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With Yahoo Merger Likely Off, Rubicon CEO Frank Addante Tells Us His M&A...
Rubicon Project CEO Frank Addante declined to deny today that his online ad giant was being circled by Yahoo! for possible acquisition. A Yahoo-Rubicon hookup has been a longtime, unconsummated rumor...
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Why Pornhub's 'Rejected' Super Bowl Ad Is Likely A Bogus Stunt
Pornhub is making headlines for announcing that it's incredibly mild "Super Bowl ad," featuring an elderly couple looking lovingly into each others' eyes on an idyllic park bench, was rejected by...
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How Victoria's Secret Became The Most Popular Apparel Brand In The World
Victoria's Secret is now the most popular brand in the world, beating out established giants like Levi's, Macy's, and Old Navy. The lingerie brand ranked number one in the annual YouGov BrandIndex...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: What If Women Literally Had To Kiss Frogs To Find A Prince?
With a cheesy love song playing in the background, we watch a woman pucker up to a frog. She desperately wants him to turn into a prince, but that doesn't happen.Guess she will have to turn to Zoosk...
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How Kari Feinstein Gets Brands To Pay $40K To Give Celebrities Diamonds And...
The Sundance Film Festival wrapped up this weekend and not only did many films come out with distributors, but celebrities walked away with a boat-load of free swag.Stars who attended this year's...
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Apple Has Been Granted A Trademark For Its Retail Store Design
Apple has been granted a trademark by the U.S. government for the design and layout of its retail stores, according to a filing at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.The company had applied for the...
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Nordstrom Pianists Are Slowly Disappearing
Nordstrom has traditionally employed pianists who perform live for shoppers — a nice little upscale touch at the high-end department store.But they've been disappearing. What was once a defining part...
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CHART: Google Raked In The Ad Dollars When It Went After Amazon Last Year...
Google CEO Larry Page hinted to Wall Street on his Q4 2012 earnings call that he was "really excited" about Google's new e-commerce play, Google Shopping.The new search feature allows retailers to buy...
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Time CEO Tells Her Staff: Today We Begin The 'Painful Process' Of Layoffs
The layoffs at Time Inc. have begun.Everyone knew they were coming and employees have been awaiting to learn their fate for months now.About 6 percent of Time's 8,000 person staff will be cut — that's...
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3 Ways Brands Can Turn This Year's Super Bowl Ads Into A Three-Screen Experience
Ah, the Super Bowl – the one day when Cheeseheads, Hogettes and 'Who Dat-ers' gather around oversized flat-screens alongside non-football fanatic friends to dissect not only the outcome of each play,...
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Here's A Delicious Way Facebook Could Profit From Instagram—And Destroy...
Instagram snaps of the delicious meal you're about to eat are such a cliché, they played a starring role in CollegeHumor's hilarious takedown of the Facebook-owned photo-sharing site.But for...
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Did Wall Street Get Facebook's Q4 Estimates Wrong Because Of These 2 Errors?...
Facebook reported Q4 2012 revenue of $1.59 billion today, well above Wall Street analysts' expectations of $1.53 billion.Why did the experts get it wrong?It's a legitimate question because, with some...
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The Secrets Of The Apple Store's Success
Apple has been granted a trademark by the U.S. government for the design and layout of its retail stores, according to a filing at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.The trademark covers the glass...
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Knocked Up Stars Reunite For Samsung Super Bowl Ad
Funnymen Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd are starring in Samsung's two-minute long Super Bowl ad called "The Big Pitch," reports Mashable's Todd Wasserman.A spokesperson told Mashable that the ad "shows Rogen...
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Look At Facebook's $300 Million Empire Of Mobile-Only Users (FB)
About 157 million of Facebook's 1.06 billion monthly active users access the site only on mobile devices, Facebook reported on its Q4 2012 earnings call today.That's nearly 16 percent of its global...
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Mini Cooper Thought Of An Amazing Way To Deal With An Email Spam Catastrophe
Mini Cooper has found a creative way to deal with a server glitch that accidentally sent some customers hundreds of emails. One man posted a picture of a care package from the car brand on the website...
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Prepare To See A Lot More Advertising On Twitter Very, Very Soon
Twitter will likely become flooded with ads — much as Facebook has been — if it launches its own self-serve advertising mechanism this quarter, as reported by TechCrunch's Ingrid Lunden.Twitter's "Ads...
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Here Are All Of The Ads You'll See On Super Bowl Sunday
Super Bowl XLVII might not air until Feb. 3, 2013, but you don't have to wait until Sunday to check out the ads.Skip straight to the ads →With some advertisers shelling out as much as $4 million for a...
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Here Are The Major Players In Mobile Advertising
We are in the post-PC era, and soon billions of consumers will be carrying around Internet-connected mobile devices for up to 16 hours a day. Mobile audiences have exploded as a result.Mobile...
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Alicia Keys Is BlackBerry's New Global Creative Director [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:After unveiling its new BlackBerry, RIM made some other announcements as well, including that singer Alicia Keys is the company's new global...
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