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Jim Beam Names Leo Burnett as Its Global Creative Agency of Record
Liquor maker Beam Suntory has picked Leo Burnett as the new global creative agency of record for Jim Beam whiskey. The Publicis shop beat out DDB and McCann in the final stages of the review, which...
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Ad of the Day: Craving Mr. Peanut? Planters' Animated Mascot Returns, With an...
Planters' iconic mascot is getting to be a real nut-buster these days. Slap on your monocle and watch how Mr. Peanut taunts his nemesis, Richard the Nutcracker, in the new ad below, sealing the dude...
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Ad of the Day: Land O'Lakes Makes Lovely Use of Amelia E. Barr's Poem 'The...
God bless the seeds his hands let fall ... for the farmer, he must feed us all. This is the closing line from Amelia E. Barr's poem "The Farmer," written by the British immigrant and prolific writer...
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This Mars Snack Brand Got Nonactors to Act in a Commercial, and the Results...
To celebrate its one-year anniversary, Mars brand goodnessknows—a bite-sized snack made with fruit, nuts and dark chocolate—has released the "Try a Little Goodness" campaign. Created by BBDO San...
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Breaking Bad Fans Lose Their Minds as Gus Fring Returns in Ad for Los Pollos...
From its inception, AMC's Better Call Saul has indulged in fake ads starring characters from the Breaking Bad prequel—beginning with the Albuquerque billboard from the summer of 2014 showing Bob...
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Eat a Snickers or Risk Becoming a Frozen Husk of Your Former Self, Candy Bar...
When your scruffy, half-frozen future self travels back in time with a message of life-changing import, what are you going to do? Scarf down a Snickers, of course! That's the plot of this ad for the...
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Can Pizza Hut Outdo Itself With These Sitcom-Style Ads From Viacom?
Maladjusted millennial braggarts choose Pizza Hut. Let's all go there today! Running on Viacom's cable-TV networks, this goofy campaign for the restaurant chain targets young adults, presenting folks...
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This 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...
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KFC's $230 Million Media Business Goes to Mediavest | Spark
KFC has awarded its U.S. media agency of record business to Mediavest | Spark after a review that launched in September and did not involve the incumbent agency MEC. Select Resources International...
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'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...
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Chipotle Picks Venables Bell & Partners, MullenLowe Mediahub to Help Turn Its...
Chipotle has picked Adweek's 2016 Breakthrough Agency of the Year, Venables Bell & Partners, and MullenLowe Mediahub to handle its creative and media business after a review. According to the...
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Justin Timberlake, 'Chief Flavor Officer' of Bai, Will Star in Beverage...
Justin Timberlake will join the parade of celebrities in this year's Super Bowl commercial breaks, courtesy of Bai Brands, the beverage company that counts the pop star as an investor and "chief...
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McDonald'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...
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Dippin' Dots Ice Cream Responds to Years of Twitter Insults From Sean Spicer
Brands everywhere are cringing at the prospect of nasty—or even friendly—tweets coming their way from Donald Trump. But it's incoming press secretary Sean Spicer who's been waging a weird war on an...
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Unilever's Pot Noodle Bashes Trump With Ad Suggesting Literally Anyone Can Be...
The task of poking fun at Donald Trump continues to fall to non-American brands. Following a Lebanese nut brand's blunt front-page newspaper ad on Inauguration Day, Unilever-owned Pot Noodle, based in...
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Ad of the Day: Campari's Lavish Film Noir Takes a Dark Turn on the Road to La...
Clive Owen has cemented his status as today's go-to star for extended brand films. Late last year he reprised his role at the enigmatic Driver in BMW's "The Escape." And in a new 13-minute short film...
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Tostitos' New Party Bag Knows When You've Been Drinking and Will Even Call...
Doritos might have crashed out of the Super Bowl after a decade of fun ads, but Frito-Lay still has a few party tricks up its sleeve for this year's big game. The chip maker's Tostitos brand has made...
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Anomaly Los Angeles Wins Diet Coke Creative Review
The Coca-Cola company has chosen Anomaly as its newest creative partner on the Diet Coke brand after a review."Coca-Cola North America Marketing maintains a strong roster of agencies that help craft...
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Snickers to Air the First Live Super Bowl Ad, Following a 36-Hour Livestream...
Snickers, a fan favorite with its Super Bowl spots over the past decade, is upping the ante for 2017 by planning the first live commercial ever to air on the big game. The 30-second spot, by BBDO New...
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Heinz Is Skipping the Super Bowl, but Has This Idea for the Monday After
Sorry, "Weiner Stampede" fans. Heinz Ketchup, makers of last year's much-loved, dachshund-filled Super Bowl commercial, is sitting out this year's game. But it's not completely disconnecting from...
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