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Samsung Presents Advertising's Most Idiotically Primitive Husband Ever
This new ad for Samsung televisions is precipitating foul rumblings across the cyberverse for depicting men as gassy, unkempt, couch-bound louts. Sounds like truth in advertising to me. Especially the...
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Puma's Dance Dictionary Will Leave You at a Loss for Words
The Puma Dance Dictionary, created by Grey London to push the brand's new Sync fragrances (yes, Puma makes fragrances), allows users to select words and phrases which are then translated into dance...
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Geico Makes the Perfect Ad for Hump Day
Here is Geico's latest commercial from The Martin Agency. Uploaded on hump day, it's all about hump day. And it stars a certain mammal that hails from the Middle East and Africa. You can see where...
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Teenage Boys Are Suddenly Pregnant in Chicago's Striking PSA Campaign
Illinois and Wisconsin are currently overrun with pregnant teenage boys, thanks to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Man, that's fun to say. The CDPH's Office of Adolescent and School Health...
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Ads for Playboy Fragrances Have Plenty of Happy Endings, and a Few Weird Ones...
One of the better Playboy ads of recent years was last year's "Elevator" spot from DDB Paris and directors The Perlorian Brothers. Here are two more ads done in the same style. The earlier spot sold...
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YouTube CEO is Cannes Lions Media Person of the Year
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has named YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar its Media Person of the Year. Every year, the so-called Oscars of the advertising world bestows this honor on...
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Droga5 Gives Qantas Fliers Paperbacks That Last Just as Long as the Flight
Droga5 and publisher Hachette Australia recently bestowed upon Qantas frequent fliers an anachronistic little gift that will come in handy aboard Qantas flights when approved electronic devices must...
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Ad of the Day: DirecTV
Dude, watch the road! You know how in old movies the moving road will be rear-projected on a canvas over the hero's shoulder, and he'll just be blithely chatting away to whoever's in the passenger...
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Dish Network's Search for a Digital Agency Down to Finalists
Dish Network confirmed it is in the midst of a digital agency search which is now down to finalists. The incumbent is Booyah Advertising, of Westminister Colo. A Dish spokesman declined to identify...
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The IAB and Mozilla Clash—in Person
The Interactive Advertising Bureau’s CEO Randall Rothenberg has had a very public disagreement with Mozilla over the browser’s decision to automatically block ad cookies in recent months. On Tuesday,...
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And the 2013 Grand Effie Goes to ...
Wieden + Kennedy’s two-year stranglehold on the Grand Effie has ended. Instead, the top prize at the 45th annual Effie Awards on Wednesday night went to 72andSunny for its “The Vet and the n00b”...
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Kawasaki and 'Lone Ranger' Ride Together in Multifaceted Campaign
If you've never throttled-up a dirt bike or a four-wheeler across an open terrain but have ridden a horse, well, they're similarly bumpy-but-fun experiences. So Kawasaki's new partnership with...
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How KitchenAid Gave Us the World’s Coolest Mixer
With The Great Gatsby in theaters and everyone suddenly falling in love with the glamor of the 1920s, now’s a fitting time to take a look at one of the Machine Age’s legendary machines. What’s more,...
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Firehouse Combines Business Consulting With Advertising Work
SpecsWho (l. to r.) Tripp Westbrook, partner, executive creative director; Steve Smith, partner, planning insights; Mark Hall, president, founder; Doug Miller, partner, finance and optionsWhat...
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Prepares for the French Open by Practicing Against Twitter
French tennis star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is preparing to play against a robot. Surprisingly, it's not Roger Federer, renowned for his robotically stiff commercial acting and machine-like winning ways...
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Having Shipped Its Pants, Kmart Now Offers You 'Big Gas Savings'
Kmart's "Ship My Pants" ad was a major success, to the tune of 17 million YouTube views and counting. But can Draftfcb turn almost-profanity into a running gag for the retailer? It attempts to do so...
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Y&R Asks You to Define What #AdvertisingIs
Young & Rubicam is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a fun project in New York that, fittingly, brings old and new together. It's a billboard in Times Square that will feature—from 2 to 3:30...
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IPG Shareholders Reject 2 Proposals, Including Gender and Race Reporting
Interpublic Group shareholders, at their annual meeting today, rejected a proposal that would have required the company to publicly report on the number of minorities and women it employs. The measure...
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Chevy Releases Extended Volt Spot, Now With More Robot Dog
This Chevy Volt ad, titled "Silent Anthem," is an extended version of the Volt footage we saw in the "Find New Roads" launch spot in February. Visually, it's interesting, although it's as much an ad...
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Cadillac Nears Decision in Creative Review
Earlier this year, Cadillac announced a review shortly after news reports leaked that the GM brand planned to move its creative account, sans pitch, to Campbell Ewald. Last week, more than a dozen...
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