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Scrawny Arms Rob Lowe Is DirecTV's Freakiest Rob Lowe Yet
While shy-bladder sufferers debate the offensiveness of Painfully Awkward Rob Lowe, DirecTV is plowing ahead with all sorts of other less-than-ideal Rob Lowes—you know, the ones with cable and not...
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This Agency Made a Really, Really Big Deal of Hiring Its 100th Employee, and...
Lots of agencies do interesting things for new hires—like Red Tettemer O'Connell + Partners, which has been known to carve their faces into the heads of crayons. McGarrah Jessee in Austin, Texas, did...
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Agency Wants Its Next Art Director to Be Cool, So the Interview Will Be Over...
TDA_Boulder is looking for a new art director, but the interview process will be unique. In fact, if all goes well, it might end up looking like outtakes from The Hangover. Yes, the agency plans to...
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W+K Made a Giant, Amazing Cuckoo Clock Out of an Oregon Maple for Portland...
Wieden + Kennedy recently created a pretty incredible out-of-home tourism installation for Travel Portland: the tallest freestanding cuckoo clock in the U.S. Chainsaw sculptor J. Chester Armstrong...
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Ad of the Day: Adorable Australian Ad With People Helping Ducks Goes Megaviral
We've become accustomed to animal rights videos that are so brutal and depressing, you feel like you've been hit by a bus. But this spot from Australia shows a little positivity goes a long way. The...
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How the Music Company on Old Spice's 'Dadsong' Got the Ad's Twisted Genius...
Old Spice this week unveiled "Dadsong," its second lunatic 60-second musical via Wieden + Kennedy—the sequel to the award-winning "Momsong" from a year ago. Clearly, the music on a commercial like...
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Ad of the Day: This Generous TD Bank Stunt Is the Perfect Ad to Watch on...
Here's $30,000. Now, go out and do something great for your community. And we do mean now. You've got 24 hours to bring your dream to life. That's the challenge TD Bank issued to 24 people in the U.S....
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The Best Ad of 2014 Was Brilliant and Subversive, and It Wasn't Even Real
Technically speaking, the best ad of 2014 didn’t exist. Just ask Anna Kendrick. Last January, millions of viewers watched the Academy Award nominee deliver a two-minute, profanity-laden rant that took...
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Is Vagueness Killing Advertising?
The rise in popularity of mobile advertising, content marketing, native advertising and the continued focus on digital leads me to one question: Does anyone really know what they are? I’ve never woken...
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After You See This Virtual Tour of Horizon Media, You Might Want to Work There
At the corner of Grand and Varick streets lies One Hudson Square, an Art Deco factory-turned-office building that won landmark status last year. It's also home to Horizon Media—one of New York's...
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A Globe-Spanning Gift Was Secretly in Store for This London Bar Packed With...
Wherever you travel around the world, you'll always find Canadians gathering together, sharing stories and racking up an impressive bar tab. But this batch was especially lucky. Last week, Air Canada...
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Baby Animal Choir Sings Yaz's 'Only You' in This Ridiculously Cute Christmas Ad
McVitie's Victoria, the British biscuits brand, has been using puppies, kittens, tarsiers and owls in ads over the past year. Now, Grey London expands the baby-animal menagerie dramatically for...
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Ad of the Day: Masha Sings a Sultry Remake of 'Werewolves of London' for...
So, you're a werewolf, and it's your night to howl. Your drink of choice would be … a Bloody Mary? A piña colada at Trader Vic's? A Coors Light, aka the Silver Bullet? Nah, too risky. Actually, a...
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Santa Ditches the Sleigh and Flies Coach in Expedia's Heartwarming Christmas Ad
The sleigh is overrated. Santa Claus ditches it entirely in Expedia's touching Christmas campaign from 180LA, choosing instead to fly coach around the world and ending up at St. Jude Children's...
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FTC: No, Agencies Can't Ask Staffers to Casually Tweet Nice Things About Clients
As brands push their messages through social media platforms like Twitter, the Federal Trade Commission is reminding marketers they need to disclose any bias on their promotional materials—even if...
View ArticleAdweek's Top 5 Commercials of the Week: Dec. 1-5
Yet another heartwarming Christmas ad makes our list of best spots this week, but it's hardly the only minor miracle on the list. Airbnb and Canon both made exquisitely crafted spots, and Arby's...
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Ad of the Day: Lego Finally Makes an Inspiring, Empowering TV Ad for Girls
It's not like Lego hasn't done great ads with girls over the years. In fact, it was ahead of its time. (Everyone has seen the famous "What It Is Is Beautiful" print ad from 1981 by now.) But lately,...
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The World's Saddest Clown Pines for Love in This Bleak, Beautiful Ad for...
Ladies and gentlemen, now appearing in the center ring … a sad-ass clown with a heavy case of unrequited love. The unhappy hero of this bleak but beautiful 75-second ad for Danish flower-delivery...
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1-800-Contacts Ran the Perfect Ad on 'Eaten Alive' and It Wasn't Even...
Those who were disappointed that Paul Rosolie wasn't completely and totally eaten alive by the snake on Discovery Channel's Eaten Alive last night got a consolation prize—this comical ad for...
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Salt-N-Pepa Tell Football Players and Pregnant Ladies to Push It for Geico
If you're excited by rumors of a Salt-N-Pepa reunion album, you'll thoroughly enjoy this Geico ad where Salt, Pepa and DJ Spinderella don their famous jackets and tell everybody to push it. Divorcing...
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