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Man Mocks Up His Résumé to Look Like an Amazon Product Page
Web product manager Philippe Dubost took his résumé to strange new places by turning it into a fake Amazon.com product page. The online résumé presents him as a shoppable item ("Only 1 left in stock")...
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AOL Exhibits Solid Q4 Growth
AOL’s revenue increased for the first time since the second Bush administration. Its global ad business jumped 13 percent in Q4 to $410.6 million. The company’s AOL Networks division, which houses...
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Bonnier Corp. Folds Garden Design Magazine
Dave Freygang hasn't wasted time in taking a hard look at Bonnier Corp.'s financials since becoming its new CEO last month. On Thursday, one of his first appointees, David Ritchie, notified the staff...
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Ad Biz Readies Fight Against State Ad Taxes
New taxes on advertising haven't yet been proposed in Congress, but that hasn't stopped financially strapped states from considering them. Governors John Kasich (R-Ohio) and Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) have...
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Dogs Can't Get Enough of Their Subarus in Brand's Latest Ads
Subaru of America is launching a new installment of its "Dog tested. Dog approved" campaign via Carmichael Lynch, so let's get one thing out of the way straight off. Awww, they're so cuuuuute!...
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Etch A Sketch Honors Its Late Inventor With Lovely, Sad Tribute Ad
André Cassagnes, inventor of the Etch A Sketch, died Jan. 16 at the age of 86. Now, the brand's ad agency, Team Detroit, has crafted this tribute to the man. Showing the toy upside down allows the...
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Nutrition Advocates Blast Marketing of Girl Scouts' Newest Cookie
Nutrition advocates chose National Girl Scout Cookie Day to take the organization to task for marketing the organization's newest cookie as "a delicious new way to get your vitamins.""It's bad enough...
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AOL Eschews Banners, Leans Into Native
A few months ago, Federated Media announced it was shuttering its direct ad sales practice and essentially pushing banner-selling into the realm of machines to focus on native advertising. The move...
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Taco Bell Gives Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Big Poppa' the Spanish Treatment, Too
By its own admission, Taco Bell agency Deutsch in Los Angeles used Google Translate to put together Spanish lyrics for the version of Notorious B.I.G.'s "Big Poppa" in this ad—much as it did with...
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Marc Jacobs First to Be Sidelined by Winter Storm
Winter storm Nemo, the blizzard that will descend upon the Northeast tonight, has claimed the first victim of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Designer Marc Jacobs announced he would postpone showing his...
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Ad of the Day: Diet Coke
Sartorial trends come and go, but in the fashion world, Diet Coke has always been a favorite. (In fact, it's the only liquid that legendary Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld will deign to ingest.) In...
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Microsoft Campaign Leverages Google's Privacy Woes
Microsoft's new marketing campaign for its Outlook.com email service is tapping into consumers' growing fears that their privacy is being compromised on the Internet. This being Microsoft, it's doing...
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Wieden Gets More Mondelez Business
Wieden + Kennedy has expanded its relationship with Mondelez, adding lead creative responsibilities for Trident in the U.S. The gum account—awarded to the agency without a pitch—was previously at the...
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Veteran Philly Advertising Leader Dies
Al Paul Lefton, Jr., the former president and CEO of the Al Paul Lefton Co. advertising agency in Philadelphia, died Tuesday at the age of 84. Lefton’s father founded the agency in 1928 and the...
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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Leaked
Sports Illustrated said it’s looking into how the coveted image of its annual Swimsuit Issue was leaked before it was to be revealed on Late Night With David Letterman Monday and hit newsstands...
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First Mover: Joe Rospars
SpecsAge 31Ongoing gig Founding partner and creative director at Blue State DigitalOld gig Chief digital strategist on the Obama campaignHow’re you keeping busy now that the election is over? We’re...
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Lay's Crowdsourced Potato-Chip Finalists: Cheesy Garlic Bread, Chicken &...
Lay's "Do Us a Flavor" Facebook contest has come to an end, and the potato-chip brand is now market-testing three finalists: Cheesy Garlic Bread, Chicken & Waffles, and Sriracha hot sauce. They...
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Amazon Pays to Sponsor Controversy Around Its More Notorious Products
Amazon continues to profit from public mockery of certain products it stocks, with the newest target being a laughably fronted collection of Anne of Green Gables novels. The cover of the three-book...
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Ask Your Doctor About Unpretentiousil™, a Cure for the Common Hipster
Hipster bashing seems so 2008. And yet, done well, it still elicits some latte-soaked, vegan chuckles. Here's a fun faux-mercial that peddles a fake drug called Unpretentiousil, a supposed cure for...
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