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WEIGHT WATCHERS WORKER: 'We Are Paid Less Than Kids Who Work At McDonald’s'
Weight Watchers employees are frustrated by the pay disparity between the haves and the have-nots. Weight Watchers pays spokespeople like Jennifer Hudson and Jessica Simpson millions of dollars to tout...
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This Rube Goldberg Machine Removes The Creme From An Oreo Cookie
With its genius Super Bowl blackout tweet/photo and live tweet-along of the Oscars, Oreo has been on a tear on social media lately. Now, in another attempt to go viral, Oreo uploaded onto its YouTube...
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Red Bull's 'VIP Trip' Turned Out To Be A Nightmare Vacation To Belgium
It was supposed to have been the VIP trip of a lifetime to the Belgium Grand Prix.But Red Bull has been censured after sending competition winners on a budget haul dash across three countries, making...
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Google's New Ads Look Eerily Similar To Apple's Old Ads
Google hoped for headlines this week over its Chromebook, a high-end laptop with a touch screen, which "takes on Apple" and "aims for Apple's core."What people aren't talking about is how incredibly...
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AD OF THE DAY: Lionel Richie's 'Hello,' En Espanol, As A Taco Bell Commercial
No one can resist the power of Lionel Richie's 1980s classic, "Hello."No one!(Don't make me turn off the comments, below, OK?)But ad agency Deutsch LA, which also made Taco Bell's Super Bowl ad, has...
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Why 'Do Not Track' Is Not A Death Threat For Online Advertising
A few months back, an advertising executive argued that more online privacy would kill free speech.Richard Frankel, president of the advertising company Rocket Fuel, titled the post “How the Do Not...
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Shazam Is Driving $300 Million In iTunes And Amazon Sales
It's a long time since Shazam was just that useful app to identify (or "tag") music playing in the real world. In 2013, the company has a burgeoning business based around people tagging TV shows and...
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Meet Anna Zielinski, The Cheerleader Who Became Amazon's Bikini Girl With A...
Anna Zielinski is the face — and body — of Amazon's Kindle. You've probably seen her ads, in which she's repeatedly shown lying by a pool or on a beach in a black bikini, fending off guys who hit on...
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Skinny Models May Hurt Sales
Forget the size zero supermodels - bigger girls can mean bigger profits say researchers from Warwick Business School.Bad news for big fashion brands today as a new study reveals that adverts which...
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Facebook Invited Almost Everyone To Its Ad Exchange BUT Google [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Facebook just welcomed AOL's Advertising.com — now AOL Networks — to FBX. While that's great for AOL and its advertisers, this recent invite...
View ArticleBefore She Was Famous, A Teenage Anne Hathaway Made This Voicemail Ad
Like a lot of actors, Anne Hathaway did some pay-the-bills jobs before she got cast in blockbusters like Les Miserables and The Dark Knight Rises. In the late 1990s, before cell phones existed in any...
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Here's The Pretty Clever Ad That HBO Is Running For Game Of Thrones In The...
There's still some advantages to print advertising. See this two page in the New York Times from HBO for Game Of Thrones. It's a clever way to promote the dragons that will be a big part of season...
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This Timeline Suggests A Twitter IPO Might Happen In August
The launch of Twitter's Ads API— an "application protocol interface" that allows advertisers to plug their own ads into Twitter's ecosystem — will probably turn out to be one of the more significant...
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Ram's Farmer Tribute Made TED's 10 Ads Worth Spreading
Every year, TED creates a list of 10 ads that are worth spreading.From the well-known (Ram's Super Bowl tribute to the farmers of America) to the obscure, TED selects commercials that truly elevate the...
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Wonder Bread Has Been Saved!
Wonder Bread, the iconic bread brand that has been left in limbo since Hostess declared bankruptcy, will strive on.Flowers Foods is set to buy Hostess' bread brands, including Wonder, for $360 million,...
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Hooters' New Ad Blatantly Attacks Chipotle
In today's bit of bizarre advertising news, Hooters just released a commercial that's a pretty blatant attack ad against Chipotle. (Watch below.)The low-budget spot opens on a dude holding up a tinfoil...
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Macy's 'Coincidentally' Just Dropped A Huge Martha Stewart Brand
Macy's ended its relationship with the Emeril Lagasse brand, which is owned by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, on Tuesday, Alexandra Steigrad at Women's Wear Daily reported.The cookware brand has been...
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This Infographic Breaks Down Everything You Need To Know About Twitter's Data
With the launch of Twitter's advertising API and mounting suspicions of an IPO as soon as August, it's a good time to look at how the social site grew to this point.Between Q2 and Q4, account...
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McDonald's Has Four Distinct Shapes Of Chicken McNuggets — Here's What...
McDonald's Chicken McNuggets are one of the fast food juggernaut's core menu items. They're offered all over the world and are gobbled up by the millions.McDonald's has to make sure every piece is as...
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Honey Boo Boo Made The Best Facebook Ad Ever
Honey Boo Boo can add social media marketing expert to her long list of credentials.Apparently Alana Thompson is a girl scout on top of her pageant queen/reality star commitments. And since it's cookie...
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