Samsung Airs Bizarre BlackBerry-Bashing Commercial During NFC Championship Game
Samsung just aired a very strange commercial for its smartphones during tonight's NFC championship game. The goal is to play up the enterprise features of Samsung's Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S III...
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How Gunmaker Smith & Wesson Almost Went Out Of Business When It Accepted Gun...
In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shooting, gun control has been thrust into the spotlight once again. The gun industry — and its lobby group, the NRA — stands firmly against gun control of any...
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THEN AND NOW: See How Your Favorite Products Have Changed Over Time
You might not recognize some of your favorite products if their classic, old-school packaging lined grocery store shelves today.There once was a time when Jif came out of beautiful glass jars, and...
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Groupon Has Canceled All Of Its Gun-Related Deals
Groupon has canceled, at least temporarily, all of its scheduled and ongoing gun-related promotions, Matt Brownell at Aol Daily Finance reported."All scheduled and current gun-related deals featured on...
View ArticleKate Upton 'Washes' Mercedes-Benz In New Commercial
UPDATE: Apparently, this is just the teaser for the real Super Bowl commercial, which will air during the Super Bowl on February 3, 2013.Last month, Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Steve Cannon told Business...
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Google's Q4 Will Be All About Mobile Ad Prices (GOOG)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's fourth-quarter earnings report should provide a barometer on how much more advertising shifted to the Internet during the holiday shopping season.The results, due out...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Will Be The New Face Of Goody's
One of the most venerable sponsors in NASCAR history will be represented by two of the sport's most iconic names.Dale Earnhardt Jr., the most popular driver in the Sprint Cup Series for the past 10...
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Huge Trove Of Lost Hank Williams Songs Will Be Made Available For Advertisers
After years in litigation, the estate of Hank Williams is making a trove of more than 200 unique radio and concert performances by the late country music icon available for film, TV and advertising...
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Twitter Ups Its Ad Prices For Super Bowl Sunday [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:While it usually costs $120,000 to buy a 24 hour Promoted Trend ad on Twitter, sources told Adweek that it will cost significantly more during...
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New Ads For Las Vegas Mock Straight People's Lack Of Style
A new set of ads promoting Las Vegas to gay and lesbian travelers mercilessly ridicules the style-free straight people they will meet there.One ad shows a tubby man wearing white socks and brown shoes,...
View ArticleHere's That 'Racist' Starbucks Spoof Ad By SNL
In this satire of an ad for Verismo, the at-home Starbucks coffee machine, a nice white lady expectantly asks the Verismo for a latte and gets a pile of sodden wooden sticks and sugar packets scattered...
View ArticleThis Company's Super Bowl Ad Will Star A Dude In Furry Leopard Handcuffs
For its Super Bowl debut, Gildan — a major player in the wholesale T-shirt world — is pushing the limit.A trailer, called "Getaway," stars a lipstick smeared dude who wakes up wearing furry leopard...
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Amazon's Brand New Ad Business Is Already Massive (AMZN)
In December we told you that Amazon had entered the ad exchange business, offering advertisers real-time-bidding on ad space targeting its users via tracking cookies.Amazon's entry into RTB is huge...
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Meet The Clients Of The Ugly Models Agency
The ad business uses a lot of models, but not every model is a "super" model. Some castings require quirks, specific looks, or someone whose appearance is simply bizarre.When that happens, ad agencies...
View ArticleSkechers Ditched Its Adorable Racing French Bull Dog In Its New Super Bowl Ad...
It's Super Bowl teaser season — because you have to milk all the buzz you can out of a $3.8 million 30-second ad buy— and something is missing from Skechers' trailer.French bull Mr. Quiggly made...
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Coca-Cola Just Revealed Its Incredibly Social Super Bowl Ad
Coca-Cola just released one of its 60-second Super Bowl ads — and it stars showgirls, cowboys, motorcycling bad boys, and glitterbombs.Here's why it killed the polar bears>The company ditched the...
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After A Year And A Half Of Research, Starbucks Is Making Its Baristas Wear...
Starbucks baristas are going to start wearing name tags, according to Starbucks Gossip.Why now?"Connecting with customers," a Starbucks employee told Jim Romenesko. "They probably did a year and a half...
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Why Coke Is Ditching The Polar Bears For Its 2013 Super Bowl Ad (KO)
Coca-Cola is ditching one of its most unexpectedly successful marketing endeavors of last year: The polar bears are getting the boot this Super Bowl.In addition to starring in Coke's in-game ads, the...
View ArticleThe 3 Worst Super Bowl Ads Ever
With over 100 million people tuning in to watch the big game, the Super Bowl is the best time of year for advertisers.And considering 30-second spots for this year's Super Bowl cost some advertisers at...
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3 Charts Show How Google May Have Fixed Its Mobile Ad Problem (GOOG)
Google added $1.3 billion in ad revenues, sequentially, and appears to have slowed the decline in the ad prices it is able to charge, according to its Q4 2012 earnings.Google's cost-per click — the...
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