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Kindle Fire Beats First iPad in Ad Impression Growth at Launch
Despite mixed reviews in the media, momentum appears to be building for Amazon’s Kindle Fire. According to mobile ad network Millenial Media’s Mobile Mix report for November, ad impressions on the...
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Big Fuel Cut as GM Social AOR
In the first change to result from General Motors’ global media review, the automaker is cutting social media agency Big Fuel from its agency roster. The move comes just months after Publicis Groupe...
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Santa Election 2012: Four Candidates Seek to Replace St. Nick
I vote YES! on Funny or Die's marvelously cast, pitch-perfect political ad parodies pegged to the unlikely premise of an election to replace Santa Claus. These spots work on lots of levels, and...
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Ad of the Day: Life Vest Inside
The holiday season is swamped with advertising messages about peace, love and kindness. But this year's most triumphant feel-good spot isn't from a major advertiser. In fact, it isn't a holiday...
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Campaign Trails: Best and Worst Christmas Ads
Campaign Trails: Best and Worst Christmas Ads
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The 10 Most-Viral Fortune 500 Brands of 2011
You can slice and dice online video-viewing data in about a billion different ways. Here's another interesting one—the 10 brands from the Fortune 500 that had the most online video views in 2011,...
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Anti-Drug Campaign Takes Funding Hit
How do you support an advertising campaign designed to steer adolescents away from drugs without additional media dollars? Such is the daunting challenge facing the Office of National Drug Control...
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Fast Chat: Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Sean Combs, a.k.a. Diddy, likes to compare himself to Sinatra. He's done it in interviews for years, and in his new ad for Ciroc Vodka  (filmed in Las Vegas to the tune of "Luck be a Lady"), he uses...
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Absolut Bus-Shelter Ad: One Piece of Paper, No Paints or Inks
German artist Simon Schubert creates evocative, finely detailed images by folding paper to catch the intricate interplay of light and shadow. Sometimes, I fold paper into little triangular footballs...
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Global Lufthansa Account Leaves McCann
McCann Erickson just lost another global account. Lufthansa, which the agency handled at its Berlin office, has hired German shop Kolle Rebbe as its new lead global agency after a review. Annual...
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Abortion Makes Toys Cry on Pro-Life Christmas Billboard
Toronto's Niagara Region Right to Life organization blames abortion for the "coarsening of politics and civic life," but they're the ones guilt-tripping people with sad-toy-themed billboards a week...
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IAB Promotes David Doty to EVP
The Interactive Advertising Bureau has named David Doty, former svp and CMO, to the new role of evp and CMO. In an announcement today, the IAB said that Doty will work under IAB president and CEO...
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Buddy Media Taps Horizon Media as Agency of Record
Horizon Media will be kicking off 2012 with a new client. On Wednesday, the media agency announced that Buddy Media, a social enterprise software company that works with large brands and agencies,...
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The 10 Most-Watched Ads of 2011 on YouTube
Getting sick of year-end lists yet? Hopefully not, because here's another good one—the 10 most-viewed ads on YouTube in 2011 (excluding music videos and trailers). It's no surprise which spot comes in...
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Social Data Uncovers Brand, TV Show Affinity
To reach consumers most likely to mention Walmart on social media, marketers might have luck targeting shows with, well, less than lofty themes. Recently released research shows that people who create...
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Australian Retailer Wishes You a Very Inappropriate Christmas
Dick Smith, an Australian electronics retailer in the Best Buy vein, uses the tagline "Dick does." This presents opportunities for innuendo, as seen most notably in this actual Christmas ad, appearing...
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Adultery Website Endorses Newt Gingrich on Billboard
Those of you lying awake at night next to complete strangers wondering who Ashley Madison, the dating site for married folks, would endorse for president—wonder no more. It's Newt Gingrich, a...
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'Oh Beautiful Beer' Collects Great Graphic Design by Brewers
Man, beer has gotten really arty in the last year or so. Case in point, Oh Beautiful Beer, a whole blog dedicated to "remarkable graphic design from the world of beer." Muskoka's Double Chocolate...
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Draftfcb N.Y. Seeks New Creative Chief
Darren Moran's reign atop the creative department of Draftfcb New York lasted just 14 months. The office is now searching for a new chief creative officer. In the meantime, director of integrated...
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Best and Worst Agency Holiday Cards of 2011
Agency holiday cards have become a big deal. Some clients would be happy to have as much work put into their ad campaigns as some holiday cards receive. Then again, as always, it's usually the quality...
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