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Publicis CEO's End-Of-Year Message Is A YouTube Masterpiece
For the past couple of years, Publicis Groupe CEO Maurice Levy has sent a video message to his troops, thanking them and their clients for their work. And each video contains some sort of joke, riffing...
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ComScore Says Nielsen's TV Ratings Must Die
ComScore, the internet traffic measurement agency, published a white paper today in which it essentially declares war on Nielsen and its panel-based TV audience ratings in favor of a new standard of...
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Walmart Is Trying To Buy Twinkies [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:According to Ad Age, Walmart, Kroger and two dozen other bidders are trying to win Hostess assets. If one of the retailers were to win, it's...
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The 12 Meanest Things People Said About Ad Agencies This Year
In honor of holiday cheer, staffers at BBH NY created a website that puts all of the most hateful comments trolls left on Ads of the World, Agency Spy, and other advertising blogs on festive Christmas...
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We're Jealous Of This Startup's Hammock-Filled Treehouse Office
Braintree is an e-commerce startup that processes payments – $5 billion annually – for more than 3,000 marketers including Fab.com, AirBnB, LivingSocial and Rovio's Angry Birds.The company just moved...
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Monster Energy CEO Says Critics Who Say His Drinks Kill People Are Ignorant...
Monster Energy CEO Rodney Sacks has spent the last few days telling Wall Street that, contrary to media reports and an FDA investigation, there is no science to link 18 deaths to energy drinks sold by...
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6 Things Local Businesses Can Do To Survive Any Disaster Short Of The Apocalypse
While companies might not be able to prepare for the impending Mayan end of the world, there are many ways to safe-proof local businesses for disasters on a smaller-than-apocalyptic scale.1. Make a...
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SEX, LIES, AND PHOTOSHOP: These Ads Were All Banned In 2012
As 2012 comes to a close, it's time to remember the ads that were deemed too risqué, disingenuous or gratuitous to make it to glossy magazine pages or commercial breaks.These are the most...
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The NRA's Facebook Page Disappeared Right After The Newtown Massacre
The day before the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre the National Rifle Association celebrated a milestone: It had accumulated 1.7 million fans on Facebook. It even tweeted a joyful graphic...
View ArticleVictoria's Secret Christmas Ad Shows The Models Are Horrible At Singing
The Victoria's Secret Christmas commercial is pretty much what you think it's going to be -- the angels pretend to decorate a tree while dressed in red and white lingerie. The twist this year is that...
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McDonald's Wants Its Stores Open On Christmas Day [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Ad Age reports that an internal McDonald's memo from USA COO Jim Johannesen urges franchises to stay open during Christmas to boost sales...
View ArticleSamsung's New Ad Has Mrs. Claus Sending Santa A Sex Video
Someone's making the naughty list this Christmas.A new holiday-themed Samsung Galaxy spot touting the phone's wireless transfer service implies that Mrs. Claus made making Santa some naughty videos to...
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Amazon Launches An Ad Exchange To Rival Facebook And Google (FB, GOOG, AMZN)
Amazon has created a real-time bidding ad exchange, according to Adweek, putting it in a head-to-head battle with Facebook and Google for so called retargeting dollars.Here's how it will work: If...
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Newspaper Runs Huge Gun Ad Next To Newtown Shooting Coverage
Readers who opened the pages of South Carolina's Rock Hill Herald were in for a shock. (Photo below.)Embedded in coverage of the Sandy Hook shooting, which took the lives of 20 children under the age...
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How Facebook Gave Walmart A Mobile Ad Monopoly On Thanksgiving (FB, WMT)
If you were wondering why you only saw ads for Walmart on Facebook's mobile app over the Black Friday weekend, here's the answer: Walmart pre-purchased a "road block" of 50 million Facebook mobile ads...
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Here's The Giant Inflatable Rat That's Picketing Tumblr's HQ Today
We told you earlier today that Tumblr's office in Manhattan is being picketed by the New York City District Council of Carpenters, who believe the blogging platform isn't using union labor.Now we have...
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How Bushmaster Advertised The Semiautomatic Weapon Used In The Connecticut...
Adam Lanza's violent shooting spree — in which he took three legally obtained guns from his mother's home to kill 27 women and small children — has launched Americans into a heated debate on gun...
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Everyone Is Freaking Out About Instagram's New Terms Of Service (FB)
If you want to stop social networking services from exploiting your likeness for advertising, you've got to start paying up.Instagram is changing its terms of use in January. Included in the new...
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American Apparel And Abercrombie & Fitch Are Realizing That Sex Does NOT Sell
As we push into the final shopping week before that retail holy grail of Christmas, it’s time for retailers to take stock of their sins and wins – who’s been profitably good and (gross) marginally...
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Facebook Says Instagram Users Won't Always Be Told When They're Looking At...
Newly announced changes to Instagram's terms and conditions give the Facebook -owned photo-sharing site 'perpetual' rights to all images uploaded, and allow Instagram to use them for commercial...
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