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Amazon's Mobile Ad Network Is Getting Even Bigger [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Amazon's mobile ad network is getting bigger. It's now extended to the Android app, and Adweek notes that Amazon's Mobile Ads API could rival...
View ArticleThis Ad Agency Asked, What Happens When People Step Into An Elevator And...
To promote the crime thriller "Dead Man Down," ad agency Thinkmodo decided to stage a (fake) murder in an elevator and video people's reactions as the doors open.There's a bit of a trend in this type...
View ArticleThere's Now A Volkswagen Harlem Shake Commercial In The Middle East
No matter how tired the meme is getting, advertisers are still eating up the Harlem Shake.While there are countless agency and brand videos online, it has finally been incorporated into an actual TV...
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SALARY SURVEY: Digital Ad Agency Execs Took A Huge Pay Cut In 2012
Digital ad agency managers saw their pay decline in 2012, according to a salary survey by SoDA, the Global Society for Digital Marketing Innovators.The survey looked only at top-level managers in...
View ArticleFIRST LOOK: The 'Mad Men' Season 6 Promo
"Mad Men" just released its promo for the sixth season of the AMC series.And although the two-hour, April 7 premiere is highly anticipated, the promo itself is highly underwhelming. Displaying black...
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LEGO Made An Awesome Ad To Celebrate The Mars Rover
As NASA's Curiosity Rover explores Mars, LEGO decided to re-imagine what the scene would look like if the famous blocks were on the red planet.And it looks pretty cool.Oreo has been bringing in all the...
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Dunkin' Donuts Employee Calls Out Company Slogan After Throwing Coffee At Robber
A Dunkin' Donuts employee in West Haven, Connecticut stopped a wanna-be robber from climbing through the drive-thru window by throwing a pot of hot coffee at him.After asking for change for a $100, the...
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See The New Jersey Factory Where Cocaine Is Removed From The Ingredients Of...
For decades, Coca-Cola has worked to correct the misimpression that its signature beverage, Coke, used to contain cocaine.Coke did once contain trace amounts of the drug, but even those were removed...
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Facebook Targets 76 Million Fake Users In War On Bogus Accounts (FB)
Facebook has not gotten its fake account problem under control — yet — but it appears to be making progress.In its annual report, Facebook said that the number of duplicate accounts on its network had...
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New York City Is Shaming Teen Moms On The Subway
New York City government's Human Resources Administration (HRA) just plastered a series of confrontational anti-teen pregnancy posters around city subways that is sparking a debate: Do the ads...
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Amazon's New Mobile Ad Network Is A Huge Threat To Google (FB, AMZN, GOOG)
Amazon launched a new mobile ad network this week, which will allow advertisers to run ads on mobile apps downloaded from Amazon's app store.That doesn't sound too dramatic — it's expected that users...
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Burger King Is Moving From Bro-Humor To A Family-Friendly Look
Burger King has been having an identity crisis.In the last few years, the fast food giant has shifted agencies and images (as well as internal leadership), trying to find the perfect match. After...
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Taco Bell's Facebook Marketing For Cool Ranch Doritos Totally Backfired
On March 5, Taco Bell posted a message on Facebook to its 9.8 million fans stating that the highly-anticipated Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos would be available March 6, a day earlier than...
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SlideShare Is The Quiet Giant Of Content Marketing
Marketers and advertisers the world over are constantly trying to find the "next big thing." The one thing that will allow them to stand out from the crowd. Back in the day of course it was TV, radio...
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Read The Form Email WPP Sends To Rival Ad Execs It Wants To Poach
WPP, the largest ad agency holding company in the world, sent out a slew of recruitment letters to try to poach ad execs at rival ad agencies, Ad Age reports.So while the line, "WPP has a very high...
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Yes, Google Can Use Your Name To Generate Ads — And Not Pay You (GOOG)
(Reuters) - A Wisconsin woman trying to protect her "wholesome" image failed to persuade a federal appeals court to hold Google Inc liable because searches for her name could lead people to...
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Ad Agency Y&R New York Welcomes Its 16th CEO Since The Year 2000 (WPPGY)
Young & Rubicam just appointed Matt Anthony its new CEO of Y&R Advertising North America. He had for the last six months been running Y&R Australia.That will make him the 16th person with...
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FIRST LOOK: Cool Stuff Inside Twitter's New Advertising Interface
Twitter recently allowed just five companies to build new interfaces for Twitter's Ads API, the interface that allows advertisers to plug in promoted tweet ad campaigns automatically to Twitter.The...
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Tecate Switches From Mexican To US Ad Agency Due To Translation Issues [THE...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Heineken USA switched its advertising for Tecate from a Mexican shop, Olabuenaga Chemistri, to an American one for English ads. Dallas-based...
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This Anti-Jihad Ad Just Went Up In The DC Subway System
Pam Geller and her Freedom Defense Initiative have won their battle to run these anti-Jihad — some might say anti-Muslim — ads in the Washington, D.C., metro subway system. One ad features Fort Hood...
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