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Mike's Hard Lemonade Welcomes Some Unexpected Visitors
I get a righteous buzz from Grey New York's latest ads for Mike's Hard Lemonade, designed to portray the beverage as "always different, always refreshing." Scruffy young dudes hang out in a house,...
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Zits Explode in Probably the Most Disgusting Ad Ever
OK, this is revolting—a new Australian commercial from Oxy face wash composed almost entirely of home-movie clips of people bursting their zits. The suspense builds with people pushing and prodding...
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Miami Girl With Down Syndrome Is Face of Swimwear Ad Campaign
Models with Down syndrome have been making inroads into advertising lately as part of ensemble casts in circulars and catalogs. Now, a 10-month-old Miami girl, Valentina Guerrero, is fronting a whole...
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Volkswagens Now Going for the Price of a Zucchini
Volkswagen is rolling out new ads in the U.K. from Adam&EveDDB promoting its cars' affordability (the series is aptly named "Volkswagen Value"). The first spot shows a woman buying a VW Golf at a...
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Ad of the Day: Mini
Mini's name—and signature characteristic—is an asset or a fault, depending on who you ask. Great for city parking. Not great for hauling lumber. Tiny and cute. Not towering and impressive. Now, in a...
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Penn State Loses 20-Year Sponsor in State Farm
State Farm will not be a Penn State football advertiser this season for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the child sex abuse scandal that's plagued the school for months. Dating back to the...
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Halal of a Controversy
If bloggers want to blast Whole Foods Market again for promoting Quran-approved food during Ramadan, there’s a few niche CPG brands that might plea: “Could you mention us? Pretty please, with...
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Ikea's 2013 Catalog Will Spring to Life Through New App
Here's a cool teaser—Google-like in its folksy way of promoting a high-tech initiative—from McCann in New York promoting Ikea's upcoming print catalog and related iPhone/iPad app. (The narrator sounds...
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Ad of the Day: Paralympic Games
Turns out the summer's most amazing sports-action commercial isn't for the Olympic Games. It's for the Paralympic Games—and it's a triumph of skillful direction and gritty, powerful storytelling. The...
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Lawmakers Open Data Broker Probe
A bipartisan group of eight lawmakers opened a probe today into the privacy practices of data brokers, companies that compile databases of consumers and then sell them to third parties, including...
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J&J Review—More of a Realignment Than a Pitch
Johnson & Johnson’s global consolidation of agency creative responsibilities is expected to be more of a brand or category realignment than a pitch process, sources said. The outcome will...
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Fast Chat: Tim Armstrong
AOL announced quarterly earnings on Wednesday, and while the numbers weren't exactly stellar, there were numerous positive signs. Traffic is up, as are global ad dollars and video views. A...
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Miami Dolphins Connect Online, In-Stadium Loyalty
NFL training camps are starting up this week. That means fans will start getting a better idea of how their teams might perform this season and what games they’ll want to check out. The teams would...
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Enjoy the Beach, Kids, Don't Mind the Sandcastle of Death
Ad agency Taxi crafted this unsettling—OK, nightmarish—sand sculpture on Kitsilano Beach in Vancouver to remind people about the dangers of water. "The beach isn't all fun and games," said the sign...
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Slipknot Has You Covered With Saatchi's Mask-Themed App
"Wear the Mask," the name of the app that Saatchi & Saatchi in New York created for metal band Slipknot, sounds like an ode to Spinal Tap's Smell the Glove. But it actually refers to a song off...
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Perspective: A Whole Different Hog
It may come as a surprise to the admirers of chrome-coated fenders and the “potato potato” voice of V-twin motors that the actual task of selling a Harley-Davidson isn’t as easy as it looks. The...
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Portrait: North
Specs Who Mark Ray, president, executive creative director; and Rebecca Armstrong, managing partner What Brand advertising and content agency Where North offices, Portland, Ore. North was born in...
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IPG's Revenue, Net Income Declines in Q2
Net income and revenue declined for Interpublic Group in the second quarter, with the revenue outcome falling short of the expectations of industry analysts. Interpublic ended the quarter with net...
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Nike Looking for Greatness in Ordinary People and Places
Nike is playing both sides of the field, to strain a metaphor, with its just-launched "Find Your Greatness" campaign from Wieden + Kennedy. The effort finds the global sports behemoth aligning itself...
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