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Asked About Privacy In A Post-PRISM World, Ad Exec Says Of Google And...
The PRISM scandal — in which the NSA has been accused of accessing data on people from Facebook, Google and other online service providers — has got the adtech business worried.By focusing the nation's...
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Sterling Cooper Changed Its Logo Following The Merger With Cutler Gleason...
After the conclusion of this week's "Mad Men," AMC sent journalists an unexpected treat: a press release regarding the newly minted Sterling Cooper & Partners logo."You have to agree the ampersand...
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Starcom CEO's Personal Stake In IPO Shows The Ad Industry Doesn't Understand...
It's one of the central ironies of the ad business: CEOs whose job it is to pay careful attention to the appearance of things, and to the propriety of their corporate images, sometimes behave blindly...
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Facebook Exec: We Wouldn't Exist Without Brands
At advertising's biggest festival, the Cannes Lions, Facebook exec Carolyn Everson went all out singing advertisers' praises.“We wouldn't have a company without brands; they are essential,” the VP of...
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IBM Made These Incredible Billboards That Serve A Purpose
While most billboards are just meant to be aesthetically pleasing, IBM decided to create ads that actually serve a purpose.As a part of its Smart Ideas for Smarter Cities campaign, IBM and Ogilvy Paris...
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Facebook Has 1 Million Active Advertisers
Facebook announced today that it has 1 million active advertisers.Earlier, Facebook VP of global marketing solutions Carolyn Everson announced at the Cannes Lions ad festival that Facebook essentially...
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Nickelodeon Wants To Keep Running Junk Food Ads On Advice From 'Experts' [THE...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:In spite of protests, Nickelodeon is resisting banning on ads for junk food from the network. The company released the following statement: "As...
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Four New Ads From Apple Show The Company Going Through A Thrilling Change In...
For years, Apple's advertising has almost been a parody of itself. A product appears on a white screen. A disembodied finger starts tapping and swiping its way through the device's features. A...
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P. Diddy Met With The Most Important Advertisers In The World And Told Them...
P. Diddy spoke at the Cannes Lions Festival, the top advertising awards show in the world, and essentially insulted everyone there. At first, Cannes attendants were excited to see the music mogul...
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The Logo Of One Of The World's Biggest Brands Is Hidden In This Beautiful...
"Where's Waldo" fans will love this new German ad campaign in which Pepsi has embedded its logo into intricate, interlaced blue and red blood vessels.Without any text from ad agency BBDO Dusseldorf,...
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This Chart Breaks Down Why Advertisers Need YouTube
With 1 billion unique users every month, YouTube has become a necessary platform in virtually any marketing plan.MDG Advertising created an infographic that breaks down all the numbers that explain why...
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Stats Show Makeup And Spanx Are Getting More Popular Among Millennial Men
The line between male and female products is starting to blur.Adweek conducted a study surveying 1,000 American and British adults, and the results show that millennial men are growing more and more...
View ArticleHere Are More Advertisers Cleaning Up At Cannes [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:McCann's "Dumb Ways To Die" won another Cannes Grand Prix, this time for the radio category. Intel/Toshiba, Oreo, and Apple have won awards in...
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British Lawmakers Say Ad Mogul Charles Saatchi Was Let Off Too Easily For...
LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker questioned Thursday whether police may have treated Nigella Lawson's husband too leniently after he admitted assaulting the celebrity chef in a restaurant.Opposition...
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That Incredible, Gruesome, Jaws-Inspired Russian Tampon Ad Is Actually Not Real
In the U.S., ads for tampons are usually over-saturated with women in white spinning, horseback riding, and doing yoga.That's why people started freaking out upon getting wind of a darker look at...
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'Mostly-Vegan' Actress Stars In Carl's Jr.'s Sexy Chicken Salad Ad
Carl's Jr. has extended its almost not-suitable-for-work, sexy burger commercials to the salad eating demographic.The commercial is called "Forget You're Eating Salad," and it begs the question: did it...
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Lululemon, Urban Outfitters, And Other Advertisers Are Already All Over...
Less than an hour after Facebook announced Instagram's 15-second video component, brands were already all over the new feature.Valleywag's Sam Biddle wrote, "Instagram creator Kevin Systrom is...
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Tumblr's David Karp Says Advertisers Are More Talented Than Anyone In Silicon...
Tumblr founder David Karp has certainly changed his tune about advertisers.In a 2010 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Karp said, "We're pretty opposed to advertising. It really turns our...
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If HTC Really Did Sign A $12 Million Deal With Robert Downey Jr., This Is The...
Maybe Samsung's celebrity ads aren't the reason its smartphones are so popular, but looks like HTC wants a piece of that anyway.HTC has reportedly signed Robert Downey Jr. to be its new spokesperson,...
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YouTube Wants To Become Even More Brand Friendly [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:YouTube is inviting brands to join its "Partner Program" which gives them tools, data, and training to fully take advantage of the medium....
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