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How Red Bull Quietly Took Over NYC for Its Red Bull Music Academy Event
There's nothing subtle about Red Bull the drink—it gives you wings, after all—but Red Bull the marketer decided to keep its messaging low-key around a recent New York entertainment/pop-culture event....
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Ad of the Day: Heineken
Heineken is out with its latest ad featuring a worldly man. And boy, is he worldly. In "The Voyage," created by Wieden + Kennedy in Amsterdam, our hero is a traveler. He arrives in India, and is right...
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Carl's Jr. Pounces With a Print and Video Attack as McDonald's Drops Angus...
"If you're wondering where the beef is, we have it, and we'd never deprive you of it." Thanks for the tip, Andy Puzder, CEO of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's! Your straight-faced and earnest delivery of that...
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Bunnies Snuggle on a Hotel Bed in the Year's Most Shamelessly Adorable...
Cats get most of the Internet love, but bunnies can put on quite a show of devastating cuteness as well—as displayed in this new spot from BETC London for Ibis Hotels. The ad was filmed over two days...
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Swiffer Feels the Heat After Putting Rosie the Riveter Back in the Kitchen
Now that women are the primary breadwinners in 40 percent of American households, it's a great time for Swiffer to co-opt the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter—who urged women to roll up their sleeves...
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Riding the Roller Coaster With Your Mouth Open Isn't a Great Look, Theme-Park...
It's a shame what powerful G-forces will do to one's face. The latest reminder of this comes in new ads for amusement park Cedar Fair by Cramer-Krasselt in Chicago. The flappy, wind-crushed faces will...
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Ad of the Day: Samsung
There is no one—and I mean no one—less cool than a new parent. The arrival of a newborn instantly transforms the late-night partier into a midnight feeder, and designer duds are a risky proposition in...
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MARC Is an Agency That Brings Innovation to Retail
SpecsWho Tony Bucci, chairman; and Michele Fabrizi, president and chief executive officerWhat Advertising agencyWhere Pittsburgh officesMARC (Marketing Advertising Research Consultants) is known for...
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Coca-Cola Making Bottles Entirely Out of Ice Just in Time for Summer
First, Coca-Cola tried to thaw relations between India and Pakistan. Now, the brand has created bottles that are guaranteed to melt in your hands. Foodbeast gives a chilly reception to Coke's bottles...
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Ad of the Day: Oscar Mayer
For their upcoming Hallmark holiday, the fathers of the world do not want a Rubik's Cube pencil holder, a madras button-down shirt or a leather six-pack holder (that's for poseurs). What will bring a...
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Who's the Fastest Person on the Internet? The 100-Meter Scroll Aims to Find Out
Not since I used to play Summer Games on the Commodore 64 have I bludgeoned computer hardware in an effort to complete a simulation of a track-and-field event. But now, thanks to two creatives at Grey...
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Most Brutal Prankvertising Stunt Yet Might Kill You Before It Can Save You
We've written here and there about prankvertising and the joy marketers seem to derive from scaring the crap out of people in public places. This video eclipses them all, though, for the sheer...
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Grumpy Cat Is Not OK With You Drinking at Prom
The curmudgeonly mug of Tardar Sauce, the Internet sensation known informally as Grumpy Cat, has been spotted on an outdoor board promoting a dry prom in Elizabeth, Pa. A picture of the board greatly...
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Comedy Troupe Prepares to Improvise Three-Minute Ad on Live TV
Forgetting that a lot of improv comedy stinks, ad agency 18 Feet & Rising is partnering with British improv troupe Mischief Theatre to produce a live ad that will air on U.K. Comedy Central on the...
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YouTube's 10 Most-Watched Ads in May
Let the games begin! Sony and Microsoft stormed Adweek and YouTube's Ads Leaderboard in May as both companies introduced their next-gen gaming consoles—the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One—in teaser videos....
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Big Mac Beguiles in 8 Crazy, Wonderful Short Ads From Translation
A McDonald's campaign that's so playful and pleasing that you want to watch it again and again? This is not happening! This is not happening! I figured I'd be snug in my grave, providing a happy meal...
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IBM's Outdoor Ads Actually Try to Be Useful and Make Cities Better
IBM's technology is helping cities get smarter in innumerable ways. Now, its outdoor advertising is doing the same—by making simple little improvements to the landscape. A triad of outdoor ads from...
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Robert Rodriguez Serves Up Two Scoops, a Featurette for BlackBerry
In an attempt to become relevant again, BlackBerry is jumping into the movie business—though shorter than feature length. Two days after wrapping Sin City 2, awe-inspiring film director Robert...
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Soaking-Wet Padma Lakshmi Leads Parade of Bravolebrities Into Network's...
No one feels sorry for Jeff Lewis, and most everybody wants to see Padma Lakshmi in a soaking-wet cocktail dress. These and other truisms come through in Bravo's just-launched summer 2013 commercial,...
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1970s Commercial for Baby Laugh-a-Lot Will Make You Scream-a-Lot
Today's toy ads aren't perfect—the one for Kackel Dackel is disturbing in its own way—but at least they don't give you nightmares. The one below, for Remco's 1971 toy Baby Laugh-a-Lot, is not...
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