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Facebook Bans Ad That Criticizes Facebook By Using CEO Zuckerberg's Face (FB)
Facebook has declined to run an ad that criticizes Facebook's new political lobbying group, FWD.us, because it uses CEO Mark Zuckerberg's face.The Washington Post notes:In a statement, Facebook said it...
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DEATH OF THE COOKIE: How The Web's All-Seeing Tracking Device Could Meet Its End
Cookies — the small pieces of code that websites drop onto your internet browser in order to track your activity, usually for advertisers — have gotten a bad rap recently.Apple, Microsoft and Mozilla...
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Bad Weather Might Be Ruining Beer Sales [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Ad Age is wondering if bad spring weather is ruining big beer sales. Anheuser-Busch InBev reporter a 4.1% drop in U.S. sales for Q1. MillerCoors...
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Study: Adtech Fraud Costs Advertisers $7 Million Per Month
More than 1,200 websites are defrauding advertisers of $6.8 million per month, according to a new study.The sites use copyright-infringing material, the authors of the study tell us, and, "The ad...
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Analyst: Google Has A Plan For The Next 'Couple Hundred Billion' In Revenue...
It's not news that Google is developing big data products to help advertisers analyze the performance of their campaigns. But what Google believes is the potential size of that market may surprise you:...
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This Is The Worst Ad For Whiskey We've Ever Seen
A man and a woman face each other, naked, upside down, and vomit into each other's faces.Or perhaps they're just spitting colored water."Keep it together. Know your limit."This is the visual currently...
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Ad Agency Shows Off Bloody Showers And Men Getting Stuffed Down Toilets With...
While some companies are using Google Business Photos' new feature (which allows people to pay to show office interiors on Google Street View) to boast open seating areas, cool bike racks, and office...
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Why Ben & Jerry's Might Become As Cool As Oreo On Social Media
Ben & Jerry's just partnered up with Oreo's digital shop 360i, which probably means you should start following the ice cream company on Twitter right now.If there is one brand that has truly shined...
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JetBlue Is Getting Shamed For Jumping On Jason Collins' Bandwagon
JetBlue is getting lambasted today for this Jason Collins-related tweet:Critics are saying that JetBlue is using a milestone for the gay rights movement as a marketing opportunity.JetBlue has supported...
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The Teen 'Hauling' Craze Is The Best Free Advertising That Brands Can Ask For
Teens and young adults that share their clothes purchases via YouTube videos are turning into a marketing force in the clothing industry.It is a relatively new type of earned media that is taking the...
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Mountain Dew Doesn't Want You To See This 'Racist' Ad That Glorifies Violence...
Mountain Dew pulled its latest ad, made by rapper Tyler, The Creator, after it got slammed by critics for promoting racial stereotypes and normalizing, if not glorifying, violence against women.The...
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Tyler, The Creator Is Defensive About The 'Racist,' Sexist Mountain Dew Ad He...
Earlier today we reported that Mountain Dew pulled its new ad that rapper Tyler, The Creator made after it was widely criticized for both racism and glorifying violence against women.The ad stars...
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This Chart Shows Just How Effective Facebook's Mobile App Install Ads Are
Last month, Facebook beefed up its mobile app install ads.While early data showed high performance numbers, much to marketers' delight, we now have hard numbers on how it performed from December 2012...
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GM Pulls 'Racist' Chevy Ad That Calls China 'The Land Of Fu Manchu'
In the last seven days, Hyundai has pulled an ad that shows a man's failed suicide attempt due to the car's 100% water emissions, Mountain Dew yanked its video that perpetuates "racist" stereotypes and...
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Here's The Amazing Ad For The Porn Charity That Helps Disabled People Have Sex
Come4.org is a non-profit porn site that sells user-made porn to fund ethical causes.The website's new ad, from agency Being Paris, features its first charitable venture: it is selling porn to fund the...
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Here's The Staggering Sum 'American Idol' Gets Each Season From Advertisers
For eight of its 12 seasons, Fox's American Idol has been the most-watched show on television, and has demanded massive ad prices because of it.Adweek's Anthony Crupi breaks down the numbers. Only when...
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Mark Zuckerberg's Plan To Get You To Check Facebook Hundreds Of Times A Day (FB)
It's not completely obvious why Facebook launched Facebook Home, the phone takeover app that makes your Android smartphone run like a Facebook-dedicated phone.Most people want their phones to do a...
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Tyler The Creator Says Mountain Dew Execs Loved His Racist, Sexist Goat Ad...
Although Mountain Dew has apologized and pulled the latest installment in rapper Tyler, The Creator's three-part video series after critics said it was "arguably the most racist commercial in history"...
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Why Funny Or Die Has A Web Page For 'Gang Rape' Videos
Digiday has pulled the lid off a little-known but commonly used search engine optimization trick used by major media publishers such as Funny Or Die, Complex, Daily Motion and blip.tv: They have...
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Taco Bell Just Snapchatted A Bunch Of Customers
Taco Bell has become the first major brand to venture into the latest social media darling: Snapchat.Yesterday the fast food chain tweeted that fans should follow it on the app, which allows people to...
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