Ad of the Day: Lil Buck Defies Gravity in Apple's First Big TV Spot for Its...
Without pesky headphone wires, you'll be freed up to move in any way the laws of physics allow—and even, perhaps, some they don't. Apple this weekend launched "Stroll," the latest 60-second spot in...
View ArticleChevrolet Unveils a Life-Size Lego Batmobile, and a Self-Parody Ad to Match
Chevrolet has long been running a campaign that shows a group of "ordinary" people, a Chevy car and has them react in disbelief to how safe it is, how many awards it's won and generally how awesome it...
View ArticleJoan Hires Its First Senior Creatives as It Eyes Being More Than a...
Joan scored one of the 2016's most prominent boutique-agency launches last May, when former Wieden + Kennedy creative director Jaime Robinson, and Ogilvy and Refinery29 veteran Lisa Clunie joined...
View ArticleThis Chocolate Factory Just Celebrated 5 Years in Business With Delicious...
If the medium is the message, then Videri Chocolate Factory's latest advertising has a very palatable message indeed. The Raleigh, N.C., chocolate maker worked with ad agency Baldwin& to create...
View Article'I'm Alpha Male Adjacent.' Neil Patrick Harris on Why He's Still Doing Ads...
It was back in the summer of 2014 that Neil Patrick Harris did his first ads for Heineken Light, via Wieden + Kennedy New York. From the beginning, the campaign has had a meta humor, wryly commenting...
View ArticleThis Popular Vlogger Died in a Shocking Car Crash Live on YouTube. Or Did She?
You're watching your favorite beauty vlogger broadcast live as she drives her car around town. She looks away from the road to check her phone and read questions from fans. Suddenly, the picture goes...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Reebok Gets 'More Human' Than Ever in Evolving Aspirational...
Are you striving hard toward personal growth, using exercise, physical fitness and intense competition to build your character and shape your life in positive ways? Well, Reebok wants to give you a...
View ArticleVML Names 2 Co-Chief Creative Directors, Strengthening U.S. Team
VML has promoted two creative leads for its North American network and hired a new director of creative recruiting to serve the same area. The WPP network's global CCO Debbi Vandeven announced today...
View ArticleDoner Promotes New Chief Creative Officer in L.A. After Global Chairman...
Doner has named Jason Gaboriau as chief creative officer in its Los Angeles office, a newly created position. Gaboriau and former RAPP chief marketing officer Zihla Salinas came aboard to lead the...
View ArticleMelissa McCarthy Will Star in Kia's 60-Second Super Bowl Ad for the Niro Hybrid
After putting Christopher Walken in a Super Bowl commercial for the Optima sedan last year, Kia is turning to another celebrity, Melissa McCarthy, to hype its Niro hybrid crossover on this year's...
View ArticleFantastic Beasts? You'll Find Plenty of Them in This Wild British Ad for...
It's not often that Medusa shows up in advertising, much less accompanied by a chest-thumping minotaur, a metallic mermaid, an arrow-shooting centaur and a galloping Pegasus. So, this new U.K. spot...
View ArticleVSA Partners Promotes William Rosen to Chief Executive Officer
Chicago-based VSA Partners named partner and former marketing practice lead William Rosen as its new chief executive officer. The independent agency, which opened more than three decades ago, has...
View ArticleFCB Hires mcgarrybowen's Global CMO to Fill Top Communications Role
FCB has hired Brandon Cooke to serve as its new global chief communications officer. The mcgarrybowen veteran replaces Stephen Martincic, who now serves as chief brand and marketing officer for...
View ArticleAd of the Day: See If You Can Guess What This Lady on the Run Is Promoting
We love an ad with some mystery and a lick of runaway glamour. This one's got it in spades, topped with vintage swing from the Zombies' "She's Not There." "Never Too Wanted," which came out a couple...
View ArticleMcDonald's Poses the Existential Question: Is a Big Mac With Bacon Still a...
If you're the type of guy who drives your friends nuts by compulsively obsessing over minor details at lunch, then McDonald's has a deep existential dilemma for you. In Canada, the fast-food chain is...
View ArticleThis Clothing Retailer Has the Perfect Fashions for When a Burning Piano...
Last year, Middle Eastern clothing chain Centrepoint launched what surely ranks as the most existential retail campaign of all time. In "Sabotage," a charmingly fatalistic black-and-white spot from...
View ArticleThis Ad About Dangerous Driving Is 100% Not Headed Where You Think It Is
Imagine a road without rules—one where you can drive like a madman, cut people off at will, and stop wherever you want for an impromptu selfie. That might sound either awesome or awful. Luckily, none...
View ArticleThis Nut Brand Bought the Bluntest Front-Page Ad Reacting to Trump's...
Brands that have weighed in on Friday's inauguration of Donald Trump as the U.S. president have mostly tiptoed around the issue with cryptic or broad messaging. But not Al Rifai, a Lebanese nut brand,...
View ArticleTurboTax Unveils a Super Bowl Teaser With Its Biggest Celebrity Yet: Humpty...
TurboTax has been embracing celebrities in a big way this year, rolling out ads with everyone from Kathy Bates to DJ Khaled. But for the upcoming Super Bowl, the brand is really pulling out the big...
View ArticleDads Play Barbie With Their Daughters in the Doll's Latest Charming Effort to...
Mattel has had a lot of success modernizing the perception of Barbie over the past few years, by focusing on her power to help girls imagine a powerful and fulfilling future for themselves. Now, the...
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