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Air New Zealand Crashes and Burns With Insipid Hasselhoff Video
Air New Zealand's sub-muppet mascot Rico could be described as appealing only if we change the definition of the word to "grating and unacceptable in the extreme." Likewise, watching the frizzy freak...
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Designing a Better Nutrition Label for Food Products
The winners of a contest I wasn't aware of have been chosen! Good magazine and the University of California at Berkeley co-sponsored a project to redesign the federal Nutrition Facts label, and...
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Ad-Killing App Replaces Times Square Signage With Art
Public Ad Campaign, a group devoted to reclaiming outdoor surfaces from advertisers via civil disobedience, has created an augmented reality app that digitally scrubs the world's premier advertising...
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DDB Fills Chicago CEO Opening
DDB has finally found its new president and CEO for Chicago. Peter McGuinness, CEO of Gotham in New York, has accepted an offer to lead DDB's Second City operation. He fills a vacancy left by the...
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Umbro Animates '77 Blackout for New York Cosmos Collection
Umbro is coming out with its new Cosmos Blackout sportswear—a collection of black-on-black items celebrating the classic (and recently relaunched) New York soccer team of the 1970s. To promote it, the...
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Fabio-Isaiah Mustafa Duel Less Violent Than Old Spice Fans Hoped
Those who were expecting to visit youtube.com/oldspice at noon ET today and see Isaiah Mustafa holding Fabio's flowing-maned head on a stick were disappointed. The duel, it turns out, will be a...
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SoBe Launches Mike Tyson Gaming Pitch
PepsiCo's SoBe has partnered with Mike Tyson’s Main Event game in launching a mobile gaming campaign for the brand's teas, fruit juice blends, and enhanced waters. Tied into SoBe’s "Try Everything"...
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Murdoch Scandal Now Helping to Sell Lingerie in Germany
German lingerie maker Blush nakedly (or almost nakedly) piggybacks on the Murdoch and News International phone hacking scandal in new ads mocked up in News of the World style, complete with scandalous...
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ShareThis Hires AdSense Vet as CEO
ShareThis, a widely used content sharing widget, has its sights on advertising dollars and has hired ad industry vet Kurt Abrahamson as CEO to lead the charge. Cincinnati resident Tim Schigel has run...
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Michael Miller Out at MRM Worldwide
Michael Miller, the evp, chief growth officer of MRM Worldwide, has left the CRM digital company. Miller was associated with MRM’s previous administration led by former CEO Reuben Hendell, who was...
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KFC Builds Multimedia Online Shrine to Colonel Sanders
To those who worship buckets of tasty, deep-fried drumsticks, KFC's Colonel Harland Sanders is their patron saint. The iconic Colonel, through his good works, brought crispy, greasy joy to the masses....
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Kids Gather to Worship Giant McDonald's Happy Meal Box
Behold the mighty McDonald's Happy Meal box in all its glory! We kneel before thee, glorious God Box, tended by humble servants at Leo Burnett London and pledged to roam our unworthy lands on thy...
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TD Ameritrade Narrows Creative Search
In 14 years of working on TD Ameritrade, Ogilvy & Mather has survived a series of marketing chief changes. Not the latest one, however. Ogilvy has been cut from the online investment site’s...
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Pampers Ad on Racy App Reminds You Sex Can Lead to Babies
Procter & Gamble appears to have stumbled into the business of unintentional PSAs. TechCrunch caught this Pampers ad running on the "300+ Sex Positions" iPhone app. The iAd directs users to the...
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Summer's Eve Pulls Controversial Talking-Vagina Videos
Summer's Eve pulled three videos off its website and YouTube on Wednesday following claims that they were racially insensitive. The videos (scroll down to watch them), part of the feminine-care...
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Craziest Local TV Ads Ever Made: Meet Your Winners
To what depths will local business owners sink to shill for their products and services? Rhett & Link, the YouTube darlings who just can't get enough of whack local ads, asked the same question in...
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Agency Lines Continue to Blur With Starcom Hire
Starcom has added a leader from the creative agency world in the latest example of the blurring of lines between different types of agencies. Jonathan Hoffman, the former president and chief creative...
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Ad of the Day: Sydney Opera House
Opera houses aren't known for their promos. But of course, the Sydney Opera House is different—one of the world's most glorious and beloved buildings, it now has a transcendental piece of advertising...
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Edward Burns Helps Tiffany Tell Stories of NYC Proposals
Tiffany & Co. slobbers all over New York City with its new website that highlights Manhattan's romantic possibilities. The site launch included a short film by Edward Burns called "Will You Marry...
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Dish Network Selects Barton F. Graf 9000
Dish Network has selected Barton F. Graf 9000 as its creative agency after a review that began in May. The New York agency, founded by former Saatchi & Saatchi New York chief creative officer...
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