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AT&T Made This T-Mobile Attack Ad
After enduring a slew of negative ads at the hands of T-Mobile, AT&T decided to strike back and ran a full-page ad in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today last week.The ad...
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Digital Ad World Can't Decide How It Feels About Native Advertising [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Adweek provides an in-depth breakdown of how torn the digital advertising world is about native ads based on the panels, Twitter reactions, and...
View ArticleYou Can Safely Ignore The First Ad For Samsung's New Phone (SMSG)
Samsungrecently posted a teaser video for the Galaxy S 4, as it gears up to launch its new flagship phone later this month. We first spotted the clip over on The Verge.The video features a young boy...
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World's 3rd Largest Retailer Will Go Head To Head Against Amazon With Own TV...
Tesco has hired one of Facebook’s most senior European executives and is launching a slew of online entertainment stores as it gears up for battle with Amazon.The supermarket giant is preparing to...
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Successful Former Revlon Model Is Suing 'Mad Men'
Gita Hall May, 79, is suing the production company behind 'Mad Men' for the unauthorised use of a photograph taken of her in her Fifties modelling heyday.Gita Hall May, one of the most successful...
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Here's The Hilarious Way New Zealand Recruits Bus Drivers
A funny New Zealand ad is making its way around Reddit that masterfully recruits people looking for adventure to become a bus driver.The text reads:Always wanted a corner office with a view?How about...
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There's A Comic Book About Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz (SBUX)
It's not completely clear why there needs to be a comic book describing the story of Howard Schultz's life (the "origin story," if you will), but there is one. Written/drawn by C.W. Cooke, "Howard...
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You've Never Heard Of The 2 Richest People In Advertising
The two richest people in advertising, according to Forbes new list of the world's billionaires, are Jean-Claude Decaux and his family, and Elisabeth Badinter.The Decaux and Badinter names are...
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Did CBS Make Kaley Cuoco Delete This Tweet?
Last week, actress Kaley Cuoco sang Dish's Hopper DVR's praises in a sponsored tweet claiming that the ad skipper was both "awesome" and "amazing."The only awkward bit?Cuoco is the star of CBS's "Big...
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Livestrong Tweaks Logo To Move Past The Lance Armstrong Scandal
In an attempt to further separate itself from its infamous founder Lance Armstrong, Livestrong unveiled a subtle new logo that will hopefully rally consumers away from the doping scandal.The old logo...
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The 7 Dumbest Mistakes Made By Web Video Advertisers
Jason Krebs is a consultant to various web advertising companies — including Touchstorm, PadSquad and AudienceFuel — and he's the former chief media officer at Tremor Video.We asked him to tell us the...
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6 Interesting Facts About Ogilvy CEO Miles Young
Ogilvy worldwide CEO Miles Young just gave a huge — in both importance and word-length — interview to Adweek's Noreen O'Leary about his ascent to the top of WPP's most famous agency brand.Young is one...
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Moonwalking Pony Beats Harlem Shake For Most Viral Video On The Internet
A video of a little pony doing the moonwalk to Fleetwood Mac is blowing up on the viral charts. (Watch the video below.)According to Unruly, which tracks the most-shared videos on YouTube, this ad for...
View ArticleKobe Bryant's New Chinese Nike Commercial Is Awesome
Nike just launched a new ad campaign in China called "Give Me The Ball."This commercial — featuring Kobe Bryant, Yi Jianlian, and a young Chinese boy— is the centerpiece of the campaign, and it's...
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Microsoft: No, We're Not Abandoning Our Anti-Google Campaign
Microsoft has no intention of completely ending its Google-bashing ad campaign, "Scroogled," the company told Business Insider.Reports flew on the Internet today that Microsoft would kill off the...
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Until Recently, Twitter Actually Made It Difficult To Buy Ads
When Twitter launched its new Ads API— an "application programming interface" that allows advertisers to more easily plug in and run promoted tweets on Twitter— last month, a bunch of social media ad...
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E-COMMERCE WAR: Google Is Entering The Ultimate Battle With Amazon And eBay...
Adding to a six-month-longdrumbeat of rumors, Google is reportedly preparing the launch of a same-day delivery service, Google Shopping Express, TechCrunch reports.Google has many of the pieces for...
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Advertisers Are Desperate To Do The Harlem Shake — But No One Is Watching
Over the last month, 30-second video clips of costumed people dancing spastically to the now-familiar refrain of "The Harlem Shake" have taken over the internet.If you have a wifi connection, then...
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Amazon's Mobile Ad Network Is Getting Even Bigger [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Amazon's mobile ad network is getting bigger. It's now extended to the Android app, and Adweek notes that Amazon's Mobile Ads API could rival...
View ArticleThis Ad Agency Asked, What Happens When People Step Into An Elevator And...
To promote the crime thriller "Dead Man Down," ad agency Thinkmodo decided to stage a (fake) murder in an elevator and video people's reactions as the doors open.There's a bit of a trend in this type...
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