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After Losing Family Bet, Man and Son-in-Law Pose as Impotent Gay Men on...
If you've ever driven past a weird billboard and wondered if it was the result of someone losing a bet, well, there is now precedent for that assumption. A billboard in Buffalo, N.Y., features local...
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Ryan Partnership Chicago Names Lignel President
Ryan Partnership Chicago is expanding its offerings through the addition of corporate sibling SolutionSet, and has reached out to Mat Lignel to run the combined operations. Both companies are owned by...
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Microsoft to Open Marketing Lab in San Francisco
Microsoft will open Solution Studio 415 in San Francisco in early December. The location will pilot Microsoft’s Solution Studio program, which creates marketing labs so that Microsoft employees and...
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Chairlift Is the Real Trip in Odd Ads for Copper Mountain Ski Resort
Wexley School for Girls, the Seattle agency whose name, we've already established, is pretty quirky, has come up with a quirky new campaign to match—for Copper Mountain Ski Resort in Colorado. While...
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P&G Launches Gillette Review
Procter & Gamble has launched a review of its Gillette advertising account, according to sources. BBDO has handled the brand since 1966. Gillette also became the Omnicom Group shop's entree into...
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The Spot: Frequent Fliers
IDEA: You are now free to move about the obstacle course—but be ready to get punched and pushed into a sea of grubby water or a pit of scorching foam. Yes, the new Southwest Airlines ads are long on...
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Creative Commodities
Maybe it’s a sign of the times. Like the global Chevrolet creative review before it, the outcome of Johnson & Johnson’s ongoing global creative review won’t hinge on creative or strategic ideas....
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Razorfish Exec Bolts for Mobile Ads Startup
Maximizing one's impact almost always requires a sharp focus. That concept seems to be at the center of Paul Gelb’s decision to leave Razorfish—where he helped the digital shop build its mobile...
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Bank Ad Frowns Upon Mother-Son Incest, Amateur Rocketship Building
We all fantasize about marrying our moms. Don't we? DnB NOR, Norway's largest bank, posits that incestuous scenario in this memorably uncomfortable spot from ad agency Try/Apt in Oslo—a follow-up to...
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Black Men Chase White Woman in Ad That Only South Africans Will Get
For those of us outside South Africa, the new Nando's restaurant spot below, celebrating one of the "25 reasons we love South Africa," is super awkward on first viewing. A white woman who's loading...
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Coke Zero Chases James Bond Tie-In, Humming All the Way
Publicis Conseil in Paris put together this Coke Zero spot promoting the brand's involvement with the upcoming James Bond movie Skyfall, which I mistook for an airline shopping experience when I first...
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Ad of the Day: Toyota
Once upon a time, catchy, sometimes cloying jingles were the go-to solution for brands trying to leave an impression. Toyota, it seems, wants to bring back those days. Last week, the automaker and its...
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Guinness Unveils 12-Foot-Tall Wood Carving of a Giant Pint
Centuries from now, when the aliens land and excavate the planet seeking clues to our demise, they're going to stumble upon this 12-foot-tall, two-ton wood carving of a giant pint of Guinness, and...
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After Kissing Campaign, Benetton Makes Up by Inspiring Unemployed Youth
United Colors of Benetton's "Unhate" campaign with the world leaders kissing got plenty of flack, but lots of attention too—along with a Grand Prix in the Press Lions contest at Cannes. Now, the...
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Abe Lincoln Look-Alike Sweats Skittles in Latest Oddball Spot
Skittles's fascination with poorly functioning anatomy continues in this latest commercial from DDB Chicago, in which a man—who looks quite a bit like Abraham Lincoln—sweats Skittles as he runs on a...
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Zillow Ventures Into TV Advertising
Real estate listing site Zillow.com has dipped its toe into traditional advertising with a television ad from Deutsch LA. The ad depicts a thirtysomething mom opening a Zillow listing on a tablet...
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Fast Chat: Ford's Jim Farley Talks 'Fusion' Marketing
Ford Motor Company earlier today unveiled the 2013 Fusion model, which will go on sale this fall behind a big integrated push from the brand and spokesperson Ryan Seacrest. It's an important product...
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Condé Faces More Cuts
Condé Nast is asking its publishers to cut 5 percent from their budgets as the weak ad market is expected to bleed into the second half and beyond, company sources tell Adweek. A handful of brands...
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