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Arnold Digital Chief Kelley Jumps to R/GA
Troy Kelley, Arnold Worldwide’s evp, chief digital officer, has joined R/GA as vp, managing director, client services. In his new post, Kelley has been given oversight of the digital agency’s Walmart...
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Sony Gives Wider View of Goofy Einstein Photo
Why did Einstein stick out his tongue in that iconic photograph? Sony Cybershot takes you behind the scenes, offering a never-before-seen (and fictional) panoramic version of the shot. Check it out...
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IPG Reports $48 Million Loss in Q1
Interpublic Group reduced its net loss in the first quarter compared to the same quarter last year, in part due to double-digit revenue growth. The loss amounted to $48.1 million or 10 cents a share,...
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WPP Beats Omnicom, Publicis in First Quarter
The advertising group WPP announced a strong first quarter, one in which it beat rivals Omnicom and Publicis Groupe for the first time since 2006. read more
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Klondike Rewards Man for Briefly Listening to Wife
Klondike is rolling out a new effort called "5 Seconds to Glory," designed to refresh the Unilever ice cream brand's iconic "What would you do for a Klondike Bar?" campaign.read more
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'Jersey Shore' Gets Wilde in Theater Company's Ads
It's horrifying enough that Jersey Shore's jabronis turned authors have invaded the world of literature (sure, I'm using that term loosely), but now they're popping up on the Great White Way? Yes and...
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Four Shops Chomp at BK
Burger King has briefed four contenders in its search for an agency to succeed Crispin Porter + Bogusky on its U.S. creative account.read more
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Tillamook Wants You to Have Sex With Its Cheese
What better way to celebrate National Grilled Cheese Month (what, you didn't know it was National Grilled Cheese Month?) than by watching some amusing new Tillamook cheese spots from Mono in...
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Disgusting New Product of the Day: Cupcake-Flavored Vodka
Would you be caught dead in a room with, much less drink, cupcake-flavored vodka? It comes in four varieties—original, chiffon, frosting and devil's food—and is being marketed under the logical name...
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Ad of the Day: Hotwire.com
Travel site Hotwire.com has always been a down-and-dirty direct response advertiser, hammering home its message of low prices without too much regard for creativity. Now, in a pair of new spots from...
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Arthur Sadoun Named Managing Director of Publicis
Arthur Sadoun, president, CEO of Publicis France, has been named managing director of Publicis. In addition to running Publicis’s largest market, Sadoun adds responsibility for operations in Western...
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McCann Shuffles New Business Suite
The winds of change continue to swirl at McCann Erickson. North American CMO Mitch Caplan is exiting after just seven months. His duties will be absorbed by Lotta Malm-Hallqvist, the agency's global...
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Lexus Does Killer 3-D Building Projection in Hollywood
Hyundai kicked some ass with that 3-D building projection in Malaysia recently, and now Lexus has done a similar thing in Hollywood. The stunning ad for the Lexus CT 200h hybrid unfolded in...
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In Case You Missed It on Adweek.com…
Adweek kicked off the week with its 31st Annual Hot List, naming the 10 most successful and influential magazines of the year. The Hot List—which is this week’s most popular story—received more than...
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10 Anti-Drug Ads That Make You Want to Take Drugs
There's so much anti-drug advertising out there. And so much of it, in so many ways, actually makes people want to take drugs. Not all such efforts are ineffectual, but some are truly ridiculous, and...
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Twitter Debuts New Text Based Ads
You might notice a slight change in Twitter today: Sponsored text ads now appear underneath the “trends” column on the Twitter home page. The format includes a URL linking to the sponsor’s site and a...
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Billboards Starting to Learn Who You Are
It's a bit creepy and more than a little reminiscent of Minority Report, but Immersive Labs in New York City has created billboards and in-store displays that use facial-recognition software to...
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Next Obnoxious Ad Venue: Out-of-Office Email Messages?
Does anyone out there actually read people's out-of-office email auto-replies? Well, don't start, because some jerk is trying to repurpose them as advertising space. Ad executives in Sweden see...
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RIP Elmer Lynn Hauldren, the Empire Carpet Guy
Ever heard of Elmer Lynn Hauldren? It's not an instantly recognizable name. But Hauldren is familiar to millions as the mustachioed Empire Carpet Man, whom he first portrayed in commercials nearly 35...
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'Black Ops' Orders More Burger Man. Well Done
A star has been born in TBWA\Chiat\Day's campaign for Call of Duty: Black Ops. It's the burger flipper who was seen double-fisting the handguns at the end of last year's "There's a soldier in all of...
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