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Business Insider Is Hiring A Fantastic PAID Intern To Write About Advertising
Business Insider needs an intern to write about advertising and to help build our coverage of marketing, media and entertainment. This will be the most fun internship in journalism right now. You WILL...
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Microsoft Will Hate Staples' New Ads, Which Say Windows 8 Is Too Complicated...
Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system -- featuring "live" tiles instead of the folders we're all used to -- is supposed to be simple enough that after a brief period of experimental tapping,...
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PETA's Latest Ad Asks If Kids Would Eat Their Dog For Thanksgiving
PETA, known for its shock tactic advertising, has gone for a classic Thanksgiving campaign by pulling at kids' heartstrings.The animal rights group has put billboards up around schools in Reno, Boise,...
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The New CEO Of McCann Likes To Fire People Who Frown Too Much (IPG)
Harris Diamond, the new CEO of McCann, has a simple message for his agency staff if they want to keep their jobs: Keep smiling, and don't disagree with me too much.Because if you aren't "buying it"...
View ArticleBest Ad Of The Day: A Luxuriously Remastered Version Of The Viral 'Fenton'...
The viral YouTube hit of a British man running after his dog, Fenton, who is causing a stampede of deer in a local park, has been remastered for wireless network 4GEE, as if it were shot in hi-def.The...
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In Russia, Advertising Is Often Very Sexist — And Very Weird
Russia has come a long way since the the Iron Curtain fell in 1991, and capitalism — or an oligarchic version thereof — blossomed.But Russian attitudes toward women often remain antediluvian. As...
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7 Technologies That Changed The Way We Think About Sex
Technology has a runaway-train inevitability. It keeps crashing into our lives, and there's just no stopping it.Even at the bedroom door.Here are seven technologies from past to present that are...
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Meet The 25 Most Influential PR People Behind The Scenes Of Corporate America
The most powerful PR professionals are the ones you never hear about -- they're working behind the scenes, advising CEOs and presidents. Often they would prefer to stay out of the limelight.Many...
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One Magazine Runs Dozens More Beer Ads Than Any Other In The U.S.
Alcoholic beverage ad pages are down 7.6 percent in Q3 2012 versus Q3 2011, except for beer ad pages. In the same time span, beer ads were up 17.3 percent, placing them at their highest level since...
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See How Agencies Replied To This W Hotel Chain's Twitter-Only Account Review
Aloft, the sub-brand of W Hotels, the Starwood hotel chain, is holding an ad agency review via Twitter.On Nov. 15 the 60-location brand tweeted:It got five retweets, six favorites and 22 replies from...
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Why Helvetica Is The Only Typeface Businesses Will Use In The Future
Steve Hicks, the chief digital creative officer at McGarryBowen, wrote a thoughtful essay for Adweek about the way Helvetica — the typeface used by Business Insider and dozens of other brands — will...
View ArticleWatch Samsung's Extremely Weird New Ad About Beating Puppies
For every awesome Samsung ad (usually Apple bashing, usually created by top ad shop 72andSunny), there's an equally awkward and uncomfortable spot the company releases on YouTube.First Samsung teamed...
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Toys 'R' Us CEO Blasts Shoppers 'Enraptured' With Buying Things Online
Toys 'R' Us CEO Jerry Storch laid into shoppers who buy things online without thinking of the environmental effects of their decision.“[People are] just so enraptured with how cool it is that they can...
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Best Buy's Site Is Back!
UPDATE 11:47 AM: It's back! Hooray.BestBuy.com is down.Judging by the winter-themed error message, it looks like the site couldn't handle the load as people shop in the run-up to Black Friday.The site...
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A 72-Year-Old Grandpa Is The Official Model For A Chinese Teen Girl Fashion Line
A 72-year-old man is donning dresses, scarves, and signature red stockings as the official model for a Chinese teen girl fashion line.Liu Xianping's granddaughter is one of five recent college grads...
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Facebook: Yes, We Changed Your News Feed (FB)
Facebook said it's been changing its News Feed.That's the central part of the site that shows a mix of posts from friends, messages from brands they follow, and paid ads.It's been under fire from...
View ArticleHere's Tom Brady's Newest UGG Commercial
Tom Brady is back on the ad scene in UGG's newest commercial that was unveiled today.The commercial features Brady giving a pair of UGG slippers to one of his offensive linemen (played by an actor), as...
View ArticleIn Twinkies Commercial From 1970, Humans Conquer Space But Not Casual Sexism
Junk food lovers everywhere are mourning last week's sad news of the closing of Hostess. After 82 years of making Twinkies, Ho-Hos, and Wonder Bread, the company is now bankrupt.The company also had a...
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This Adman Was Arrested At An Airport For Having A Bomb-Like Watch
Advertising creative Geoffrey McGann's weekend travel disaster teaches us to rethink our airport accessorizing choices.McGann — who spent 15 years at W+K, worked at 72andSunny, and is currently the ECD...
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Just in time for the holidays we're giving you have a chance to win an iPad mini. Become a newsletter subscriber now and you'll have a chance to win Apple's latest tablet. If you're the lucky winner...
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