Carl's Jr. Outsmarted The Censors Who Banned This Risqué Ad
When Carl's Jr.'s new, racy commercial for the Memphis BBQ Burger was banned in New Zealand for being sexually explicit and degrading, the fast food chain decided to fight back.The burger maker...
View ArticleThe UK Banned These American Apparel Ads And Wants Them Removed From The...
The U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority has demanded that two ads for American Apparel which appear on the company's web site "must not appear again in their current form."The ban stemmed from a...
View ArticleFord, P&G And Others In Full-Scale Revolt Against Ad Price 'Arbitrage'
Half a dozen major advertisers — Procter & Gamble, Ford, Citibank, Unilever, Kimberly-Clark, and AT&T — have pulled their ad dollars from online ad agency trading desks because those agencies...
View ArticleHere Are All Russell Simmons's Clients At His New Agency
Russell Simmons, best known for his hip-hop label Def Jam and fashion brand Phat Pharm, is founding a new digital marketing company called Narrative, Ad Age reports. The company, which Simmons is...
View ArticleHere Are The First Three Commercials For The Samsung Galaxy S 4
Here are the first international ads for Samsung's upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S 4. The ads show off a few of the phone's unique features like its built-in translator and multimedia...
View ArticleREPORT: Victoria's Secret Angel Miranda Kerr Is Out
Miranda Kerr, one of Victoria's Secret's most prominent Angels, might be stripped of her title as the brand makes way for new faces. Kerr, the wife of actor Orlando Bloom, had a "difficult" reputation...
View Article13 Funny Ads For 'Arrested Development'
Netflix just released a bunch of new posters for its upcoming season of "Arrested Development."From juice boxes to medication bottles, each poster makes reference to a specific character from the...
View ArticleThe Chinese Just Discovered That Advertisers Track You On The Internet — And...
In the West, web users have known for years that advertisers drop "cookies" onto their desktops (via their web browsers), and that these little pieces of code tell advertisers what they're looking...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: The Booming Mobile Video Ecosystem Explained
Mobile video has begun to accumulate scale, and has also turned out to be one of the few types of mobile content — along with games — that monetizes reliably and drives premium ad rates. That's...
View ArticleBeyoncé Might Have A $50 Million Pepsi Deal, But She Wants You Drinking...
Even though Beyoncé signed a $50 million deal with PepsiCo to be its official brand ambassador, the singer is peddling other beverages too. Specifically: She wants you to drink Budweiser.She's...
View ArticleEnter To Win A Kindle Fire From Business Insider
We're giving you a chance to win a Kindle Fire HD. Become a newsletter subscriber now to enter. If you're the lucky winner you will have a host of features at your fingertips. Entry deadline is May...
View ArticleFacebook Is Testing A New Content Distribution Product That Could Be Huge (FB)
Facebook has begun testing a new content distribution product that injects news stories and other types of content into users' news feeds even though they haven't liked the story.The product examines...
View ArticleKFC's New Turnaround Slogan Is Eerily Similar To 7-Year-Old Canadian Ad
Earlier this week, KFC rolled out a new ad campaign— directed by Oscar nominated David O'Russell — that execs hope will turn around the struggling fast food chain.In fact, USA Today described KFC...
View ArticleAmericans Are Quitting Their Jobs At The Highest Rate In 5 Years
People are voluntarily quitting their jobs at the highest rate since the pre-recession era, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey — known as JOLTS — published by The Bureau of Labor...
View ArticleTOO HOT FOR VICTORIA'S SECRET: The Miranda Kerr Story
Miranda Kerr's 3-year, $1M Angel contract with Victoria's Secretwon't be renewed, according to a report by Us Weekly. It's possible that Kerr, 30, simply became too hot for Victoria's Secret. The brand...
View ArticleThe Truth About Whether Justin Bieber Affects The Price Of Tweets On Twitter
An interesting rumor came into the Business Insider office the other day: Justin Bieber has so many followers on Twitter— more than 37 million — that a single tweet by the singer can change the price...
View ArticleWhy CEO Greg Creed Promises A 'Better Taco Bell' [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Taco Bell CEO Greg Creed told reporters that the chain, famous for its "fourth meal" option, is going to get a little healthier based on...
View ArticleAppNexus CEO, Who Said Mobile Ads Were 'Not Significant' In January, Will Now...
Just three months after declaring the mobile advertising real-time bidding market "not significant" and "tiny,"AppNexus CEO Brian O'Kelley told his partners in San Francisco that going forward, mobile...
View ArticleLucky Strike Has A New Logo
Lucky Strike, the venerable cigarette brand that took on a new fictional life inside Mad Men as Sterling Cooper's main client, has experimented with a redesign in Germany.The move will shock...
View ArticleHow To Get A Job In Sales And Marketing At LinkedIn (LNKD)
Danielle Bermond is the senior human resources business partner at LinkedIn in New York, which means she spends a lot of time recruiting for LinkedIn's various ad sales and marketing teams.LinkedIn has...
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