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Another Ad-Agency Music Video That Will Make You Squirm
As instruments of self-promotion, ad-agency music videos are almost always a terrible idea. SapientNitro learned this the hard way last year in the scathing response to its Rebecca Black-esque "Idea...
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The Awesome Chalkboard Musings of a Jersey City Gym
The humble sidewalk chalkboard—it's not the most heralded of advertising media. But Synergy Fitness Club in Jersey City, N.J., has elevated its chalkboard musings to an art form. For several years...
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Ad of the Day: I ♥ NY
New Yorkers have an opinion about everything. True to form, when it comes to the "I ♥ NY" logo, some say they want it left alone. New summer tourism commercials replace the iconic heart with sketches...
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Snickers Makes It Easier to Unhook a Woman's Bra
Eating a Snickers bar not only keeps you from being Joe Pesci—it also improves your fine motor skills, which are so essential to removing a woman's bra safely and effectively. As they say: Snickers...
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JCPenney Hits Back at Anti-Gay Critics with Two Dads in Father's Day Ad
Earlier this month, the anti-gay group One Million Moms (which has substantially less than 1 million members) called for a boycott of JCPenney after it featured some lesbians in its catalog. The...
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Advance's M&A Man Builds Out Team
Advance Publications’ M&A man Andrew Siegel has made his first big hire, signaling the company is going to get more serious about acquisitions in the months ahead. Siegel was hired from Yahoo a...
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Cars.com Awards Creative Business
Cars.com has found a new home. Two months after launching a review of its creative business, Cars.com has hired the Chicago office of mcgarrybowen. Annual media spending is estimated at $30 million....
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Karlsson and Dahlqvist Move to Global Roles at McCann Erickson
Linus Karlsson and Andreas Dahlqvist have new roles at McCann Erickson: Karlsson is now chief creative officer, global brands while his Swedish compatriot is deputy CCO, global brands. Karlsson had...
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Beer Brand Concocts Crazy Hiding Places for That Last Bottle
¿Dónde está la cerveza? Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi's past work for Andes beer was special because it broke through the fourth wall in big ways, extending its over-the-top wacky ideas—matter...
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Giant Vending Machine Dispenses Bikes and Kayaks for Tourism British Columbia
I can't help but think that Tourism British Columbia is showing off a little bit with the giant 14-foot tall, 10-foot wide bike-and-kayak-dispensing vending machine it built in San Francisco. The...
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Huge Hires First New Business Chief
Chris Hayes is getting back to his digital roots. Less than two years after joining Young & Rubicam in a business development role, Hayes is leaving to become a global managing director at Huge in...
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TBWA\C\D N.Y. President Gallo Leaves Agency
Another top exec at an Omnicom agency is leaving to join the National Basketball Association: Jamie Gallo, president of TBWA\Chiat\Day in New York, is exiting for a position at the NBA that could not...
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KBS+P Preps Push for Diesel Cars
Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners is branding diesel. In late June, the New York shop will begin to roll out a national campaign that will position diesel-fueled cars as efficient and powerful. The...
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Britain Reveals the Most-Hated Ad in the Country's History
A British KFC ad from 2005 in which call-center drones sing with their mouths full, which we covered way back in the wayback, got more complaints than any other ad campaign in U.K. history, according...
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Ad of the Day: Diesel Sunglasses
After a while, all ads for designer sunglasses start to look the same. There's only so much you can do with a seductive waif or grease-covered Adonis looking disaffectedly at the camera in a pair of...
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Carnival Cruise Lines Makes a Splash With Clever Out-of-Home Ads
Carnival Cruise Lines is no fish out of water when it comes to advertising on land. Check out the clever out-of-home work it's been doing lately, courtesy of ad agency Arnold. The fire-escape ad, in...
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(RED) Dries the Tears in Latest Ad from Hill Holliday
The (RED)RUSH to Zero campaign begins today—a 10-day initiative to raise funding and awareness to help deliver an AIDS Free Generation by 2015, a critical milestone in the fight against AIDS. The...
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Fast Chat: Ted Leonsis
Before Ted Leonsis became master of the D.C. sports universe—his company Monumental Sports & Entertainment owns the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards, Washington Mystics and the Verizon...
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Trailer Mash 06-01-12
Back in 1979, Roger Corman's Piranha was a tribute to Jaws and bikinis. Low budget and proud of it, this was a guilty pleasure that had to be sought out by those in the mood for cheerful sleaze. With...
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