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Is This Ad Exec's Resignation Note Pure Arrogance Or Pure Truth? (IPG)
We're in two minds over the resignation note penned by Hill Holliday mobile and gaming platform manager Johnny Won, who announced he was quitting on his blog. Was it hubris or boldness for Won to call...
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THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT: Cablevision Posts Increase In Hard-Wired Phone...
Last week we reported on the long, slow death of television and how Comcast, DirecTV, and Time Warner Cable had lost thousands of subscribers. During the second quarter, cable providers often...
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Who Are The Most Powerful Publicists In Hollywood?
Business Insider needs your help. We are putting together a list of the most powerful publicists in the entertainment industry, and we want to know who you think makes the cut. From New York to Los...
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Chick-fil-A Vandal Defends His 'Tastes Like Hate' Graffiti
Artist Manny Castro recently identified himself as the guy who painted "Tastes Like Hate" on the side of a Chick-fil-A restaurant in California last week. "I thought of the photographs from 40 years...
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Meet The Admen Who Pioneered Manipulating People Into Buying Things
In the first episode of TV’s “Mad Men,” Uber smoking/drinking/shagging, Creative Director, Don Draper has a meeting with the agencies Research Director, the only female in the building that does...
View ArticleCurate Personal Data Online To Stop Seeing Stupid Ads
Consumers are beginning to accept that their data is being tracked, but not all data is useful to advertisers—or them. For the latter, the issue is how the data is generated and used to target an ad....
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Kingsford Charcoal Ads Show American Latinos Rooting For ... Mexico? (CLX)
Kingsford charcoal, the giant barbecue brand owned by Clorox, is running a campaign on Spanish-language sports channels that shows Hispanics in the U.S. rooting for Mexico as they watch a World Cup...
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People Are Calling The Cops Over This Graphic 'Occupy' Billboard
Even Vegas, known for flashy billboards and shock-tactic stunts, wasn't ready for two billboards from the Occupy Vegas movement from which two dummies hang by nooses under the messages "Hope You're...
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Business Insider Is Hiring A Sales Development Planner
Business Insider is looking for a proactive, articulate and energetic Sales Development Planner to join our sales organization in New York. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of...
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Rubicon Project Crushes Google On A Key Ad Metric (GOOG)
The Rubicon Project, a Los Angeles-based advertising startup, just got major bragging rights. It beat Google on one key metric that advertisers care deeply about—reach, or how broadly their message...
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Here's What Google's Revenues Would Look Like If Facebook Never Existed...
A few weeks ago I suggested that Google's Motorola Mobility acquisition was about more than just the patents—that in fact Google's revenue growth was feeble in Q2 2012, once you removed Motorola from...
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Interpublic Faces Another Race Discrimination Lawsuit—Here's Today's Ad Brief
Interpublic is facing a second federal lawsuit that claims that there is race discrimination at the holding company. The plaintiff worked in the HR department and claims that there is a "widespread...
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Here Is The Evidence That Mobile Advertising Is In A Bubble (MM, P, GRPN, VELT)
Millennial Media, a mobile ad network, reported its Q2 2012 earnings, and it was the same old story: Big growth in revenues, but no profits. Right now it costs Millennial more to serve ads than it...
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300,000 Americans Just Pulled The Plug On TV
All the major cable and broadband companies—AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, DirecTV Time Warner Cable, Cablevision—have reported their Q2 2012 subscriber numbers and the news is dismal: Another 318,000...
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This Guy's Microsoft Blog Will Be Seen As A Death Warrant By Advertisers (MSFT)
Microsoft chief privacy officer Brendon Lynch's recent blog post recommitting the company to a default "do not track" setting for Internet Explorer 10 will be regarded by the ad industry as a death...
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WPP's Sorrell Still Believes Interpublic Is In Play, Calls Publicis CEO A...
On Aug. 6 we brought you the conspiracy theory that Publicis Groupe was, in fact, pursuing a takeover of Interpublic Group, which is based on the notion that Publicis' denial of talks specifically...
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What A Victoria's Secret Model Looks Like Before She's Photoshopped
It's hard to believe, but according to Jezebel the images on the following pages are unretouched photos of Victoria's Secret model Doutzen Kroes, who gave birth last year to her first child. They...
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OLYMPICS BY THE NUMBERS: Which Sponsors Are Winning—And Losing—The Games?
Athletes aren't the only ones competing for the gold this Olympics. McDonald's, P&G, and other advertisers are in a race to be the best-known Olympics sponsors. After all, Coca-Cola spent about...
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It Took 9 Months For Burger King To Come Up With Its New, $750 Million Strategy
Burger King has been ailing lately, so it hired a team to turn things around. At its helm is Steve Wiborg, president of Burger King North America. He and his crew spent a long time trying to piece...
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Isaiah Mustafa Is On A Horse, But NOT For Old Spice
Isaiah Mustafa, better known as the Man Your Man Could Smell Like, is on a horse. Obviously. But it's not for an Old Spice ad. Grey NY used Mustafa's million dollar voice in its new ad for Downy...
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