as JWT, Havas Worldwide, VML and...
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Advertisers Urge Supreme Court to Hear Tobacco Ad Case
The Supreme Court may be the next stop for advertisers fighting against the government's proposal to force tobacco companies to place graphic warning labels on cigarette packages. The Association of...
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Buy a Great NYC Poster and Help Victims of Hurricane Sandy
If you're looking for an easy way to help Hurricane Sandy victims in New York City while also picking up some nice artwork, check out Print Aid NYC. Local artists have created a series of prints for...
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