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Eminem Is Suing Facebook For Allegedly Ripping Off His Song In Home...
Eminem's song publisher Eight Mile Style is suing Facebook and its Portland ad agency Wieden+Kennedy for allegedly copying his 2000 song "Under the Influence."The publishing house filed a 12-page...
View ArticleMicrosoft Has Another New Ad Bashing The iPad (MSFT, AAPL)
Microsoft has a second tablet ad that bashes the iPad. In his ad, Microsoft simply lists some features Windows 8 has that the iPad doesn't. We doubt this helps Microsoft's weak Windows tablet sales,...
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Kmart Is Betting Potty Humor And Profanity Will Save Its Business
Kmart is expected to announce its Q1 earnings today. So to get consumers in the mood, it released a brand new ad that it hopes people will mispronounce, touting the company's "big gas savings."After...
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McDonald's Gives Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey Free Food For A Year
McDonald's has offered Cleveland kidnapping hero Charles Ramsey free food for a year."We can confirm that the local owner-operators of the McDonald’s restaurants in Mr. Ramsey’s neighborhood have...
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Verizon And J.Lo Are Launching A Mobile Brand For Latinos
Wednesday, Verizon announced a new collaboration with Latino mega-star Jennifer Lopez to launch Viva Movil, a mobile brand targeting America's expanding Hispanic population.Lopez is the majority owner...
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The FTC Is Probing Whether Google Hurts Competitors In Web Display...
The FTC has launched an antitrust probe into whether Google's dominance of the display ad business on the web hurts competition, Bloomberg reports.The assessment, which is preliminary and may not...
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Not So Loud, Sir Martin (The Creative People Can Hear You)
An open letter to WPP CEO Martin Sorrell from a creative guy who works for him (at least, as of this writing).Dear Sir:At the MediaCom Beyond Advertising event in London on Wednesday you said, “The...
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WPP CEO Martin Sorrell Is Targeted In An 'Open Letter' From One Of His Own...
Mark Silber, the executive creative director of WPP-owned mobile ad agency Joule, has criticized his boss — WPP CEO Martin Sorrell — in an "open letter" for what Silber says is Sorrell's excessive...
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P&G CEO Bob McDonald Steps Down After Pressure From Bill Ackman, Activist...
Bob McDonald, the 59-year-old CEO of Procter & Gamble and a 33-year veteran of the company, has stepped down suddenly.He will be replaced by an old hand: his predecessor, A.G. Lafley (presumably on...
View ArticleApple Is Once Again Delivering Great TV Ads (AAPL)
Apple released another new iPhone ad last night.It follows in the style of the previous iPhone ad. It has delicate piano music, and images of people using their iPhones, with no dialog. These ads are...
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JELL-O Is Trying To Rebrand The Abbreviation 'FML' [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:JELL-O is trying to rebrand the meaning of "FML" with a hashtag campaign. "Most people think #FML stands for something negative, but JELL-O sees...
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A Turkish Law Aims To Ban All Alcohol Ads
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular country.The legislation, adopted on...
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Gisele's Backside Is Starring In A New Ad Campaign
When you’re a world-famous fashion model, your face is your fortune. Odd then, that Gisele Bündchen’s new campaign doesn’t feature hers.In her latest assignment for cult New York label BLK DNM, the...
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McDonald's In Australia Just Released A Series Of Really Depressing Ads
McDonald's in Australia just released a series of ads that pulls at the heartstrings ... but in an incredibly depressing way.It's a clever campaign that shows the ripple effects of the chain's Loose...
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The Guy Who Created Google+ And Then Redesigned Facebook Has A New Job (FB)
Paul Adams, Facebook's global head of brand design (and a former Google alum), has left the company to take a position with Intercom, a company that makes customer communications, messaging, and...
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Saks Fifth Avenue Explores A Sale, Woos Investors With Prime Manhattan Real...
Will one of the retailers for the 1% get a new owner? Luxury department store retailer Saks Fifth Avenue is exploring a sale, according to media reports.Although luxury goods sellers have fared better...
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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 ArticleA Suicide Prevention PSA Makes A Brilliant Use Of Ad Pre-Roll
Publicis Brussels has created an ad for the Belgian suicide prevention line, Centre du Prevention de Suicide, that makes creative use of the pre-roll skip ad feature. The work aims to recruit good...
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INFOGRAPHIC: Inside The Mobile Real-Time Bidding Ad Ecosystem
Real-time bidding, or RTB, is a style of programmatic buying in which digital advertising opportunities are auctioned off in real-time. The auctions take place in milliseconds as advertisers bid on the...
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Flickr Has A Secret 'We're Hiring' Ad Only Engineers Can See
Flickr is hiring a select batch of software and mobile engineers.To make sure that only the right kind of candidates apply, the company hid its "We're hiring" ad in the source code of the newly...
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