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Samsung's Galaxy Note: So Easy, an Elephant Can Do It!
Samsung swears up and down that no post-production voodoo magic was performed on this footage of an elephant (named Peter, by way of introduction) playing with a Samsung Galaxy Note. Assuming they're...
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10 Amusing Hoax Ads for April Fools' Day
April Fools' Day is this Sunday. It's a bit of a shame when it falls on a weekend, as companies have a smaller online audience for their practical jokes. So, we'll take time today to celebrate some of...
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Quaker Oats Man Gets a Makeover to Look Healthier
It's not just fashion models and aging actresses who are getting nipped and tucked these days. Even Larry the Quaker Oats guy is getting some touch-ups. Hornall Anderson, Quaker's brand-design firm,...
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Ammirati Lands Maker of Sweet 'N Low
Cumberland Packing, the maker of brands like Sweet ‘N Low and In The Raw sugar and stevia, has picked Ammirati as its new agency of record. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based company replaces Mother, New York,...
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Deutsch L.A. Lands Target Work
In the wake of Target’s split with Wieden & Kennedy in January, Deutsch L.A. has received creative assignments from the Minneapolis-based retailer. The nature of the projects could not be...
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April Fools' Day 2012: Best of the Brand Hoaxes
Sadly, for those marketers who build April Fools' Day into their plans, it falls on a Sunday this year, so most of you will probably be reading about their shenanigans on Monday. After the jump, it's...
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NBCU Gathers Who's Who in Social TV
NBCUniversal is holding its second symposium on social TV in seven months tomorrow. Is that really necessary? Well, considering the first event was about 30 million iPads, 50 million GetGlue check-ins...
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Old Navy Keeps It Old School With Ad Tribute to 'Blossom'
Old Navy continues to have its finger on the pulse of cutting-edge pop culture, following up its ad with '80s TV icon Mr. T with a new spot centered on early-'90s TV icon Blossom. It's hard to imagine...
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Actress in Belvedere Vodka Rape Ad Files Lawsuit
Having lost badly in the court of public opinion, Belvedere vodka now faces a bona fide legal challenge surrounding its infamous "date-rape" ad. Actress Alicyn Packard, who appeared in the ad, has...
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Don't Text and Drive, You Mindless Moaning Zombie
People who text while driving are on par with flesh-eating zombies, according to a new PSA from California's Office of Traffic Safety. The spot below, created by Glass Agency and Bully Pictures, is...
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Newcastle Mocks Stella Artois and Its Chalice in New Campaign
As a brand, Newcastle Brown Ale is no nonsense—or as its new ad campaign puts it, "no bollocks." The British beer also has little time for rivals who it believes are all bollocks—chief among them,...
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Mark 'Copyranter' Duffy Leaves Agency Life to Join BuzzFeed
Mark Duffy, aka Copyranter, the world's most acerbic ad critic, is taking his hilarious, renegade advertising blog mainstream. After 19 years at the same small NYC ad agency, he's quitting to write...
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Ad of the Day: Purina Cat Chow
The dog people had their moment in the sun earlier this year with Leo Burnett's tear-jerking "Inside Every Good Dog Is a Great Dog" spot for Purina Pro Plan. Now, it's the cat people's turn. Purina...
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The Spot: Heaven on Earth
IDEA: Dove chocolate had a few goals for its new ad campaign—introduce bigger chocolate bars, give the brand a fresh look, and spur more everyday purchases by customers. For its first work on the...
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Animals and Aging Baseball Greats Sing for the Minnesota Lottery
You know that dream you have after eating too many corn dogs at the ballpark—the one where animal puppets play banjos, washboards and jugs as they sing the praises of the Minnesota Lottery with...
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Axe Now Repels Earth Women but Attracts Lady-Filled Meteors
Axe's advertising is usually set in a parallel universe where its products exert a gravitational pull on beautiful women. While its English-language messaging from Bartle Bogle Hegarty moves closer to...
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Sony Ad Replays a Woman's Lifetime on 200 Screens
The lifetime of a girl wordlessly unfolds across Sony devices in this enchanting Japanese commercial titled "Screen Story." Party Tokyo created the spot with 70 performers and more than 200 Sony...
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