Watch The Teaser For Samsung's Super Bowl Ad Starring Paul Rudd And Seth Rogen
Samsung just released its Super Bowl ad teaser, in which Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen pitch their ideas for an actual two-minute long big game spot to Bob Odenkirk from the "Mr. Show."The catch — the two...
View ArticleSee How Google's New Shopping Ads Are Crushing Amazon's Search Listings...
We told you recently that Google CEO Larry Page was "excited" about the performance of his new "product listing ads" in Google Shopping, the search giant's new paid format for e-commerce companies.And...
View ArticleBRUTAL: 50% Decline In TV Viewership Shows Why Your Cable Bill Is So High
Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne and his team published a fascinating set of charts yesterday about the long, slow decline of old-fashioned broadcast and cable TV, and the number of ad dollars...
View ArticleDurex Started A Condom Delivery Service In Dubai
Inspired by the pizza industry, Durex launched a delivery service that will get condoms to couples in need within an hour, between 4 p.m. and 4 a.m.Unfortunately only available in Dubai for a test run,...
View ArticleWatch Budweiser's Clydesdale Super Bowl Ad Starring A 7-Day-Old Foal
You might get a little teary when watching Budweiser's early-released Super Bowl ad starring the classic Clydesdale horses.Called "Brotherhood," the ad explores the relationship between a trainer and...
View ArticleHow Visa Psychically Predicted That The 49ers And Ravens Were Super...
It's time for Visa to do an office lottery pool. Well before the 49ers and Baltimore Ravens were a twinkle in Super Bowl XLVII's eyes, Visa psychically predicted that the two teams would go all the...
View ArticleBURGER KING: Yes, We Made Whoppers Contaminated With Horse Meat
Burger King has admitted that some burgers made in the plant of one of its processors in Ireland were tainted with horse meat, The Guardian reported.There's an ongoing controversy about horse DNA being...
View ArticleCourt Rules To Unseal Documents In Dunkin' Donuts Kickback Case (DNKN)
A federal appeals court has ruled that documents in a kickback case involving a Dunkin' Donuts marketing executive were wrongly sealed by a judge, paving the way for new proceedings that could finally...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Baby Shocks His Family By Mastering An Awesome Dance
Who said Gangham Style is dead? Not us, or this baby.Electric cigarette company E-Lites made the following commercial in which the baby's family is shocked when instead of just walking for the first...
View ArticleCoke Defuses Racism Allegations Over Super Bowl Ad Showing An Arab Pulling A...
The latest controversy regarding a potentially racist Super Bowl ad seems to be fizzling ahead of Sunday's big game. (See the video below.)Soft drink giant Coca-Cola came under some fire from...
View ArticleDoritos Is Now Making A Taco Bell Flavored Chip [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Last year, Taco Bell introduced the insanely well-received Doritos Locos Tacos. It now looks like cross-promotion is a two-way street because...
View ArticleFlorida Launches New Business Campaign With 'Sexist' Logo
Florida businesswomen are annoyed that a new graphic for the state's economic development campaign, "Florida, the perfect climate for business," features a man's tie in its logo.The logo implies that...
View ArticleIt Took Bar Refaeli 45 Takes To Get This Kiss For Go Daddy's Super Bowl Ad...
Two-minutes before the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, 111 million viewers will watch supermodel Bar Refaeli make out with this tech nerd in Go Daddy's big game commercial. (You can watch the spot...
View ArticleHumiliation for CBS As Super Bowl Audience Expected To Decline
Jo Ann Ross, CBS's president of ad sales, could be biting her nails on Sunday afternoon if a prediction that viewership for the Super Bowl will go down this year comes true.Brad Adgate, the venerable...
View ArticleHere's An Awesome Photo Of Tumblr's Rick Webb When He Was A Teenage Goth
Stop what you are doing right now and click through to Digiday, which has assembled a strikingly thorough archive of photos of prominent adtech executives from when they were in high school and...
View ArticleThe E*TRADE Baby Succumbs To Hard Partying Ways In His Super Bowl Ad [VIDEO]
E*TRADE's Super Bowl ad shows what it would be like if its beloved baby spokesperson fell into the hard partying lifestyle of many child actors before him: sipping on chilled milk at clubs and dancing...
View ArticleJOB OF THE WEEK: Director of Operations, Retail
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...
View ArticleHow Real-Time Bidding Could Save Mobile Advertising
Programmatic buying is to digital advertising what high-frequency trading is to Wall Street. It involves computerized, algorithm-driven trading that allows for quick buying of ad impressions according...
View ArticleNotoriously Difficult James Joyce Novel Becomes Surprise Best Seller In China
Last month we saw the somewhat odd reports that a 150-year-old French history book, Alexis de Tocqueville's The Old Regime and the French Revolution, had become a surprise best seller in China.Now we...
View ArticleToyota Is Once Again The Best Auto Brand In America
DETROIT, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp again topped an annual U.S. consumer survey on brand perception released on Friday as all the top automakers' scores rose from last year.Ford Motor Co,...
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