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Surprise: Male and Female Execs Are Held to Different Standards
When it comes to judging leaders, gender stereotypes still hold true. The Center for Talent Innovation surveyed about 4,000 executives and found that while women bosses are held to a higher standard...
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Game of Thrones Soars With Dragon Ad in New York Times
HBO placed this wonderful ad in Monday's New York Times, with the shadow of a dragon looming over two pages of fake stories. It's a shame they couldn't advertise over a real spread—and while the...
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Watch the PSA That Shocked Some Celebrities, and Will Shock You Too
If you don't plan on eating for a while, check out the video below from the End7 project, dedicated to ending some truly terrifying infections known as "neglected tropical diseases." The clip, called...
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We're More Awesome Than Disgusting Chipotle, Says Hooters Ad
Possibly in an effort to prove it's more than a Chuck E. Cheese for misogynists, Hooters hired Skiver Advertising for its new "Step Into Awesome" ad campaign. The work, including these "Burrito" and...
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Dead Girl Haunts Beauty-Salon Patrons in Chilling Stunt for Horror Movie
Scaring the crap out of people in their everyday lives is horror-movie marketing 101. There are countless examples—my favorite probably being the old Ring Two stunt that sent people a link to the...
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The Most Insane Musical Number Ever Performed About Mobile Coupon Technology
Startup company Mobeam has patented technology that will allow barcodes to be scanned from smartphone screens at checkouts. The point-of-purchase possibilities are endless for coupons and other far...
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Ad of the Day: Oreo
I must say that if "physicist David Neevel" (who also appears to be Wieden + Kennedy creative David Neevel—yes, all right, he says he's a copywriter in the video) really did design this Oreo-dividing...
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Audi Station Wagon With Hood-Mounted Gun Will Kick Your Car's Ass at Paintball
Who said station wagons are for moms? Oh, how things change. Audi U.K. is changing that stigma with this "Ultimate Paintball Duel" between two new 2013 RS 4 Avants. Yes, they're station wagons. No,...
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Audrey Hepburn Back From the Dead Again, This Time in an Ad for Chocolate
I see dead people. In commercials. Eating Galaxy chocolate bars. Well, just one corpse, actually. It's Audrey Hepburn, 20 years dead but still cute as a button and seamlessly integrated into the...
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How Clairol Hair Color Went From Taboo to New You
Throughout history, women have grappled with a biological inevitability that is, literally, always top of mind: Sooner or later, they go gray. As the common wisdom goes, about 50 percent of women will...
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Obama to Name Edith Ramirez to Chair Federal Trade Commission
President Barack Obama plans to nominate Edith Ramirez as the next chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, according to several reports. Ramirez's appointment was not a total surprise, although many...
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Weather Channel Soaks People at Bus Shelters in Real Dick Move
Marketers just won't let people waiting in bus shelters have any peace. Case in point: The Weather Channel and ad agency Iris recently tricked out one shelter with hidden sprinklers to promote the...
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Gardiner Exits Deutsch New York
Today is the last day at the New York office of Deutsch for chief media officer and partner Peter Gardiner, who has been at the agency since 2000. Without offering specifics, the agency said he is...
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Debi Austin, Star of Infamous Anti-Smoking Ad, Is Dead at 62
Debi Austin, better known as the lady who smoked a cigarette through a tracheotomy hole in her neck in the infamous "Voicebox" anti-smoking ad, died Feb. 22 after a 20-year battle with cancer. She was...
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Australian Ad Suggests Eating Bread That Walks Around Outdoors on Its Own
If you eat Abbott's Village Bakery bread, don't be surprised if it bleats a little, or feels a little woolly, on the way down. That's because Abbott's Village Bakery loaves are essentially free-range...
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Fast Chat: McCann Worldgroup's Luca Lindner
Luca Lindner is in his first weeks of living in the U.S., having left sunny Sao Paulo for a recent spell of frigid New York winter as he digs into his expanded role as McCann Worldgroup’s president of...
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Ad Agency That Put 10-Year-Olds in Charge Has Now Made a Feature Film
Not content with the traditional advertising methods of TV spots and simple product placement in movies, Canada's Labatt Brewing is financing a feature-length film through its Kokanee brand. The film...
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Ad of the Day: Sony Xperia Z
Fun fact: Associating with David Bowie, whether in physical or purely musical form, instantly increases your cool factor by about 1 trillion percent. See: fashion model Iman, TV series Flight of the...
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No Means Yes in Schneider Beer's Somewhat Rapey Salute to Immature Men
Oh grow up! This ad from Argentina's Schneider beer focuses on the time needed for the "slow-brewed" draught to achieve its optimal consistency and flavor. It does so by showing lots of guys who...
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