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Sexual Consent Ads Ditch the Metaphors and Go Right to the Talking Cartoon...
A well-received video made the rounds last fall that addressed the issue of sexual consent through a metaphor of drinking tea. Based on copy written by blogger Rockstar Dinosaur Pirate Princess, it...
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Samsung VR Headsets Help Millennials Overcome Their Fears in Persuasive New Ads
Terrified of heights? Try tricking yourself into thinking you're on the roof of a skyscraper, using virtual reality technology—and maybe, with practice, you'll be better equipped to deal with the real...
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Barbarian Group Chairman Benjamin Palmer Leaves the Agency After 14 Years
Three months after New York's Barbarian Group parted ways with CEO Sophie Kelly, chairman Benjamin Palmer has left the agency he co-founded after 14 years. Palmer announced his departure this morning...
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How Droga5 Branded Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson as It Would Any Consumer Product
When Droga5 sold a 49 percent stake to Hollywood talent agency William Morris Endeavor in the summer of 2013, there was plenty of speculation about how each side might leverage the other—how WME could...
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Ad of the Day: Pizzeria Uses Periscope-Tracked Delivery Runners to Avoid...
How do you deliver pizza without hurting the environment? This chain in London got runners to do it. Sodo, a U.K. pizzeria that specializes in locally and ethically sourced ingredients, has avoided...
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Friends Strip Down in an American Diner to Plug This French Home-Delivery...
A few years ago here in Paris, people were hard-pressed to find a food delivery service. This changed with the launch of Allo Resto, which enabled Parisians to score delivery from lots of different...
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This Ad Explains Why Everyone in China Might Eventually Grow Very Long Nose Hair
Sometimes, the problem is right under your nose. That's certainly the case in this wacky, well-done anti-pollution PSA from WildAid China and McCann Shanghai. The 90-second spot is set in a...
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The Bank That Made GAYTMs Has Now Given an Entire Branch a Fabulous Makeover
It's become common for brands of all kinds to show support for the LGBT community. And while efforts from Wells Fargo, Honey Maid and others have garnered headlines—particularly during Pride Month in...
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ABC and Lexus Team Up for Special VR Mini-Episode of Terror Drama Quantico
ABC and sponsor Lexus are hyping the midseason return of Quantico with the network's first virtual reality experience, which takes viewers inside a specially scripted mini-episode of the terrorism...
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Y&R Targets Art Directors With Recruitment Ads on the Watermarks of Stock Photos
Advertising art directors spend a lot of time on stock photo websites. So, what better place to target them with a recruitment campaign? Y&R Prague did so recently, putting little "Now Hiring"...
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Q&A: Mac Presents' Marcie Allen on How Tech Is Impacting Music Marketing
SpecsCurrent gig President, MAC PresentsTwitter @MarcieAllenAge 42Adweek: You've been in the music marketing industry for more than 20 years. What's new? Marcie Allen: Probably looking at all the new...
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Ad of the Day: Microsoft Teaches Kids About Brilliant Female Inventors for...
Quick, name an inventor … a female inventor. Not so easy, is it? In the 100-second film below, part of Microsoft's "Make What's Next" campaign timed to International Women's Day today, girls ages 7 to...
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This Agency's New Website Is a Huge, Hilarious Parody of Terrible Agency...
As a rule, agency websites are pretty wretched—full of self-congratulation, jargon, "creative" headshots and pompous meditations on proprietary philosophies and processes. But Zulu Alpha Kilo's is the...
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Michael Phelps Returns for One Last Swim in Under Armour's Haunting New Ad
Michael Phelps has been an Under Armour endorser since 2010, but of course, he's only truly in the spotlight quadrennially, during the Olympics. Now 30 years old, the world's greatest-ever swimmer is...
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Kraft Mac & Cheese Secretly Changed Its Recipe, and Is Proud Nobody Noticed
If you were among the junk-food fans anxious that a more natural Kraft Macaroni & Cheese would be less tasty, lay your worries to rest: You might already have tasted it and not been the wiser. In...
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Darkly Comic Campaign Shows Women the Tool We Really Need to Ensure Gender...
For International Women's Day, the Young Minds for Gender Equality Foundation (YM4GE) is offering us a practical, immediate solution to the pay parity problem: The Business Bulge, a pair of underpants...
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Blackboard Co. Wants to Be the Biggest Small Agency in America
SpecsWho (l. to r.): Co-founders Clark Evans and Jeff Nixon with media director Tracy ArringtonWhat Full-service advertising and content companyWhere Austin, TexasPhoto: Courtesy of Blackboard Co....
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R/GA Founder Bob Greenberg Will Be Inducted Into the Marketing Hall of Fame
Few advertising personalities are as outspoken and instantly recognizable as R/GA co-founder Bob Greenberg, and now the agency leader's ongoing career is getting another lasting tribute. Greenberg...
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A Little Girl's Deep-Sea Dream Is Shattered in Greenpeace's Latest Plea for...
Greenpeace brings a young girl's undersea imagination to life in "The Little Explorer," a short film that tackles the topic of destructive fishing in the Arctic. Using materials she finds around the...
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Ad of the Day: Jonathan Goldsmith Ends His Epic Run as Dos Equis' Most...
After an impressive and very interesting 10-year run, Jonathan Goldsmith is saying goodbye to his iconic Dos Equis ad character, the Most Interesting Man in the World—appearing in one final ad, which...
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