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Ad of the Day: Bacardi
As we've mentioned here and there, big brand manifestos are generally best avoided in commercials these days, unless you undermine your own pomposity with self-deprecating humor—or puff it up with even...
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Time Warner Cable Brings NYC Subway to Charlotte
There's something wonderful about seeing a New York City subway staircase in a completely foreign environment. Like, say, the Wells Fargo Atrium in Charlotte, N.C. It's the work of Ogilvy & Mather...
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Art Director Makes Wife Nerdiest Yet Coolest Gift Ever
Sean Ohlenkamp, an art director at Lowe Roche in Toronto, did this little anniversary stunt for his wife on his Mac. It's phenomenally nerdy, yet touching at the same time. Asked on YouTube how she...
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The Week on AdFreak
Out-of-home advertising was hot this week, just as springtime got in full swing. We also got a new Aflac duck, a possibly gay military spot from Budweiser and a remarkably sexist poster from Dos...
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Google Kicks Off TV Campaign to Promote Chrome
Google is taking to an old-fashioned medium to promote its Chrome browser: TV commercials. The company kicked off the campaign on Tuesday night with ads airing during “Glee” and “One Tree Hill.”...
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Sarah Watson Named Chief Strategy Officer at BBH N.Y.
Sarah Watson, head of planning at DDB in London, has been named chief strategy officer, a new role at BBH in New York, where she becomes part of the agency’s top management team. The move to New York...
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Shock! Media Actually Comes Up With Decent April Fool’s Jokes
Lately, it seems like there’s no one on the Internet who can resist the temptation to try to pull off an April Fool’s prank. Often, that leads to a bunch of jokes that fall flat, but some years are...
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LendingTree.com Seeks New Creative
Seeking to redefine its brand, LendingTree.com is reaching beyond lead creative agency Mullen on its creative account, which the Boston shop has handled, on and off, for 12 years. LendingTree is...
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Volkswagen Polo Makes a Great Beat-Boxing Partner
The Singapore office of Tribal DDB tapped Dharni Ng, a local beat-boxing talent with some international credentials, to headline its digital campaign for the new Volkswagen Polo GTI. The audio takes...
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Pathological Liars More Comfortable in a Land Rover
Who needs truth in advertising? Young & Rubicam's "You'll feel safe inside" campaign for Land Rover takes a smart turn with this well-written and deftly acted vignette about a guy who seeks refuge...
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Ad of the Day: Cotton Inc.
Celebrity endorsements are a hit-and-miss affair, but that has not stopped Cotton Incorporated from extending its "Fabric of My Life" day-in-the-life campaign further into Hollywood territory with...
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Progressive's Flo Lets Hair Down in Mother's Day Video
Stephanie Courtney, who plays Flo in the Progressive Insurance campaign, is one of the great commercial actresses working today. People love her—sometimes a little too much. But Courtney, a former...
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Disney Wants to Trademark 'SEAL Team 6'
"SEAL Team 6" is the name of the elite Navy squad that killed Osama bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan earlier this month. But could it also be the name of an animated feature coming to a theater near...
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Best Personal Ads From 'LA Times Magazine'
If you love the smell of self-loathing and desperation, but hate Axe Body Spray, check out BuzzFeed's list of the 50 funniest Los Angeles Times Magazine personal ads. It's almost too much to take in...
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Sexy Underwear and Other Russian Beverage-Can Designs
Seems Russian beverage-can art, much like Polish movie posters, can range from funny to creepy to degraded and sad. But this collection of proposed designs from a Russian artist is still pretty cool,...
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P&G Selling Tide, Bounce, Downy in Funky Retro Packaging
In the latest bit of nostalgia-themed marketing, Procter & Gamble is selling limited-edition, retro-packaged Tide, Bounce, and Downy at Target stores this month. There's no real reason—it's just...
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Ad of the Day: Glidden
Yesterday, we experienced the previously undiscovered sci-fi powers of electric-blue paint (which, by the way, appears to have eliminated the need for colored contact lenses). Today, we meet the other...
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Axe Embellishes Your Relationship Status on Facebook
Axe has come up with a mildly amusing Facebook app for young men that generates a fake relationship-status update to make it appear as though the user is involved with hundreds of women at the same...
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JPMorgan Chase Unit Launches $400 Million U.S. Media Review
JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Chase unit is reviewing its U.S. media planning and buying handled by Zenith Media, said to be worth $400 million, according to sources. The business is thought to include...
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