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WPP's Revenue Grew Modestly in Q1
WPP Group, like many of its peers, achieved modest revenue growth in the first quarter of the year, though the percentage was near the top of the class. In U.S. dollars, revenue grew 4 percent to...
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Google Chrome's Ad With Stewie From Family Guy Is Super Irritating
Stewie Griffin, the 1-year-old prodigy from Family Guy, is a lovable character, but man can he get annoying. In this 15-second spot from BBH for Google Chrome, he proves just that. "Mom! Mom! Mommy!...
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Nathan Sorrell, Overweight Jogger From Famous Nike Ad, Loses 32 Pounds
Nathan Sorrell, the heavy kid from Nike's infamous "Jogger" ad by Wieden + Kennedy, has lost 32 pounds since last summer—and plans to lose 30 more. The London, Ohio, native, now 13, returned to the...
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Teaser for Band's Album Shows How Shadows and Light Transform the Human Face
French electronic music group Opale got director Nacho Guzman to make a teaser video for their new album, and it turned out to be a lesson on how the human face changes depending on how light hits it....
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Newcastle Brown Ale Lovingly Salutes Its Founder, and the Worms That...
"Col. James Porter was laid to rest in Morpeth, where worms began eating his body." Droga5 delivers one of the best commercials ever about a company's founder—for Newcastle Brown Ale. Read more about...
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How a Martin Agency Duo Created the Geico Gecko Book
Behind every successful gecko is a sharp creative team, and the Geico Gecko is no exception. The green ad critter’s first book, released this week by Workman Publishing, was created by The Martin...
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Disney Film Publicist's Joke Photo With Bloggers Sparks Backlash
For marketers, blogger outreach can often feel like working in a field of landmines, where one misstep can detonate across the Web. The newest publicist to find himself at the center of the blast...
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This Is Why Advertisers Need to Get Serious About Video
We are at the brink of a watershed moment in digital video. The Digital Content NewFronts has become an integral part of advertisers’ annual budget planning. Fueled by the high demand for premium,...
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Man Happily Eats Insects for Snapple Video Series
Andrew Zimmern, star of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods America, devoured a plate of insects for a Snapple video series that debuts May 1.“I’m a bigger fan of crickets than caterpillars,” he told...
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ESPN: The Magazine Puts a Print Spin on Sponsored Content
Branded content has gotten plenty of attention as it's taken off online, where the division between editorial and advertising real estate can be fuzzier (see: Forbes, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, Gawker),...
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Target to Sell Wired-Endorsed Products
Wired was born of the tech boom, but it’s always styled itself as a lifestyle magazine. To that end, it’s branched out into conferences, cultivated fashion and lifestyle advertisers, and even put its...
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Killer From Lionsgate Horror Movie Invades Posters for Studio's Other Films
Dude's got an axe! He's gonna chop up movie posters! Aaaaahh! Lionsgate has overlayed images of scary, animal-masked killers on posters for some of its non-horror releases—such as Tyler Perry's...
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New Zealand Brewer Shows You How Not to Reference Gay Marriage on a Billboard
The latest Tui beer billboard from New Zealand's DB Breweries is a homophobic eyesore, according to feedback on the brand's Facebook page. Or else it's funny and people should get over it, also...
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'The Work We Judge Now is Going to be Very Important Next Year'
Six Clio Questions: Adam Kerj, CCO 360i
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Ad of the Day: Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson's new corporate image work, from the Playa del Rey, Calif., office of TBWA\Chiat\Day, in some ways harkens back to its last major corporate push, the "Having a baby changes...
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Grey Wins Gillette Creative Account
Grey has won a battle of Procter & Gamble agencies to take home Gillette's creative account, P&G has confirmed. The other finalists were Saatchi & Saatchi and the incumbent, BBDO. The...
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Think Different? Apple's Latest iPhone Commercial Suggests Doing the Opposite
Sometimes Apple's demo spots for the iPhone are charming; other times they can feel cold. The recent ones, with the rapid-fire word jumbles and cheerleader-style chants, had an odd, rah-rah vibe to...
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Jason Collins Could Be Nike's New Star
Athletes, celebrities, media & more show support for @jasoncollins34 announcement via Twitter: nba.com/wizards/twitte…— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) April 29, 2013 Proud of @jasoncollins34....
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ZenithOptimedia Drops Estimates for 2013 Growth
ZenithOptimedia is revising its 2013 global economic growth estimates to 3.9 percent, to $518 billion, down from the 4.1 percent increase forecast in December. The Publicis Groupe media company said...
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