GE Is Happy To Get An Endorsement From The Matrix In Its New Ad
Agent Smith was the character in The Matrix that made the movie series interesting.Hugo Weaving has reprised the role in GE's new ad for its "brilliant machines" campaign from ad agency BBDO.GE tells...
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AD OF THE DAY: Old Spice Guy Has A Side Job Selling Beer In Israel
Isaiah Mustafa, aka The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, is back, this time as the U.S. President delivering a worldwide speech on taste (and why you should like Maccabee beer, an Israeli brand).Sitting...
View ArticleA Goat Yells At Mark Zuckerberg In The New Facebook Commercial (FB)
Facebook's phone software for Android, Facebook Home, is officially available on Google Play.To help promote the app, Facebook released the following TV commercial. It's awesomely weird.Please follow...
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10 Annoying Social Media Habits Businesses Need To Stop Doing
Habits are easy to fall into. When you’re trying to change how you do things and you’re incredibly busy, falling back into old habits happens quicker than you would expect. While most tend to be minor...
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What Barbie, Disney And The Bratz Dolls Look Like Without Makeup
What does Barbie look like with no makeup on? It's one of those questions no one asks because, of course, Barbie's "makeup" is permanently painted onto her face.Artist Nickolay Lamm created these...
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An Ad Agency Had To Fight For The Right To Serve Booze
TRIBECA — High-end ad agency Spring Studios finally won local support to serve alcohol at its massive TriBeCa production space, after a third appearance before Community Board 1 members Wednesday...
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CBS Chief Les Moonves Took Home $62 Million In Pay Last Year (CBS)
CBS CEO Les Moonves received $62 million in compensation last year, putting him in the ranks of "media executives [who] earned almost double the pay of Wall Street chiefs whose income drew scrutiny...
View ArticleEverything You Hate About Advertising, All In One Place
Did you know that yogurt will solve all your problems? And if that doesn't work, try salad! You will immediately become a porcelain-skinned, fit, smiley, bland-faced person who loves life, long walks...
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QUIZ: Do You Know Your 'Mad Men' Characters?
"Mad Men" Season 6 just launched, and everybody's talking about it. Some people think it's possible to jump in and "get it" without catching up on previous seasons. Others would beg to differ.At any...
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People Are Going To Start Talking To Ads On Their Phone
Just looking at ads is bad enough, so who would want to talk to them? While many people would likely answer "no one," voice-recognition software maker Nuance says the opposite is true.What Is A Voice...
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Facebook Advertisers Enraged By Their Ads On Pages About Rape
Charities such as Shelter and businesses including Vodafone have seen their Facebook adverts appear on pages about rape and violence.Dove Cosmetics, the RSPB and audiobook site Audible are also among...
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The 30 Most Creative People In Mobile Advertising
Being creative in mobile advertising is much more difficult than in traditional media.The real estate — the "creative palette," if you will — is smaller. The users' attention span is shorter. The...
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JCPenney Is Bringing Back One Thing Ron Johnson Hated [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Just one week after Ron Johnson was ousted at JC Penney, the retailer is bringing back one marketing strategy that the ex-CEO hated but...
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#AgencyLife Hashtag On Twitter Prompts Huge Outbreak Of Whining In AdLand
Ad execs have a new way to complain about their jobs, and are taking full advantage: The hashtag #AgencyLife sprang up on Twitter last week, Ad Age notes, and execs began confessing their pet peeves...
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Omnicom CEO John Wren Made $15 Million Last Year (OMC)
Omnicom CEO John Wren — whose company owns BBDO, DDB, TBWA and other ad agency brands — made just under $15 million in compensation last year. His pay was roughly flat from the year before (see chart...
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Interpublic CEO Michael Roth Lost $3 Million In Compensation Last Year (IPG)
Michael Roth, the CEO of ad agency holding company Interpublic Group, saw his pay decline by more than $3 million last year. IPG owns Deutsch, McCann and DraftFCB among other large agencies. Roth was...
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How To Keep Your Small Business Expense Spending Under Control
This post is sponsored by Concur.When you give your employees an expense account, you trust that they won't blow a few thousand bucks on a meal at The Plaza Hotel.Still, even a business with the...
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Finally, Facebook Has Made An Ad Worth Watching (FB)
There's something unusual about Facebook's new ad for Facebook Home, its mobile phone takeover app: It's actually quite good (video below).Better than good, in fact.You'll like it.Finally, there are...
View Article10 Years After Matrix Trilogy, Agent Smith Stars In GE Ad
It might be 10 years since the last installment of "The Matrix" was released, but GE decided to use Agent Smith as the new spokesman for its campaign about the "brilliant machines" which help the...
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The New Facebook Ad Says It's Totally Acceptable To Use Your Phone At The...
"Dinner" is the latest in a slew of ads for Home, Facebook's new mobile platform. Similar to previous spots, the commercial encourages never-ending use of social media, disengagement with real life,...
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