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2010 a Banner Year for Online Ads, but Display Pricing Still Weak
Record revenue year buoyed by 18 percent growth in second half.
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Spurlock Takes on Branded Content
'Super Size Me' creator discusses latest film project.
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Bottled Water Tortures People to Hydrate Them
Will British bottled-water purveyor Drench and ad agency CHI & Partners make a creative splash as they follow up their sublimely freaky "Cube Head" spot from last year? The new ads, for the Juicy...
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Foster-Care Billboards See Lives Turned Upside Down
Drivers in Wisconsin might wonder about the sobriety of the local billboard workers this month, as four dozen outdoor ads across the state now show an upside-down image of an adult and child, with no...
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Boost Mobile Offering Plans Without the Puppets
Here's an amusing little spot from 180 for Boost Mobile. It's populated by ceaselessly upbeat puppets who hound our hero from the moment he wakes up. Like most of this carrier's commercials, this one...
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Ad of the Day: Saucony
Saucony, a purveyor of running shoes and other athletic apparel, considers the meaning of the word strong in its first-ever national TV spot, shown below. The commercial, by Massachusetts ad agency...
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Post-it Notes Jot Down Their Love for William & Kate
Post-it is putting up giant yellow notes around London wishing Prince William and Kate Middleton a long and happy marriage together. Because, you know, nothing says permanence quite like a Post-it...
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William Morris Kills Investment Fund
It’s been two years since William Morris Agency merged with Endeavor, but Ari Emanuel is still cleaning house. Just before the merger, WMA had launched a $30 million to $50 million investment fund...
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Havas' MPG Wins Escada Luxury Fashion Work
Havas' MPG media network has won German high-end women's fashion group Escada after a review in which it prevailed against incumbent MediaCom and Mindshare, both units of WPP, and Omnicom's PHD. A MPG...
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Peripatetic Penis Really Gets Around in AIDS PSA
You remember Smutley, that sex-crazed feline who couldn't keep it in his pants. Now, he has a partner in crime: Willy the Tourist, the latest character in Goodby, Silverstein & Partners' AIDS...
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Meet the New Voice of the Aflac Duck
It doesn't look like a duck, but it quacks like a duck, and that's all that matters to Aflac.read more
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DDB, Tribal DDB Take Lead on Intel
Account shifts are fair play, right? Two years after Venables Bell & Partners replaced McCann Erickson on Intel’s corporate image account, Venables Bell has been usurped by another shop.read more
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Mother of Girl in Controversial Abortion Billboard Sues
The mother of a 6-year-old girl whose photo appeared on an anti-abortion billboard targeting African Americans is suing the ad company that created the campaign, claiming it violated the terms her...
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Print Campaigns That Really Speak to You
Print ads are hitting above their weight lately. Recently, you could test drive a Volkswagen right inside a print ad, thanks to a special app. Now, QR codes are being used to get dictators talking in...
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Spike Lee Directs for MSNBC's 'Lean Forward' Campaign
MSNBC unveiled a new chapter in its “Lean Forward” campaign this week with a series of videos directed by Spike Lee.read more
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Ad of the Day: Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey
The connection is obvious now (it's the honey, stupid), but had you suggested a few months ago that a Jack Daniel's commercial would center around the flight of a bumblebee, you would have seen more...
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Faith-Based Flash Mob Goes Viral for Jesus
The Second Baptist Church in Houston got more than 2,000 people together to bust some pretty weak moves for Christ over the Easter holiday. The "Dance Your Shoes Off!" event, captured in the video...
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Will Angelina Jolie Front for Vuitton?
Reports are spreading that Louis Vuitton has selected Angelina Jolie to front a new print campaign, expected to debut this summer.read more
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BBH N.Y. Cuts 13 Staffers
Bartle Bogle Hegarty in New York has confirmed it laid off 13 staffers this week after losing Ally Bank, one of its largest accounts. A BBH representative declined to say which departments were...
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SMG Canada Taps CEO
Starcom MediaVest Group's new CEO for Canada is a veteran of that market, having spent nearly 15 years at MEC Canada, most recently as president. At SMG Canada, Bruce Neve will oversee 160 staffers at...
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