Facebook Is Quietly Implementing A Plan To Destroy Television (FB)
Facebook's management has recently adopted a new mantra: that Facebook's audience is the equivalent of three Super Bowls every day. COO Sheryl Sandberg said it on the Q3 2012 earnings call. And...
View ArticleSubscribe To A Newsletter For A Chance To Win An iPad Mini From Business Insider
Just in time for the holidays we're giving you have a chance to win an iPad mini. Become a newsletter subscriber now and you'll have a chance to win Apple's latest tablet. If you're the lucky winner...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Use Your iPhone To Upload Your Face Onto The Body Of A 'Call...
"Call of Duty" has made it possible to turn real-life gamers into virtual soldiers.Millennial Media created a demo video showing how this can be done, and it looks pretty easy. All a user has to do is...
View ArticleLook Which News Corp. Exec Got His Wings Clipped When 'The Daily' Closed (NWS)
After Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. announced that its iPad news app, The Daily, would be closed down, the company shuffled its management ranks.The Daily’s editor-in-chief, Jesse Angelo, will become the...
View ArticleW Magazine Is 40 Years Old: Here Are Some Of Its Most Spectacular Covers
This year is W magazine's 40th anniversary. The oversized format of the women's fashion magazine — measuring 10 inches by 13 inches — allows the publication more space for its boundary-pushing covers....
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: This Morning-After Pillow Gets Men Out Of Cuddling
Axe has come up with a solution to the morning-after cuddling that men (allegedly) hate so much: an inflatable arm and chest that smells like Axe.The commercial seems like a parody, but it's actually...
View ArticleRON JOHNSON: Here's How JCPenney Will Return To Growth In 2013 (JCP)
It has been nearly a year since JCPenney CEO Ron Johnsonrevealed his plan to turn around the ailing retailer.And it has been quite a bumpy ride.David Moin at Women's Wear Daily spoke with Johnson about...
View ArticleBeyoncé Is Pepsi's New $50 Million Brand Ambassador [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Already having starred in five of the brand's ads, Beyoncé is now officially Pepsi's brand ambassador. The multi-year campaign, which the NY...
View ArticleThe Answers To Every Question You've Ever Had About SEO
At our recent IGNITION conference in New York, SEO experts Define Media Group shared a presentation that explains key SEO concepts.From social's effect on search to keeping up with algorithm changes...
View ArticleSix Companies That Routinely Embarrass Themselves
Some companies have made so many horrible marketing or branding decisions, that their insanely crass moves barely even shock us anymore.At this point, underage and under-dressed American Apparel model...
View ArticleSubway Served This Sandwich To A Man Who Went Through The Drive-Thru Moments...
One customer felt the wrath of Subway employees for ordering a sandwich as they were closing shop."What happens when you go through a Subway drive-thru minutes before closing time," the customer posted...
View ArticleWhat The World's Most Iconic Photographs Would Look Like If They Were Taken...
As a part of its new ad campaign, South Africa's The Cape Times photoshopped some of the most iconic photographs in the word as if the subjects themselves took a selfie on Instagram.Lowe Cape Town came...
View ArticleBed Bath & Beyond Worker Emphatically Announces His Resignation On A Price Tag
Well, here's something you don't see every day on a price tag.A disgruntled Bed, Bath & Beyond an employee left a message on the tag for a $119 NuWave Pro oven. At least the worker left some of...
View ArticleDoctor Goes On An Epic Rant Against The Food Industry
When Yoni Freedhoff, a doctor and professor at the University of Ottawa, was uninvited to a food industry breakfast three days before it was slated to happen, he got a little upset.So, instead of...
View ArticleThis Extreme Anti-Islam Poster Will Be Plastered All Over NYC Subway Stations...
Anti-Islam posters with depictions of the World Trade Towers in flames will be plastered around 50 different New York MTA stations beginning December 17.(See the ad below.)The $10,000-plus campaign is...
View ArticleGoogle Was The Most Shared Brand Of 2012
According to Unruly Media, which tracks not only what people watch but also what they share, Google was the most shared social video brand of 2012.Thanks to campaigns like "Project Glass: One Day," the...
View Article'I Love Cute, Fluffy Animals': A Q&A With BuzzFeed Editor-In-Chief Ben Smith
Last week we visited BuzzFeed's New York headquarters.We stole a few moments to trade quips with editor-in-chief Ben Smith, the former political journalist the site hired a year ago, about how he keeps...
View ArticleTim Armstrong Explains Why He Personally Auditioned Dancers For AOL's New Ads
A couple of interesting items have come up from AOL's marketing department in recent days.First, the company's chief marketing officer Jolie Hunt left only after 5 months on the job due to corporate...
View ArticleWe're Entering A New Age Of Holiday Shopping
The holidays are the most crucial time of the year for retailers across the country, and this year, we're seeing some major changes in the shopping experience.With the rise of mobile and social, and...
View ArticleStanford And UC Students Finally Agree: They Both Hate Their New Logos*
All is quiet on the Californian front.The students at Stanford University and University of California schools, of which Stanford's rival Berkeley is part, are momentarily holding back their jabs at...
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