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Kelly Ripa and Regis Philbin Axed From TD Bank Campaign [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:TD Bank's new $20 million ad campaign is exchanging celebrities for the everyman. The new marketing platform gets rid of Kelly Ripa and Regis...
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Documentary Maker Bought An Oscar Ad In Variety Instead Of A Lexus
Upon hearing the news that music from his documentary had the potential to compete with Les Miserables and other 2012 blockbusters for best score and song in the Academy Awards, filmmaker Steven C....
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Britain's NHS Eyes Ban On Ads For Breast Augmentations Offered As Promotional...
Aggressive advertising used by providers of cosmetic surgery is more suited to "selling double glazing" and should be curbed, an interim report on the industry has said.Offering operations as...
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How News Corp. Could Face An Advertiser Mutiny Costing It Hundreds Of...
Dial Corp.'s new lawsuit against News Corp. could set the stage for a full-scale mutiny among Rupert Murdoch's advertising clients, according to a prominent retail industry lawyer. Such a mutiny could...
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Here's How Much It Actually Costs To Buy One Of Those Times Square Billboards
It costs between $1.1 million and $4 million a year if you want to buy one of those flashy, digital or neon billboards that light up New York's Times Square, according to the Wall Street Journal. The...
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BII REPORT: Here Are The Major Players In Mobile Advertising
We are in the post-PC era, and soon billions of consumers will be carrying around Internet-connected mobile devices for up to 16 hours a day. Mobile audiences have exploded as a result.Mobile...
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J. Crew CEO Strikes Back At New York Times Columnist Who Called Online...
J. Crew CEO Mickey Drexler has responded to a New York Times column that called out a bad experience with his retailer and declared all online shopping "hell."Author Delia Ephron related a personal...
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The Worst Gaming Advertising Of 2012
There’s no such thing as bad press. It’s a cliché, and — even worse than that — it’s not even true.If you want evidence that the public spotlight is a bad thing on occasion, you should acquaint...
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12 Sneaky Ways That Big Retailers Track Your Every Move
Retailers are watching you.In the age of smartphones, online shopping and data, it has become easier than ever for companies to monitor the consumers who give them business.Retailers employ all sorts...
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Here's One Twisted Way To Advertise Cremations
There's no easy way to advertise cremation services.So Australia's Just Cremations decided to go for broke with this jaw dropping promotion:Â BuzzFeed's Copyranter noted that this isn't Just Cremations'...
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This Startup CEO Abandoned Facebook After Alleging 'Click-Fraud On A Massive...
Charity Engine, a U.K. cloud computing startup that donates a portion of its revenues to non-profit causes, has called Facebook a "scam" that is "allowing click-fraud on a massive scale" and has vowed...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Supermodel Gisele Bundchen Made Completely Out Of Salt
Brazil's Wunderman agency created a very cool commercial for Pantene shampoo.The spot features a time lapse video of an artist creating an image of supermodel Gisele Bundchen entirely out of salt. It's...
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The 10 Sexiest Fictional Brand Spokespeople Of All Time
Admit it. We've all thought about it. Wouldn't it be nice if Mr. Clean or the Orbit girl was, you know, available? Or even a real person?While researching our list of the sexiest ads of 2012, it...
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Here's Everything We Know About The Super Bowl Ad Lineup So Far
As the countdown begins for Super Bowl XLVII, it's time to focus on one of the most important parts of the game: The ads.We might not know what teams are playing yet, but this is one of the most...
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Weight Watchers Hedged Jessica Simpson's Pregnancy By Filming 2 Slightly...
For Weight Watchers, Jan. 1 is the Super Bowl -- the most important advertising time of the year. People use their New Year's resolutions to lose weight and this is the prime new customer sign-up...
View ArticleVenus And Serena Williams Get Owned At Ping Pong In The New iPhone 5 Ad
Apple wanted to start the new year out right by premiering a brand new iPhone 5 ad starring Venus and Serena Williams.The ad's release, however, was somewhat ill timed. The new spot highlights the...
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Mobile-Ad Frenzy Sends Facebook Up 5% (FB)
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc., owner of the largest social-networking service, rose 5.2 percent amid optimism that the company will be able to step up sales growth from advertising shown to users...
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Facebook's Self-Deleting Pokes Can Be Resurrected 90 Days Later (FB)
Facebook's new Poke app, which allows users to send each other messages and photos that automatically delete after a few seconds, doesn't actually delete those messages irretrievably for another 90...
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6 Simple Steps For Marketing Your Brand Like A Pro On Instagram
The visual web has taken over, with Instagram helping to lead the trend.Now part of Facebook and with over 100 million users, the popular photo-sharing app has turned regular users into amateur...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: How The Samsung Galaxy Note II Can Help You Cheat At Work
Samsung was on a roll last year when it came to its ads, and from the looks of its newest spot for the Galaxy Note II, it looks like that trend will continue into the new year.The commercial shows two...
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