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This Is What It Looks Like When A Click-Fraud Botnet Secretly Controls Your...
Spider.io, a London company that specializes in detecting click-fraud on the internet, has done the world a huge favor by producing some graphics and a video that show exactly what happens when your PC...
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Spike Lee Accused Of Stealing 'Oldboy' Movie Poster From An Unpaid Designer
The latest Spike Lee joint, "Oldboy," came out today. It stars Josh Brolin and it's a remake of a South Korean film that came out a decade ago. It's a dark and twisted movie, and the movie posters...
View ArticleJames Earl Jones And Malcolm McDowell Re-Enact A Facebook Comments War — And...
Sprint launched another one of its commercials yesterday featuring James Earl Jones and Malcolm McDowell using their stentorian "actor!" tones to re-enact the trivial conversations of everyday...
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These Are The 35 Biggest Advertisers On Facebook
Facebook now makes $2 billion in revenue every quarter, and $1.8 billion of that comes from paid advertising.Yet remarkably little is known about who Facebook's biggest advertisers are. Facebook does...
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TV Is Dying, And Here Are The Stats That Prove It
The TV business is having its worst year ever.Audience ratings have collapsed: Aside from a brief respite during the Olympics, there has been only negative ratings growth on broadcast and cable TV...
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YouTube Is Tweaking Its Comments Policy To Stop People From Drawing...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:YouTubeis tweaking its comments policy again, after the big changes Google made to make YouTube safer for brands yielded some unintended...
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Why Some Stores In Canada Are Advertising HIGHER Prices Today
Ah, the great American tradition of Black Friday, where packs of people fight over televisions, computers, clothes, and everything in between, marked at the lowest prices of the year. It brings many...
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Spike Lee Responds To Designer Who Claimed He Wasn't Paid For His Work On The...
A freelance designer and photographer created something of a controversy earlier this week when he claimed Spike Lee's film company stole his designs for the posters it's using to promote the new movie...
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TELL US: Who Are The Most Powerful People In PR?
Calling all public relations gurus: we want to know who YOU think is at the top of your field.Business Insider Advertising is working on its list of the most powerful people in PR, and we're hoping...
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Inside Tiki Barber's Rent-An-Athlete Business
After star New York Giants running back Tiki Barber retired from the game in 2006, he was supposed to be the next big television personality.When that didn't pan out, he founded the rent-an-athlete...
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Sony Replaces A Topless Girl With Its PS4 On The Sun's Page 3
A reader of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid The Sun would normally find something like this on Page 3:Except the UK's censorship laws allow readers to see the model's bare breasts and panties. It's a trashy...
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Business Insider's 10 Best Ads Of 2013
If there is a theme that ties together the best ads of 2013, it would be: "tearjerker."Skip straight to the 10 best ads of 2013 >There was something in the air among marketers these last 12 months,...
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Business Insider's 10 Worst Ads of 2013
It was another banner year for terrible advertising. And while "badvertising" is often the specialty of small or local businesses, 2013 saw several major brands produce really awful commercials and...
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Despite Massive Ad Spend, Consumers Still See Samsung As No. 2 [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Samsung spent more than four times as much money on advertising than Apple last year, but a new study from Boston Consulting Group says the $4...
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This Photo Of The Original Ronald McDonald Will Haunt Your Dreams
Ronald McDonald is a ubiquitous pop culture icon and was recently featured by British artist Banksy. A photo of the original fast food clown is rather terrifying. This photo of Ronald McDonald in 1963,...
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Here Are The Brands Kanye West References Most Often In His Music
As an advertising reporter, I spend the vast majority of my time at work documenting all the different things companies do to tell their stories and convince customers to buy their products.But for all...
View ArticleThe Internet Hates Kmart's New GIF Ads
You may have noticed that Kmart has had a lot of weird commercials lately. Whether it is Satan promoting a layaway or guys doing a Chippendales-inspired "Jingle Bells" dance in their boxers, there have...
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Salsa Brand's Social Media Disaster Was Actually A Hoax
UPDATE: Cambell's Soup Co. said on its Twitter account (@CampbellSoupCo) that Pace Foods does not have a Twitter account and that the account tweeting at Kyle Kinane, @Pace_Foods, was not...
View ArticleAmazon's New Kindle Ad Pokes Fun At Apple Design Head Jony Ive
As Apple's head of design, Jony Ive gets to introduce the company's new products. He favors plain white backgrounds, a calm but enthusiastic way of speaking, and sweeping hand gestures. Amazon is...
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Ron Burgundy Anchors A Half Hour Of Local News In North Dakota
Will Ferrell has been relentlessly promoting his upcoming film "Anchorman 2" as his news anchor persona Ron Burgundy. His Dodge Durango commercials gave the SUV a 60 percent boost in sales in October,...
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