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New Dior Campaign Tries On Weird Surrealist Theme
The first Dior campaign created under the artistic direction of Raf Simons has been unveiled – and it’s quite a departure from the French fashion house’s previous ad aesthetic.Shot by Willy...
View ArticleThe U.S. Navy's New Anti-Bath Salts Campaign Warns Against 'Demons'
The U.S. Navy produced this public service announcement warning recruits against using bath salts for all the obvious reasons -- vomiting, paranoia, brain swelling and violent behavior. Plus, you might...
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Why Ad Agencies Are Angry At Facebook And Amazon [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Ad agencies are complaining that Facebook and Amazon's ad privacy program is costing them extra time and money, Ad Age reports. The publishers...
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Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Brews Up A Social Media Nightmare For Men's Wearhouse
Dave Mustaine, lead singer of heavy metal band Megadeth (and formerly of Metallica), has gotten 8,600 likes for a 428-word rant against suit retailer Men's Wearhouse. His beef? He bought his manager a...
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How Mobile Phones Could Kill The News Media
Just before Christmas, my boss -- BI editor-in-chief Henry Blodget -- published the results of a survey of our readers which, he argued, suggested that mobile devices would not be a big deal for...
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Taco Bell's Ominous Warning About A 'Cool Ranch' Doritos Taco
Could it be?Taco Bell has posted a teaser on Facebook referring to the possibility of a Cool Ranch-flavored Doritos Locos Taco release in 2013 and Ryan Broderick at Buzzfeed seems quite happy about...
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Why Target's Neiman Marcus Collaboration Was A Horrible Flop
When Target announced a collaboration with luxury department chain Neiman Marcus, the retail industry expected an echo of the discount chain's highly popular Missoni line. Designers like Marc Jacobs,...
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Amazon Is The Real Reason Google Is Forcing Everyone To Join Google+ (GOOG,...
Google is increasingly requiring users to sign up for Google+, its social network competitor to Facebook, in order to access Google's other free services, according to The Wall Street Journal. The...
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Here's A Diagram Of How Facebook's FBX Ad Exchange Works (FB)
BMO Capital Markets analyst Dan Salmon did the world a favor on New Year's Eve when he published a note to investors that included a diagram of how Facebook's ad exchange, FBX, actually works.FBX is a...
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Google And Yahoo! Ad Networks Accused Of Helping Finance Online Piracy
Tech giants Google and Yahoo are among the worst offending ad networks that help fund major film and music pirating sites around the world, according to a new report by USC's Annenberg Innovation...
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6 Quotes That Prove Millennials Are Simply Terrible Employees
While millennials seem like prime candidates for ad industry employees — they're young, hip, and know how to Tweet/Pin/Instagram/Facebook the hell out of something — there's one con to hiring a fresh...
View ArticleJennifer Aniston Stars In This Awkward Ad For Sky Broadband Internet
Stars, they're just like us!Like when Jennifer Aniston's Wi-Fi isn't working, she freaks out. U.K. internet provider Sky Broadband's latest commercial features an awkward Aniston having a panic attack...
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This Newspaper Ran A Huge Gun Ad Next To Coverage Of Newtown Shooting Victims
The Stamford Advocate ran a large ad for a gun show next to a story Thursday about Sandy Hook Elementary School students going back to school for the first time since the shooting that killed 26 women...
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Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti Wants To Create Another 'Mad Men' Age Of Advertising
Buzzfeed, the news and entertainment website, announced on Thursday that it raised $19.3m in a fourth round of funding – while nearly all of its $15.5m third round, raised last year, is still sitting...
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You Can Still Get To The Top Of The Facebook Charts With A Worthless Viral...
If you thought the days were over when you could come up with some inane social app and get millions of Facebook users, think again.For weeks, an app called "I want to add your birthday" from a company...
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Spin Magazine Stops Printing: These Were Its 20 Best Covers
After 27 years, Spin ended its print publication last month. It joins Newsweek and SmartMoney, which also decided to end their print editions last year.Spin struggled financially over the past few...
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It Took Wired Magazine 20 Years To Get 50% Of Its Ad Sales From The Web
Wired magazine was first published in 1993. Built to cover new technology and, especially, the web as it developed in the frenzied late 1990s tech bubble, the magazine has always been a leader in the...
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This Man Says The Ad Business Has 'Blood On Its Hands' For Newtown Massacre
Gun advertising is a lot like cigarette advertising and should be regulated as such in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., massacre, according to David Morse, CEO of New American Dimensions, a...
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JOB OF THE WEEK: VP of E-Commerce, Forever 21
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
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Here's How They Filmed That Heartbreaking Ad In Which Fat People Talk To...
There's a new challenger to Weight Watchers and Nutrisystem in the New Year's resolutions dieting campaign war: Medifast.Medifast — which like Nutrisystem does meal plans — has a clever TV campaign...
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