VICTORY FOR JCPENNEY: Judge Rules Martha Stewart Can Sell Her Home Line In...
JCPenney will be allowed sell to Martha Stewart-designed products in stores as long as they don't bear her name, a judge ruled today. Judge Jeffrey Oing in New York State Court "did not grant Macy's...
View ArticleThis Is The 'Rape' Song That Got Rick Ross Fired By Reebok
Reebok just fired rapper Rick Ross for releasing a new song that happily describes his plans to drug and rape someone.Here's the problematic verse (emphasis is ours) from "U.O.E.N.O":That n**** sold...
View ArticleVictoria's Secret Manager: 'Our Customers Are Getting Younger And Younger'
A Victoria's Secret store manager recently revealed that she gets frequent complaints that merchandise isn't small enough to fit young girls. "Our customers are getting younger and younger every year,"...
View ArticleGE Is Happy To Get An Endorsement From The Matrix In Its New Ad
Agent Smith was the character in The Matrix that made the movie series interesting.Hugo Weaving has reprised the role in GE's new ad for its "brilliant machines" campaign from ad agency BBDO.GE tells...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Old Spice Guy Has A Side Job Selling Beer In Israel
Isaiah Mustafa, aka The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, is back, this time as the U.S. President delivering a worldwide speech on taste (and why you should like Maccabee beer, an Israeli brand).Sitting...
View ArticleBusiness Insider Is Hiring A Content Producer For BI Studios
Business Insider is looking for a talented writer/editor to join Business Insider Studios, our sponsored content department. Sponsored content is paid content that is created in cooperation with an...
View ArticleA Goat Yells At Mark Zuckerberg In The New Facebook Commercial (FB)
Facebook's phone software for Android, Facebook Home, is officially available on Google Play.To help promote the app, Facebook released the following TV commercial. It's awesomely weird.Please follow...
View Article10 Annoying Social Media Habits Businesses Need To Stop Doing
Habits are easy to fall into. When you’re trying to change how you do things and you’re incredibly busy, falling back into old habits happens quicker than you would expect. While most tend to be minor...
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View ArticleAn Ad Agency Had To Fight For The Right To Serve Booze
TRIBECA — High-end ad agency Spring Studios finally won local support to serve alcohol at its massive TriBeCa production space, after a third appearance before Community Board 1 members Wednesday...
View ArticleCBS Chief Les Moonves Took Home $62 Million In Pay Last Year (CBS)
CBS CEO Les Moonves received $62 million in compensation last year, putting him in the ranks of "media executives [who] earned almost double the pay of Wall Street chiefs whose income drew scrutiny...
View ArticleEverything You Hate About Advertising, All In One Place
Did you know that yogurt will solve all your problems? And if that doesn't work, try salad! You will immediately become a porcelain-skinned, fit, smiley, bland-faced person who loves life, long walks...
View ArticleQUIZ: Do You Know Your 'Mad Men' Characters?
"Mad Men" Season 6 just launched, and everybody's talking about it. Some people think it's possible to jump in and "get it" without catching up on previous seasons. Others would beg to differ.At any...
View ArticlePeople Are Going To Start Talking To Ads On Their Phone
Just looking at ads is bad enough, so who would want to talk to them? While many people would likely answer "no one," voice-recognition software maker Nuance says the opposite is true.What Is A Voice...
View ArticleThis Laid Off Ad Man Wrote The Perfect Exit Email
Writng an exit email to colleagues and friends can be shaky territory — particularly following a layoff.While some would meet the occasion with vitriol, copywriter Richard Tseng wrote an eloquent...
View ArticleRon Johnson's Attempt To Fix JCPenney's Brand Was Completely Backwards
It’s difficult to watch someone whose work you previously admired for revolutionizing both the technology and department store retail industries fail so dramatically.Yet fail is what Ron Johnson did...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: New Bathroom Tiles For Anyone Interrogated By This Creepy Bunny
Right Price Tiles wants Norwegians to know that they don't have to help the army test creepy interrogation techniques to afford nice bathroom tiles.This new spot from TRY/Apt Oslo features a man...
View ArticleFacebook Charging $1 Million For New, Intrusive Video Ads (FB)
Facebook wants $1 million from advertisers who want to be the first to run video ads in users' news feeds this summer, according to Ad Age.And users won't have a choice over whether they see them: the...
View ArticleTaco Bell's New Ad Is About Kissing With Taco Breath [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Taco Bell has a new ad by Deutsch LA that is about kissing and tacos.Take a look at Lego's history.PubMatic partnered with data management...
View ArticleYes, Your Credit Card Company Is Selling Your Purchase Data To Online...
Depending on how you feel about online shopping, this either old news or a huge betrayal of consumer trust: Mastercard and American Express are selling your data to online advertisers who then use it...
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