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Ad of the Day: Manwich
These are very, very simple 15-second Manwich ads, but DDB West shot them like a boss. The casting and direction (by Lena Beug of Moxie Pictures) are truly incredible, and it doesn't hurt anything...
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This Is Your Captain Speaking
In the wake of Adweek’s story on the sour reception to American Airlines’ new logo and livery, a spokesperson for the carrier, Mary Sanderson, made herself available to address some of the louder...
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Branding the Next Pro-Choice Generation
It would have been more predictable if Naral Pro-Choice America chose to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade—the historical Supreme Court decision that affirmed a woman's right to an...
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Digital Boards Face Big Legal Fight
Digital billboards have been a financial boon to the out of home business. But if Scenic America gets its way in court, it could turn into an expensive bust for companies such as Clear Channel Outdoor...
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Fast Chat: Hyundai's Shannon on Super Bowl Advertising
Hyundai is a true believer in the Super Bowl, having been on the last five games. This year, the brand returns with two comical 30-second ads from Innocean USA that will air in the first and second...
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Perspective: Shaken, Not Stirred
When Skyfall opened in theaters in November last year, it became the 23rd film in the James Bond series, which began with 1963’s Dr. No. Judging from the box-office take (which has peaked $1 billion),...
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SpecsWho From left, Dave Brown, director of digital strategy; Maneesh Goyal, founder, CEO; and Lauren Austin, creative directorWhat Events marketing agencyWhere New York offices One sure way to make...
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Kaley Cuoco Grants Wishes in Toyota's Super Bowl Teaser
Kaley Cuoco is going from the Big Bang to the Big Game as Toyota's newest advertising star. The 27-year-old actress from the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory is seen walking around town granting magical...
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Ad of the Day: Call of Duty
I hope The Replacer sticks around for a while. The titular character in 72andSunny's trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - Revolution is portrayed by veteran actor Peter Stormare, who riffs on his...
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Starbucks Tries to Make You Hate Mondays a Little Less
Starbucks is rebounding from recent image problems in the U.K. (something about tax payments, I think) with this ad for its Monday coffee special. The spot, from AMV BBDO, suggests Monday is actually...
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YouTube's Saddest Stars Get Happy in VW's Super Bowl Teaser
Volkswagen turns some notorious frowns—those seen by millions on YouTube—upside down in Volkswagen's just-released teaser for its Super Bowl commercial. The eHarmony cat lady, politician Phil Davison...
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer Panders to Children of the '90s
Children of the '90s, do you remember all the awesome things from your youth? Was Internet Explorer one of them? No? That's OK. It was there amid the slap bracelets and the hippos that were so hungry...
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TNT Ambushes Holland With Another Crazy 'Dramatic Surprise' Stunt
TNT had a gargantuan success with its "Dramatic Surprise on a Quiet Square" video, posted to YouTube last April. The clip—which showed a Belgian village square erupting in intricately choreographed...
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Two Shetland Ponies in Cardigan Sweaters Are Scotland's New Ad Stars
After a rough couple of millennia, Scotland has figured out how to make itself look good to the rest of the world: Just put a couple of Shetland ponies in lovely cardigan sweaters. The folks at...
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Rolling Stone Cuts Go Deep
The masthead at Wenner Media's Rolling Stone is getting shorter. In addition to executive editor Eric Bates and Mark Neschis, who handled PR for Rolling Stone and Wenner's other titles, Wenner has let...
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AppNexus's $75 Million Funding Round Quiets Acquisition, IPO Talk
2013 may finally be the year for consolidation in the advertising tech space, but as All Things D’s Peter Kafka tweeted on Thursday, AppNexus probably won’t get picked up any time soon. That’s because...
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Payless Selects a Lead Creative Shop
Payless ShoeSource has a new lead agency. The Chicago office of MARC USA has won the retailer’s creative account after a review, said Dan Pearlman, managing partner and CEO of Bob Wolf Partners/TPG in...
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Ads Trump Football In Super Bowl Survey
American adults prefer watching Super Bowl commercials to the game itself, according to survey released today by Chicago-based market research company Lab42. Perhaps take it with a grain of salt, but...
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