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Roller Skating Beats a Life of Drugs and Despair, Says Ad
In a post on Rhett & Link's website, Rhett McLaughlin claims, "If you are in Reno, Nevada, there's a better option out there than drugs." That's a bold assertion that would seem to fly in the face...
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Perspective: Snoring in Your Seat
It’s not often that an airframe manufacturer needs to trouble with direct-to-consumer advertising. After all, few shoppers flipping through a magazine have $332.9 million to drop on a new 747. But...
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Portrait: Red Tettemer + Partners
Specs Who From left: Jared Scott, managing partner, account management and new business; Steve O’Connell, executive creative director, partner; Steve Red, president, chief creative officer; Carla...
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Information Diet: Dulé Hill
Specs Age 36 Accomplishments Stars as Gus on USA’s Psych; played presidential aide Charlie Young on The West Wing; accomplished tap dancer Base Los Angeles What’s the first information you consume in...
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Miller Lite's New Can Lets You Drink So Fast, You Almost Don't Taste the Beer
Let's face it, Miller Lite is not a beer for sipping and savoring. It is a beer for pounding back faster than your taste buds or self-esteem can acknowledge what you've done. To that end, MillerCoors...
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Pizza Hut Stuffs Crust With a Dozen Mini Cheeseburgers
Behold the caloric abomination that is the Cheeseburger Crown Crust pizza. This hybrid product—half cheeseburger, half pizza—is new to Pizza Hut Middle East and has become the most blogged-about...
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Outdoor Ad Industry Accused of Poisoning Trees to Make Way for Billboards
Breaking the law is unsustainable as a long-term marketing strategy. To wit: the improper or illegal defoliation of stretches of highway designed to give billboards maximum visibility. The controversy...
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Kraft Personally Thanks 4,632 Facebook Fans in 'Likeapella' Music Video
You "like" brands on Facebook, but do they ever like you back? Not likely. But now, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese has done just that—with the help of an a cappella group. On Tuesday, the brand posted a...
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Ad of the Day: Nike Football
Fast is the new strong. The tortoise never wins. Those are the key aphorisms—though not the only ones—to be gleaned from Nike Football's rugged, stylized, eye-catching new spot from Wieden + Kennedy...
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Trailer Mash 04-27-12
Emily Blunt, Jason Segel … if you're in a relationship you're probably all double downed on The Five-Year Engagement already. Here is its perfectly undemanding, good-natured trailer, utterly...
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Agency Poster Changes the Song on Spotify When Struck With Flying Object
Readers who have to endure their co-workers' awful taste in music will rejoice upon seeing this "Change the Tune" poster, invented by London creative shop Agency Republic. Since the agency plays music...
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WPP, Aegis Report First-Quarter Results
WPP Group revised its 2012 forecast upward as it reported like-for-like revenue rose 4 percent in the first quarter. The Dublin-based company now expects “slightly better” growth of over 4 percent...
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What Do These Real People Think of Ads Starring Real People?
Brands have been rethinking their use of costly celebrity endorsements in light of the soft economy and stars' overexposure and embarrassing slip-ups. At the same time, we're seeing companies like Red...
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Kenneth Cole Pulls NYC Billboard Critical of Teachers
Some say Kenneth Cole will never learn. I'm more of the opinion that he has absorbed some lessons—like how to court controversy and coverage while (mostly) avoiding real carnage—all too well. The...
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Kohler Co. Selects New Lead Creative Shop
Kohler Co. has found a new home. The New York office of Arnold has won the home-fixture company’s creative business after a review. The assignment includes traditional and digital advertising that...
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American Eagle Completes Its Global Review
That was fast. Shortly after final presentations late last week, American Eagle Outfitters has selected the team of Arnold and MediaCom to handle its global business, according to sources. Account...
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Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Still Frisky After 60 Years
When I was a kid, I thought Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head were brother and sister. I'm hip to their marriage now, though, and it's a good thing too, because otherwise DDB Paris would have blown my mind...
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Ad of the Day: Hornbach
You might think the sound of a jackhammer crunching through concrete is obnoxious. Wrong, says German home-improvement brand Hornbach. It's music. The building-supplies chain is out with an offbeat...
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Rhett & Link's Greatest Hits: Their 10 Most-Viral Local Commercials
Rhett & Link truly are one of a kind. Since meeting as first graders in Buies Creek, N.C., they've been inseparable. As filmmakers and musicians, they've made some of the kookiest, catchiest viral...
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