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You Can Now Buy Ads On Facebook Using Google's Search Data (FB)
Facebook just allowed search retargeting firm Chango into its ad exchange, which means that advertisers can now use Chango's trove of search data -- including info it's collected from Google users --...
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This Ad Campaign Is Supposed To Stop You From Killing Yourself If You Live In...
If you're a Bostonian and were recently handed a piece of fruit with a sticker that reads "Orange you happy?" do not be alarmed.Unexpected social experiments are popping up throughout Boston as a part...
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INSTAGRAM CAVES: Cancels Changes To Advertising Section Of Its Terms Of...
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom just updated the Instagram blog with a statement that the company would revert the advertising section of its terms of service back to the original language, from...
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Facebook Criticized For Targeting Pregnant Women With Advertising
Facebook faces criticism for targeting pregnant women with advertising based on their due date and gender of their unborn baby.The social networking firm introduced the ability for members to add...
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Publicis Groupe Just Bought Rokkan [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, Ad Land. Here's what you need to know today:Publicis Groupe just bought the 70-person digital agency Rokkan Media. Notable Rokkan clients include Stoli, Caesars, and Jet Blue.Best Buy...
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This Garnier Ad Campaign Only Appears Near Photos Of Pretty Women
Garnier, the haircare and cosmetics company, is running an online ad campaign in which ads are only triggered by photos of pretty women with great skin.The company has employed Luminate, a...
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These Ad Execs Didn't Notice Their Drivers Had No Pants On Because They Were...
All of AdLand will grind to a halt for 1 minute and 50 seconds over the next few days as execs examine the new video from Belgium's Duval Guillaume, the agency that has become the reigning king of...
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Here's How Kentucky Is Trying To Rebrand Itself
Kentucky-based agency Bullhorn Creative has a problem.When most people hear the word Kentucky, usually Kentucky Fried Chicken is the first thing to come to mind, followed by bourbon, bowie knives,...
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Google Poaches Samsung Marketer — And That's A Potential Headache For...
Google has hired Samsung vp/strategic marketing Brian Wallace to be its new marketing head at Motorola, according to AllThingsD.That's a potential headache for Facebook because Wallace was a major...
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15 Unnecessarily Sexy Christmas Costumes
We just got accustomed to the bizarrely unnecessary, yet incredibly profitable, sexy Halloween costume market— shilling everything from sexy Oscar the Grouch to barely there Chewbacca. Christmas is...
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Analysts On Murdoch's Publishing Financials: 'The New York Post Is Pretty Bad...
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- News Corp.’s fifth-largest shareholder Donald Yacktman said he was underwhelmed by the financial results of the company’s publishing spinoff, which is poised to become a publicly...
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See The 20 Most-Liked Facebook Photos From Advertisers In 2012 (FB)
At first, you'll be mystified by the 20 most-liked Facebook photos posted by advertisers during 2012.The giants of Facebook advertising -- Walmart, Amazon, Target, Samsung, etc. -- are completely...
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See The 15 Sexiest Ads Of 2012
Companies tend to take full advantage of the old adage, "sex sells."While most of the companies on our list, like Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein, often go the sexy route, others, like a...
View ArticleJELL-O Takes Credit For Preventing The Mayan Apocalypse [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:JELL-O officially took credit for preventing last Friday's impending Mayan apocalypse by offering the gods 2,012 pudding cups as an alternate...
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An Ad Company Accidentally Made A Gun Billboard Point At Billboard Of A Child...
Lamar Outdoor Advertising had to take down a billboard Friday in which a gun (from Gary's Guns) was accidentally pointed towards a small child on an adjacent sign.A local Michigan news camera crew was...
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Rugby Social Media Chief Was Fired For Cursing Out Facebook Fans
If you want to keep your job as a company's social media chief, you probably shouldn't go around insulting and cussing out said company's Facebook fans on your not-so-private profile.Holleh Nowrouz, a...
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The Naked Cowboy Will Tattoo Himself To Transform Into A Human Billboard
The Naked Cowboy — the famous Times Square performer who plays guitar in his underwear and marries off couples for $499 a pop — has a new money-making tactic: He's going to become Wow Body Ads' first...
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Here Are Santa's Most Scandalous Ads: Guns, Girls, And Booze
Santa Claus has starred in many ad campaigns — and some of them would move him onto the naughty list.While St. Nick is most famous for Coca-Cola commercials, advertisers have also put his face in ads...
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How Gun Sellers Use Video Games To Promote Their Brands
Electronic Arts, the maker of the popular Medal of Honor video game series, had a promotional deal with the McMillan Group (which makes sniper rifles), and Magpul (which sells accessories for assault...
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Vintners Are Wooing Millennials With Boxed Wine [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:In an effort to woo millennials, vintners are starting to sell more wine out of boxes rather than bottles. According to the NY Times, those...
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