Showing posts with label Advertising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advertising. Show all posts
Friday, November 4, 2022

Twitter Turmoil Poses Risks to the Company’s Brand

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At the Wall Street Journal , " The social-media company is under a spotlight in the early days of Elon Musk’s ownership ": Twitter...
Monday, February 8, 2021

Jeep's Bruce Sprinsteen Super Bowl Ad (VIDEO)

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I usually just mute the commercials during the game, but my wife was watching too, and she mainly likes the commercials and the halftime sho...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Trump's Early Lead on Facebook

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At the L.A. Times, via Memeorandum, " Trump’s big, early lead in Facebook ads deeply worries Democratic strategists ": Almost ever...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

The Weeknd Says Goodbye to H&M Over Racist 'Monkey' Sweatshirt Advertisement

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This is the most un-'woke' thing ever --- and it's in the supposedly 'woke' fashion industry, man. At USA Today, "...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

Andrew Essex, The End of Advertising

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*BUMPED.* Out today yesterday last week, at Amazon, Andrew Essex, The End of Advertising: Why It Had to Die, and the Creative Resurrecti...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Pepsi Apologizes for Trivializing Black Lives Matter

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Actually, this is so stupid I'd have hoped Kendall Jenner would've avoided it, but then, perhaps she should get props for helping SJ...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Jerry Orbach in Dewar's White Label Scotch Advertisement

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Just saw the photo on Twitter, and then Googled. At the New York Times, February 17, 1989, " THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; 20 Year...
Thursday, October 6, 2016

2017 Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 S Coupe (VIDEO)

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I keep seeing this Mercedes-Benz ad and the car is so aggressive. It's way out of my price range, and I don't even like Mercedes t...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Hardee's 'Fantasty' Bacon Three-Way Thickburger (VIDEO)

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Heh. There's a fairly obvious double entendre at this commercial. At the caption, "With bacon strips, bacon jam, and bacon crum...
Monday, February 8, 2016

Emily Ratajkowski Interview for Buick’s First-Ever Super Bowl Advertising Campaign (VIDEO)

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At Yahoo, " Emily Ratajkowski Talks Super Bowl and ‘Feelin’ the Bern’ ." “I’m going to be in New Hampshire next week with Berni...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Has Run Out of Time for a Turnaround

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That's the first thing I thought when I heard the company might be up for sale . At the New York Times : Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer has r...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

Web Developer Marco Arment Pulls Best-Selling Ad Blocker Off Apple's App Store

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At WaPo, " Why the maker of a chart-topping ad blocker just pulled it off the App Store ." This is especially interesting, consi...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Ronda Rousey Hot Carl's Jr. Cinnamon Swirl French Toast Breakfast Sandwich Commercial (VIDEO)

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At Ad Week, " Step Aside, Waifs. Ronda Rousey Is Carl's Jr.'s Newest Sandwich-Devouring Ad Star ." And watch, " Car...
Friday, April 10, 2015

Here's That Dove Video in Which Women Choose if They're 'Beautiful' or 'Average'

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Everyone's beautiful. Beauty's skin deep, blah blah. Not sure why anyone at Dove thought this was a good idea. At Ad Week, &qu...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Heidi Klum's Sharper Image Too Sexy for Vegas!

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At London's Daily Mail, " Heidi Klum's provocative Sharper Image ads are BANNED in Las Vegas for being 'too sexy' .&quo...
Friday, July 11, 2014

L'Oreal Fires 17-Year-Old Axelle Despiegelaere Amid Big-Game Hunting Controversy

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The little lady's cute as a button, but once it came out that she's an avid big-game hunter, the L'Oreal contract was finished. ...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Air New Zealand Pulls Safety Ad Featuring Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Hotties

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At the New York Post, " Airline pulls sexy safety video featuring scantily clad SI models ."
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Heh, Hot Adriana Lima for Kia Motors - #USA

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Just saw this advertisement and tweeted. Gotta admit those #KIA commercials with @AdrianaLima are freakin' hot, lol. — Donald Dougl...
Saturday, March 22, 2014

First Kiss

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It's a viral hit. See NYT, " A Kiss Is Just a Kiss, Unless It’s an Ad for a Clothing Company ."
Monday, February 24, 2014

Yahoo Aims to More Deftly Blend Ads With Content

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I think we should start a Marissa Meyer termination countdown. I can't remember any good news about Yahoo since she took over as CEO. ...