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Nissan Rogue Comes in Handy When You're Battling a Marauding Band of Evil...
Next time you're caught driving in a winter storm, Nissan Canada wants you to be grateful you're only dealing with the natural elements and not a supernatural mob of malicious snowmen who are hell...
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Most Inclusive Ad Ever? Swiffer Spot Stars Interracial Family, and Dad's an...
Here's a feel-good moment from Swiffer. A new ad for the brand stars an interracial family, which deserves some credit, if lamentably, in light of the idiotic controversy around last year's Cheerios...
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Is Kayak's 'Stairlift' Commercial Bringing You Down?
Some folks are finding Barton F. Graf 9000's latest advertising excursion for travel site Kayak.com a less than uplifting experience. In the 30-second spot, a middle-aged man commandeers his elderly...
View ArticleXaxis Merger Chases Programmatic Vision
The new Xaxis—now merged with 24/7 Media—officially unfurled its new corporate structure today. The union of the two entities, which are companion companies under WPP Group, created a supersized...
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If Patrick Bateman Were a Hipster, He'd Kill For Denham Jeans
What if Patrick Bateman were a hipster? It would look a lot like this brilliant remake of two American Psycho scenes, updated for our decade of obsessive beard cultivation and vintage clothing...
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Fun, Ludicrous Dancing Jacket Springs to Life When You Eat Cadbury Chocolate
Cadbury has invented a trench coat that basically dances when you eat the brand's chocolate. Because eating Cadbury chocolate brings euphoria so intense that it makes even your clothes dance, or...
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Cisco Ad, Like the Future It Depicts, Is All Delightfully Interconnected
IDEA: The Internet of Things—or as Cisco calls it, "the Internet of everything"—is quickly advancing, as seen in the array of magically interconnected devices at this year's Consumer Electronics Show....
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GoDaddy Unveils the First Super Bowl Ad of Its Post-Sleaze Era
GoDaddy, which this fall promised no more sleazy Super Bowl commercials, still shows plenty of skin in its first ad for this year's game—but it's mostly male, and it's absurdly pumped up. The...
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Ad of the Day: Honda Spreads a Message of Hope in a World of Chaos and Conflict
Honda wants you to know something: This world is not actually as horrible and soul-crushing a place as it appears. In a lengthy online anthem titled "Today Is Pretty Great," which launches a new Gen...
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Newcastle Brown Ale's Super Bowl Ad Teaser Is the Best You'll See This Year
God bless Newcastle Brown Ale. As much as we all enjoy advertising when it's good, so much of it—as Newcastle would say—is bollocks. The British brewer (with help from Droga5) has always excelled at...
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Yellow Gets the Starring Role in M&M's Super Bowl Spot
A year after the Red M&M belted out Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)," it's Yellow's turn to take the spotlight during the Super Bowl. The Mars candy brand just released...
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My Wife Doesn't 'Get How It Is in Advertising'
Remember the whole Magnolia cupcake thing? At some point in the waning years of the 20th century, a little bakery opened in the West Village, and apparently they made some freaking epic cupcakes. In...
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Ad of the Day: Hyundai's Two Super Bowl Ads Are Simple, Cute and Fun
Sometimes it's the understated celebrity cameos that do the trick on the Super Bowl. Johnny Galecki certainly fits the bill, and has picked a good time to make his commercial acting debut—in one of...
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Agency Recruiting Creatives on Snapchat by Asking for 10-Second Pitches
You are a digital idea ninja, innovating where branding meets emerging technologies. That is to say, you are an aspiring ad creative who likes shooting videos of yourself with your smartphone. That is...
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Pepsi Gives the Grammys Its Own Halftime Show in Lengthy Song and Dance
Super Bowl halftime sponsor Pepsi decided to get an early start on Sunday night when the gridiron met the Grammys for an NFL-style extravaganza featuring the musical stylings of football stars."You...
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Mutant 'Doberhuahuas' Attack the World in Audi's Super Bowl Ad
Audi's 2014 Super Bowl ad, like the mutant animal it imagines, is a bit of an odd beast. Following two teasers, the automaker on Monday released the full spot, from Venables Bell & Partners and...
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Trojan's New Ads Are Subtle, Playful and Even Safe for Kids
Colangelo's new TV ads for Trojan are refreshingly quiet and subtle, with adults and a male teenager alluding to sex without snickering or blushing. That said, the subject behind the dialogue-driven...
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Coca-Cola Visits Lambeau Field in One of Its Two Super Bowl Ads
While the Broncos and Seahawks battle it out Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Coca-Cola will visit an almost completely deserted Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.—in one of its two 60-second...
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Ad of the Day: Volkswagen Gets Its Wings in 2014 Super Bowl Commercial
Volkswagen of America's minute-long 2014 Super Bowl spot from ad agency Argonaut, released online this morning, sports a pretty lofty concept: Every time a VW vehicle hits 100,000 miles, a German...
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Budweiser Gives a Single Soldier a Hero's Welcome Home in Super Bowl Spot
Anheuser-Busch InBev is certainly personalizing its Super Bowl commercials this year. While its Bud Light work will depict an elaborate prank on a single unsuspecting person, the brewer revealed...
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