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The Times' Nate Silver Insults The Paper's Ad Sales Staff On Eve Of Taking...
Nate Silver, the New York Times blogger and statistician who called the last U.S. presidential election with eerie accuracy based on his polling models, said something needlessly insulting about his...
View ArticleMcDonald's New UK Ad Tries To Convince Parents That The Food Is Super Healthy
As a part of an ad campaign agency Leo Burnett London says aims "to reassure parents about the high quality of McDonald's food," the fast food chain just released an ad to convince mom and dad that the...
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Look How Groupon's Core Daily Deal Business Has Declined (GRPN)
A couple of years ago, everyone seemed at excited about Groupon. Every day, there was a new email in your inbox, offering discount sushi or low-cost yoga. What was not to like?If you're one of those...
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This Ad Agency Has A 'Unicorn' In Its Office
Digital agencies LBi and Digitas merged earlier this year — and with the merger came a new logo.Two hum-drum letterheads changed ...... To become a unicorn. That's right, DigitasLBi North America's...
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This Man Is Really Sick Of Facebook Ads For French Maid Costumes
Investors and company executives are cheering of late for the resurgence of Facebook above its IPO price from about a year ago. Mobile growth is the story at Facebook, and many are pleased with the...
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Google Is Helping Facebook Steal Ad Revenue From Yahoo and The New York Times
Google's recent redesign of Gmail — which shunts "promotional" email into a special folder rather than letting it clutter your inbox — is working to Facebook's advantage, according to UBS Investment...
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13 Brands That Shamelessly Tweeted About Shark Week
"Shark Week" might be over, but many brands — and not just The Discovery Channel — took advantage of the celebrated TV phenomenon.It's almost impossible for a socially active company to resist...
View ArticleThese Ad Agency Interns Are Having A Better Monday Than You Are [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Mondays can be pretty painful. But not for these two Campbell Mithun interns. Ben Blaska and Brian Skalak made a video last week explaining why...
View ArticleJack In The Box Is Rolling Out Really Creepy Commercials Starring Giant...
Jack in the Box is going in a really strange route with its new online ad campaign.The latest spot, called "Big Chickens," features men in big chicken costumes dancing around in bubbles. "I have no...
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Take A Look At Sears' Little-Known Online Sex Toy Store
Everybody knows Sears. It's the place you go to buy basics. Maybe a new hammer or a socket set. It's the strip-mall anchor giant that hedge fund investor Eddie Lampert has spent years trying to turn...
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'We Try Harder' Was The Most Brilliant Ad Slogan Of The 20th Century
This is part of a special series about great rivalries: between tech titans, sports franchises, and even dinosaur hunters. Read about the series here.In 1962, Avis was in search of a new advertising...
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Jenny Craig Is Getting Rid Of Celebrity Spokespeople — And It's All Because...
Jenny Craig has had it with celebrity endorsements. And if your gut reaction is, "But why? I loved Jennifer Hudson's commercials," then you're a part of the problem.Ad Age reports that new CMO Leesa...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Jell-O Gave A Child A Horrible Combover To Launch Its...
To make up for recent disappointing sales, Kraft's Jell-O is rebranding itself: It is now a snack rather than a dessert, Advertising Age reports."Dessert consumption is down and they have not really...
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Here's The Top Advice From The Most Elite Facebook Marketing Specialists
Among Facebook marketing specialists there's a super-exclusive group chosen by Facebook. These companies are known as Strategic Preferred Marketing Developers (SPMDs), of which there are only 14 in...
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Gap Is Doing Something That Has Never Been Done On Tumblr Before [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Not only is Gap going back to television ads— its last TV campaign aired Christmas 2009 — but the "Back to Blue" marketing push is also taking...
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Hackers Have Built Their Own Mobile Ad Networks That Install Malware Onto...
Hackers are building their own legitimate-looking mobile ad networks that allow malware into people's phones through a back door. The new ploy takes advantage of app developers' desperate need to...
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Men's Wearhouse's First New Ad Without George Zimmer Is Really Sleazy
Although Men's Wearhouse already ran a charity commercial that edited out fired founder George Zimmer — otherwise it would have to shell out a $250,000 contractual penalty — the retailer just released...
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Pilots Are Accusing Ryanair Of Trying To Silence Them On Social Media
A furious group of Ryanair pilots claim the low-cost airline is orchestrating a campaign to bully them into silence by "suppressing" their Facebook and Twitter sites.The Ryanair Pilot Group (RPG) hit...
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This SF Adtech Exec's $7 Million Penthouse Is Now A Crime Scene
Adtech CEO Gurbaksh Chahal showed off his gilded San Francisco penthouse in a 2008 episode of the reality TV show "The Secret Millionaire."(He was also once on Oprah, when the talk show queen raved...
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The Best Tech School On Earth Is Israeli Army Unit 8200
If you want to make it as a tech entrepreneur, enlist in the Israeli Defense Force and shoot for Unit 8200.Unit 8200 runs Israel's tech intel unit of arguably the best military intelligence gathering...
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