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Pakistani Fashion Brands Are Dropping Female Models From Billboards
Female models in glitzy advertising campaigns are being shunned by fashion houses in Pakistan as they launch this year's collections, to avoid the anger of Islamic hardliners.Last year dozens of...
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Nike Suspended Its Endorsement Contract With Oscar Pistorius
The sportswear company announced the decision through its agency in South Africa.“Nike has suspended its contract with Oscar Pistorius,” Nike SAcommunications manager Seruscka Naidoo said in a...
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A Julia Louis-Dreyfus Commercial Was Pulled In Israel For Offending Fat People
A Julia Louis-Dreyfus TV ad has been pulled in Israel after offending some women after inadvertently taking a jab at overweight women.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the commercial produced for...
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Meet The Victoria's Secret Angel Poised To Take Over The Brand
While more than 30 women walk the Victoria's Secret runway each year, the brand highlights a few "Angels" whom it grooms to be superstar ambassadors. These models, like Tyra Banks, Gisele Bundchen,...
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These Are The Last Meals Of Innocent Men Who Were Executed
Amnesty International launched a jarring anti-capital punishment campaign that depicts the last meal requests of executed men who were later proved or presumed innocent.One example is Cameron Todd...
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When Advertising Comes To Google Glass...
A blogger who goes by the name of Subway Adman who writes Ads Of The Subway (@adsonthesubway) put together this amusing mockup of a future in which ads have come to Google Glass.Probably not far from...
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Laura Bush Wants To Be Edited Out Of This Pro-Gay Marriage Ad
Laura Bush is in a new pro-gay marriage commercial, and the former first lady isn't happy about it.The Respect for Marriage Coalition pulled a 2010 clip from CNN's "Larry King Live" in which Bush...
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Nominate Influential Instagrammers Brands Are Dying To Work With
Instagram has created some instant photo-celebrities, and brands have started to take note.We took a look at nine influential Instagrammers— some professional photographers, other amateurs — who have...
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Someone Sent Us 2 Bottles Of Wine Wrapped In Shredded Dollar Bills
Folks in our newsroom get promotional packages from PR representatives on a daily basis.Most of it is junk that winds up on our office kitchen table, untouched.But today we got one from a winery called...
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Samsung Can Make Almost Any Ad — Even One About A Washing Machine — Go Viral
Samsung's cracked the code to get its ads straight to the top of viral charts — and not just for its Galaxy commercials.The brand's Super Bowl spot, featuring Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd, continues to be...
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The Brand-New Yahoo Homepage Is Actually Four Years Old (YHOO)
We've spoken to several Yahoo veterans who rolled their eyes at Yahoo's big redesign of its homepage—which is such a big deal that CEO Marissa Mayer went on the "Today" show to unveil it.That's because...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: This Will Make You Want To Start Taking The Bus
Imagine this: you're sitting at a bus stop, in a hurry, and then as if out of thin air, a yellow Lamborghini appears to drive you to your destination.Qualcomm, the California-based digital...
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Get Ready To Start Drinking Blueberry Coffee [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:When the Consumer Analyst Group of New York met up this week in Florida, Ad Age notes that some marketers unveiled some pretty strange products...
View ArticleHere's Amazon's Wonderful Kindle Ad That Supports Gay Marriage
Amazon has a new commercial out for its Kindle Paperwhite, but if you didn't watch it all the way through you would have missed out on a great twist ending.The commercial starts off as a pretty...
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Heineken Likes To Play Mind Games With Hopeful Interns
To show off how quirky it is, Heineken made a video about its ridiculously bizarre interview process for an events intern position. (Watch below.)The job landscape is really a buyer's market, so the...
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INSIDE JCPENNEY: Widespread Fear, Anxiety, And Distrust Of Ron Johnson And...
JCPenney may have a glossy new exterior, but inside the 111-year-old retailer, there is a major culture clash.There's widespread anxiety, fear, distrust, and resistance to CEO Ron Johnson within the...
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This Disturbing Cigarette Pack Is Nominated For A Prestigious Design Award
Should a cigarette packet beat an Anish Kapoor book design at this year's Design Awards?Possibly the ugliest, perhaps the smallest, almost certainly among the cheapest items to be shortlisted for the...
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Samsung's Ad Agency Is Going To Start Making Google Chrome Commercials
72andSunny— the agency that is responsible for Samsung's humorous, Apple-bashing, sometimes star-studded commercials— is going to start making commercials for Google Chrome.Google worked with BBH for...
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Alexa Chung Is The New Face Of L'Oréal
Model and 'style icon' Alexa Chung has been announced as the face of L'Oréal Professionnel's in-salon hair colour brand INOA.The London Fashion Week ambassador and TV presenter has been chosen by...
View ArticleCitroen's Bizarre New Car Ad Stars A Silver-Haired Baby Riding A Horse
In a bizarre, funny commercial for its new DS3 Cabrio, French automaker Citroën wanted to demonstrate how extraordinary the experience of driving the soft-top little car is.And because Citroën is...
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