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Newcastle Will Drive You Home, If You Talk About Its New Beer Through a Huge...
No good deed comes without a little punishment. That's Newcastle Brown Ale's "No Bollocks" take on responsibility messaging, judging by a recent stunt in Los Angeles orchestrated by Droga5. The brand...
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Ad of the Day: Heineken Gets Holiday Revelers to Sing Karaoke for 30,000...
Depending on your views (or ability to carry a tune), karaoke can be a fun way to let loose among friends or a guaranteed path to total embarrassment. This year, in the name of holiday cheer, Heineken...
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Brilliant Coke Ad Celebrates the Agony and the Ecstasy of Early Parenthood
In a span of 60 seconds, Coke Argentina tells a true-to-life story of the highs and lows of early parenthood in this new spot by Santo Buenos Aires for Coke Life. We see a couple go through all the...
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McDonald's 'HealthyGate' Surprisingly Doesn't Inspire Much Snarky Fun on Twitter
One would think the revelation that McDonald's had been advising its employees to avoid many of the items the quick-serve chain offers would inspire purveyors of healthier foods to jump at the obvious...
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Doritos Picks 5 'Crash the Super Bowl' Finalists, and There's Already a Clear...
You've got to hand it to "Finger Cleaner" for nailing an edgy, icky tone that really sticks out among the five finalists in Doritos' annual "Crash the Super Bowl" contest for consumer-generated...
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Leave It to Ben & Jerry's to Write the Best Tweet About Colorado's New...
On Jan. 1, Colorado became the first state to allow the sale of recreational marijuana to anyone 21 or older. Sales have become so successful that stores are unable to keep up with the demand. Ben...
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Restaurant Cooks Up a Hot Ad for Char-Grilled Steaks by Just Lighting the...
Today in crazy Russian advertising news: A restaurant in Yekaterinburg decided to promote its flame-broiled steaks by flame-broiling its billboard as well. It is a pretty hot idea, if maybe overly...
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Stephen Colbert Gets Crackin' as Super Bowl Star for Wonderful Pistachios
At this year's Super Bowl, Wonderful Pistachios will take a break from its usual "what's hot this minute" approach and feature a star with a bit more lasting power: Stephen Colbert. The host of Comedy...
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Heinz Ketchup Returns to the Super Bowl After 16 Years With an Ad About Happy...
America's favorite sporting event is about to get reacquainted with America's Favorite Ketchup. Heinz Ketchup will return to the Super Bowl on Feb. 2 with a 30-second commercial from Cramer-Krasselt...
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See Denny's Devilish Tweet to Auburn Fans After the BCS Championship Game
Raise a giant Cherry Coke and toast Denny's for this great tweet after the BCS Championship Game—offering distraught Auburn fans a road map for where they can comfort-eat their miseries away on the...
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Sonic Drive-In Gives Your Taste Buds a Workout in Faux Fitness Video
IDEA: T.J. Jagodowski and Peter Grosz have been comically patronizing the same Sonic Drive-In restaurant in the same minivan for more than a decade as spokesmen for the fast-food chain. Now, Jagodowski...
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Man Develops Sweet, Hilarious Friendship With Applebee's Facebook Page
The Applebee's in Barrie, Ontario, has a Facebook strategy that's familiar for chain restaurants. It posts a lot of images of food and asks the blandest questions imaginable of its 2,000-odd fans....
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Cheerios Takes Home Dubious Honor of Most Hated Ad During the Golden Globes
Twitter is a tough crowd during any high-profile live TV programming, when snark levels always spike. Cheerios learned that the hard way during the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday when it aired a...
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If You're Into Stuffed Animals Licking Your Nipples, You've Come to the Right Ad
Oddvertising is catching on in Hong Kong with this absurd spot for Rio Mints featuring what Shanghaiist calls "just the right amount of nipple licking." The scene opens with a young couple on an...
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M&M's Spoof Action Movies in Cinema Plea to Silence Your Cellphone
The iconic M&M's candies call for filmgoers to turn off their cellphones and respect their fellow theater patrons in this mock blockbuster action-movie trailer from BBDO that marks the first time...
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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Try Couple's Therapy in Butterfinger's Racy Super...
Sorry, Bart. It looks like Butterfinger's first Super Bowl ad will have a theme better suited to those over 18. The Super Bowl spot, by ad agency Dailey and director Clay Weiner of Biscuit Filmworks,...
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The Best-Perceived Brands of 2013
Buoyed by strong sales of its e-readers and expansion of its free-shipping service, Amazon topped the list of best-perceived brands of 2013, as measured by YouGov's BrandIndex. Rounding out the top 5...
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Ad of the Day: Congo's Sapeurs Star in the Best-Dressed Guinness Commercial Ever
When global marketers portray Africa, the goal is usually humor or pity. Rarely do brands treat Africans as cultural equals, much less as inspirational role models. Breaking that trend is one of...
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Ford, Coca-Cola Return for Season 13 of American Idol
American Idol on Wednesday returns for its 13th cycle, and while two long-time sponsors will be on hand to get the party started, a third has left the fold. Ford and Coca-Cola, which have served as...
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Johnnie Walker's Stunning Glass Car Reflects Human Fragility in Drunk-Driving...
IDEA: It's a brutal irony of the automobile: Speed and power are its strengths, yet they combine to make its occupants ever more vulnerable. It's true of any driving, and especially true of drunk...
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