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Taco Bell Thinks Killing Kids' Meals Will Make The Brand Edgy
Taco Bell is serving its last kids' meal in January of 2014.The world's largest chain of Mexican restaurant's made the decision in order to better focus on a different demographic CEO Greg Creed told...
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Want To Get Your Startup Out There? Check Out 'Startup Row' At Startup 2013
Running a startup is difficult. It's hard to meet the right people. It can be lonely at times. It's tough to get attention for your fledgling venture. Money is tight, and sometimes that prevents young...
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Britain Is Using The Royal Baby To Convince Tourists To Come Visit
Following yesterday's birth of the First Prince of Cambridge, it seems like all sorts of brands are trying to capitalize on the occasion and market their products to customers.And Britain's tourism...
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Business Insider Is Hiring A Champion Content Producer
Business Insider is looking for a talented writer and editor to join Business Insider Studios, our sponsored content department.Sponsored content is paid content that is created in cooperation with an...
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Chevy Made An Ad About Female Truckers That Every Driver Should Love
As Chevrolet unrolls its new campaign for the 2014 Silverado, a lot of the effort has been dedicated to showing the deep bond between "a man and his truck."But Chevy is trying expand upon its...
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VW Turned A Beetle Into An Underwater 'Flying' Shark Cage For Shark Week
Discovery Channel's Shark Week might be bad news for seals, but it means great things for Beetles.Last year, Volkswagen and Discovery transformed a Beetle into an underwater shark cage. Now the...
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Facebook Q2: Zuckerberg Delays $1 Million Video Ads That Will Kill TV (FB)
The big question we're hoping Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will answer on his Q2 earnings call is this: When will Facebook fire its broadside at the TV business by finally rolling out the first of its...
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Dunkin' Donuts Releases A Special Donut To Celebrate The Royal Baby
Dunkin' Donuts released special donuts to celebrate the birth of the royal baby.Presenting the royal munchkin.Congrats from #DunkinDonuts! In celebration, we will have our own #RoyalMunchkin coming to...
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Twitter And LinkedIn Are Expanding Their Ad Offerings [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Yesterday LinkedIn announced its ad business is growing. The platform just launched a Sponsored Updates feature that appears in members'...
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Social Media Targeting Firm LocalResponse Is Looking For Buyers And Sellers
LocalResponse is shopping around for acquisitions. Or maybe it wants to acquire something itself.That's the two-fisted message of a recent Ad Age story on a changing of the guard at the company.The...
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Statistical Proof Is Piling Up That Apple's Ads Are Failing (AAPL)
Apple's new ads are failing.Here are the 10 most effective ads of Q2 2013, according to Ace Metrix, a company that measures audience responses to commercials. The No.1 spot was by AT&T, advertising...
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Twitter Hijacked This Guy's Name And Photo To Make Fake Tweets Promoting Its...
We're sure Twitter meant no harm. But Philadelphia-based distance runner Neil Gottlieb is fuming.Yesterday, Gottlieb was told by a friend that his Twitter account had been used in a blog post by...
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These Racist Texas Car Ads Are Offensive To Almost Every Group
Inspired by "The Lone Ranger," Texas car dealership Charlie Clark Nissan released an ad that just screams racial insensitivity.The commercial opens with clearly Caucasian Clark dressed in Native...
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The Twitter Advertising Ecosystem Explained
Twitter's advertising efforts are analogous to Facebook's efforts. They are focused on in-stream ads, and also on leveraging naturally-occurring social activity on the site. This suggests something of...
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Business Insider Is Hiring An Enterprise Sales Manager For Our Paid Research...
Business Insider is looking for an entrepreneurial Sales Manager or Director of Enterprise Subscription Sales to join our growing Business Insider Intelligence team. The key responsibility of this...
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Google's New Ad For The Nexus 7 Tablet Is All About 'Glossophobia' (GOOG)
The star of Google's new ad for the Nexus 7 tablet is a middle school kid who is terrified about having to deliver a speech in front of his class — and the girl he has a crush on.So he researches...
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Facebook Q2: Huge EPS Beat, Stock Up 15% After Massive Increase In Mobile Ads...
Facebook's Q2 2013 earnings have blown away expectations on both topline revenues and bottom line earnings per share.The beat came on a massive increase in mobile advertising, which was ~$656 million...
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People Share GEICO's 'Hump Day' Ad 2,500 Times More On Wednesdays Than Other...
People get into weekly rituals. And it looks like one of those rituals is sharing GEICO's hilarious "Hump Day" ad (starring an overeager camel) on Wednesdays.Unruly Media measures not only how much...
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Popeye's Launches Chicken And Waffle Tenders
Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen is offering Chicken Waffle Tenders.According to Advertising Age, the limited-time chicken strips with a waffle batter will be served with a maple syrup sauce and fries.L.A....
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EMAIL: Ad Exec Demands Free Food For 90 People At A Going-Away Party
In anticipation of a goodbye party "1000000x crazier than any other going away party," a supervisor at media buying agency Zenith Media emailed a list of ad sellers asking/telling them to provide food...
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