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MOO Designs the Most Selfless Self-Promotion Ads Ever
Online printing company MOO.com, which some of you might remember from a video it made back in April, is doing some self-promotion with the oldest trick in the book. Wait, no, that's prostitution. The...
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Jason Sudeikis Hilariously Returns as the World's Worst Soccer Coach for NBC...
It was this time last year that we first met Ted Lasso, an American football coach (played by Jason Sudeikis) hired to manage London's Tottenham Hotspur Football Club—and manage it very, very...
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Nike Salutes Paul George in Powerful Ad a Week After His Horrific Injury
Nike has a habit of picking its players up—with tribute ads—after major injuries. The brand did so with Kobe Bryant in 2013, and it has now released the inspiring ad above for Paul George following...
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Here’s How We Size Up the Potential Bidders for IPG
The lull following Elliott Management becoming Interpublic Group’s third-largest shareholder has been filled in recent weeks with swirling rumors about who might buy the No. 4 holding company. The...
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Inside the Strangest Ad for Earphones You'll Ever See
IDEA: "There is something always a bit funny about the past's version of the future," said Anthony Sperduti, executive creative director at Partners & Spade. For Sperduti, going back to the...
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Apple Beats Bud, Nike and GE to Win the 2014 Emmy for Best Commercial
Apple has had its ups and downs in advertising lately. But one recent unqualified creative success—last year's much-loved "Misunderstood" holiday spot—waltzed off with the 2014 Emmy Award for best...
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Thai Life Insurance, Master of the Tearjerker Ad, Sets Its Latest Love Story...
Life in Thailand is pretty meaningful, judging by the heartrending commercials the country produces. Companies like TrueMove and Thai Life Insurance have been rolling out masterful long-form spots...
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Ad of the Day: Peyton Manning and Cam Newton Prank Store Customers for Gatorade
Gatorade must think its customer base is too big, as the brand's new ad campaign from TBWA\Chiat\Day shows people in convenience stores being denied the sports beverage unless they're actively...
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Why Tim Hortons Totally Blacked Out This Location in a Small Quebec Town
Who turned out the lights? Tim Hortons and JWT Toronto plunged customers at one of the coffee and donut chain's Quebec locations into inky darkness for a prank introducing a new dark roast coffee...
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Did a Missouri Shopping Mall Just Make the Worst Local Commercial Ever?
Advertising is easy. You can sell anything you want nowadays if you just pick up a camera, press record and then upload the results to the internet. Music? No problem! Just get your friend to beatbox...
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Miller Lite Got 180,000 Summer Photos From Fans, and Picked 7 for This...
Earlier this year, Coca-Cola rolled out its first TV spot made completely with user-generated content. Now, it's Miller Lite's turn to shine the spotlight on its fans. Back in May, the beer brand...
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Newcastle Asks for Fan Photos, Which It Promises to Photoshop Poorly Into...
On Monday, we posted Miller Lite's new national TV spot, featuring a handful of fan photos selected from some 180,000 gathered through the immensely successful #ItsMillerTime hashtag campaign. Now,...
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Ad of the Day: Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul Reunite in Audi's Hilarious...
Aaron Paul was just going on about how he misses playing Jesse Pinkman. Well, he gets a bit of a Breaking Bad fix here by reuniting with Bryan Cranston for this amusing comedic short from Audi for...
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W+K Develops a Series of Underwater Apps for Sony's Waterproof Phone
If you ever hoped to pretend your phone were a fish or an aquatic plant, Sony would like to present its Xperia Z1S. The brand, along with Wieden + Kennedy and development partners Motim and...
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Ad of the Day: Craig Robinson Croons Love Ballads to Verizon FiOS in Mock...
When was the last time you saw an ad for a TV provider and thought to yourself, "Wow, this is enjoyable," rather than, "Oh my God, I hate you, stop trying to take all my money, and by the way I'm...
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Ad of the Day: Ikea Hypnotizes Customers and Time Travels to Their Future Lives
Ikea is really going down the rabbit hole to promote its new catalog, and it wants to take you along for the ride. The brand has launched a campaign from Swedish agency Forsman & Bodenfors (maker...
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'Got Milk?' Isn't Dead. In Fact, It Just Made Two Curious New Ads
There was major media hubbub earlier this year about the death of the "Got milk?" campaign. But while it's no longer being used nationally by the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), it's still...
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You'll Be Hot and Cold on W+K's New Honda Work, and That's a Good Thing
This Honda Civic campaign by Wieden + Kennedy London is cool. And pretty warm, too. The centerpiece is an engaging 30-second film that shows the freezing and thawing of a Civic on a stylized desert...
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Fanny Glitterwinkle and Harmony Freebush Give World's Worst Vagina Advice in...
Feminine hygiene brand Carefree has released some videos from DDB Sydney promoting its new website, and they're absolutely 100 percent not your typical feminine hygiene ads. No mysterious blue liquid...
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Ad of the Day: See Which Classic SNL Characters Are Now Working for State Farm
The State Farm-meister wants to pump … you up! The insurer has found some amusing brand endorsers deep in the Saturday Night Live vaults, as '90s characters Hans & Franz (Kevin Nealon and Dana...
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