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Radio Station Runs Newspaper Obituaries for Beethoven in Bid to Keep...
Beethoven died 187 years ago next month. So, why were apparently new obituaries for the composer only recently published? TBWA\Guate counted on that clever bit of shock value as part of its bid to...
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Poise Gets Awkwardly Erotic With Bladder Control Ad
Poise, the adult diaper brand, is poised to attack the lady bladder control market with a double entendre-laced spot about pee spotting. Though the product is supposed to be super discreet, the spot...
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Jose Cuervo's Larger-Than-Life Story Retold in Miniature
Jose Cuervo literally bottles up its history in this campaign from McCann New York. The effort, which includes a TV spot and smartphone app, centers on intricate dioramas from animation studio Laika...
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Ad of the Day: This Nonprofit's Empowering Takedown of Prejudice Hits All the...
You may remember Asta Philpot. Born with a physical disability called arthrogryposis, he became something of a folk hero in England (with help from a 2007 BBC documentary) by advocating for the sexual...
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GE's New Videos of Stuff Getting Smashed at Its Testing Facility Are Totally...
I don't care how cool you think your job is, because you will never be as awesome as the person at GE who gets to push the button that smashes the crap out of things with 100,000 pounds of pressure....
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This L.A. Agency Creates Standout Ads for Big-Ticket Projects
SpecsWho Steph Sebbag (l.), president, and Andy Robbins, evp, motion pictures and interactiveWhat Full-service creative agencyWhere Los Angeles When you’re thisclose to Hollywood, you tend to think a...
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YouTube Will Let Brands Target Top 5 Percent of Its Videos
YouTube is attempting to assuage advertiser concerns about showing up next to poor content by rolling out Google Preferred. The feature allows brands to target pre-roll ads against the top five percent...
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UTEC Follows Up Billboard That Created Drinking Water With One That Cleans...
Peru is in the middle of a construction boom that generates a lot of unhealthy pollution. Peruvian engineering university UTEC and its ad agency, FCB Mayo, decided to create an air-purifying billboard...
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The World Cup Is All Anyone Wants to Talk About in ESPN's New Ad
If World Cup fever is getting to you, well, you're not alone. This new 30-second spot from Wieden + Kennedy in New York, shot mostly in New York, shows American soccer fans talking obsessively about...
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7 Media Brands Shaking Up the 2014 NewFronts
It's been a week of nearly endless announcements from some of the Web's top media brands as they rolled out their biggest new initiatives to court potential advertisers at the Digital Content...
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Who Needs the Client? This Unhelpful, Sarcastic Siri-Like Voice Will Critique...
UPDATE: The site was working earlier but seems to be having trouble now, making it even more unhelpful! Original item below: Hearing sarcastic Web-design appraisals delivered in dulcet, Siri-esque...
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Ad of the Day: John Lewis Runs, Jumps and Dives Through 150 Years in Lovely...
Get ready for good feelings, as British department store John Lewis is back with another music-driven montage from adam&eveDDB, this time to celebrate the retailer's 150th anniversary. The gist of...
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This Chaotic, Hypnotic Autism PSA Is Truly (and Literally) Sensational
IDEA: The world that people with autism inhabit isn't just indescribable; in many ways it's unknowable. But one symptom many people on the spectrum experience—sensory sensitivity—can be illustrated, or...
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Nivea Magazine Ad Really Protects With Removable Bracelet That Tracks Your...
Taking your kid to the beach means worrying he or she will wander off when you're not looking. Enter sunscreen brand Nivea and FCB São Paolo with a campaign that basically provides you with a LoJack...
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Ad of the Day: Progressive's Baby Man Is About to Spit Up in Your Facebook Feed
Look out, Flo. There's a new babe in town. Actually, make that baby. Progressive Insurance is changing things up with a new campaign from Arnold featuring a wise-cracking man-child character and a new...
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'Marketing: The Musical' Thanks You for Being Such a Stupid, Sheeplike Slave...
Hey, fellow morons. Just wanted to let you know the marketers are on to us. "People want to want things. Consumers need you to go," says the Canadian Marketing Association's invitation to its 2014...
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Germans Fight Neo-Nazis by Liking Their Facebook Page and Flooding It With Love
Sadly, there's still a Nazi presence in Germany. Recently, an organization named Laut Gegen Nazis, or Loud Against Nazis, decided to combat the hate with lots of love—or rather, lots of likes. On...
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Ad of the Day: It Wouldn't Be Mother's Day Without P&G Making You Weep
Procter & Gamble, the self-described "Proud sponsor of moms," always has something special planned for Mother's Day. Last year, it was the spot with Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Maria Shriver. This...
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Perfect Match: Brazilian Kids Learn English by Video Chatting With Lonely...
It's such a great, simple idea: Young Brazilians want to learn English. Elderly Americans living in retirement homes just want someone to talk to. Why not connect them? FCB Brazil did just that with...
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The Girl in This Clean-Water PSA Can't Cry, but Not Because She Isn't...
Water Is Life and DDB New York's latest spot is, like much of their other work, heartbreaking. The ad focuses on the struggles of a young girl born in the slums of India, and does not pull its...
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