MEDIA & ADVERTISING MONDAY: Top 100 Breaking News, Headlines & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share | 7/21
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Several reporters were recently detained by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine while investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The Guardian reported Monday that Paul Hansen and Jan Lewenhagen — Swedish journalists working f...
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“Sitting on my sofa, push-button dialing system by my side, I can’t help but feel that I’m filing a dispatch from a future entertainment universe. We should embrace and celebrate the fact that we can now watch great movies on TV th...
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The New Yorker announced the official relaunch of its website on Monday. The redesign comes ahead of the magazine's 90th anniversary in February. The newly crafted site includes single-screen scrolling, larger photographs and makes it "a...
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On Sunday, John Oliver's main story was a look at the racism and corruption inherent in the American prison system, and our national apathy toward it. And if you think that sounds terribly unfunny, you're right ... Oliver doesn't find it...
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Covering the violent scene in Gaza has proven difficult for even the most seasoned reporters. Al Jazeera's Gaza correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh walked off camera on Sunday while reporting on the dozens of people killed and thousands of Shi...
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Joe Scarborough adamantly insisted he was right during an exchange with co-host Mika Brzezinski on Monday's "Morning Joe," only to admit later that he was "wrong." The two were discussing President Obama's response to the Malaysian plane...
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Turning 70, Paragraph by Paragraph Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com First Paragraphs on Turning 70 in the American Century That Was * Seventy-three years ago, on February 17, 1941, as a second devastating global war approached, Henry Lu...
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A shot from a recent ad mocking ridiculous tampon commercials. M ost women would rather not discuss the intricacies of their period with a man. Most men seem fine with that. Yet, until just five years ago, it was up to a largely male-led...
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Jensen Ackles insists that he still gets excited about making Supernatural .
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Tim Davie says commercial divisions revenues were broadly flat if factors such as Lonely Planet sale are taken into account The BBC Worldwide chief executive was paid a bonus of more than £230,000 last year, despite a drop in profi...
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James Hanning / The Independent : Phone hacking scandal: Police are holding back evidence, claims Glenn Mulcaire — The phone interceptor says a mysterious third person commissioned him to listen to Milly Dowler's voice...
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Judge tells jury case cannot go further because of 'strong grounds to believe' undercover reporter lied at hearing The trial of Tulisa Contostavlos over drugs allegations has collapsed. The singer was accused of boasting that she could &...
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Singer's trial has collapsed, judge tells court on Monday (July 21).
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A set of keys and a toothbrush may seem like innocuous, everyday items, but they become sacred when they belong to the dead. So when Sky News reporter Colin Brazier was caught during a live broadcast yesterday rifling through the persona...
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Almost four days on from the deaths of 192 Dutch nationals in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 , the reaction from newspapers in the Netherlands has shifted from shock and speechlessness to outright anger.
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So, like every other one of the world's 1.28 billion monthly active Facebook users , you blindly agreed to Facebook's Terms and Conditions without reading the fine print. You entrusted your photo albums, private messages and relationship...
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Jessica Ellis previews the big storylines ahead for the Lomax family.
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TEL AVIV, July 21 (Reuters) - The TV Format Fund aims to capitalise on the recent success of Israeli television shows such as spy thriller "Homeland" in Hollywood by investing in new formats created in Israel and selling them abroad.
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Creating brand magic is no longer an elusive alchemy. In a new book, two top SapientNitro executives, Gaston Legorburu, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer and Darren McColl, Global Chief Brand Strategy Officer, think they've cracked the code.
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Jan Pearson reveals the inspiration for her current on-screen dramas.
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Capital New York : The 60-second interview: Taylor Lorenz, head of social media, The Daily Mail/Mail Online — CAPITAL: What are your major responsibilities as social media lead? What is your day-to-day like? ...
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Regional publishers will be able to include e-editions in their audited circulation figures from this month. The board of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has decided to issue figures for combined print and digital editions for loc...
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Aside from the thoughtful and humane analysis by Glenn Beck and Hugh Hewitt of the recent border crisis, conservatives have utilized this immigration issue to further the need for a "secure border." Whereas Jeb Bush earlier this year lab...
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The Big Brother housemates are paranoid after hearing the power is back.
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Fox CEO Peter Rice says that the network still "loves" the longrunning contest.
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ISPs and organisations to work together to deter pirates.
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Severance payments totalling £2.76m were made to the dozen staff before director general Tony Halls controls came into effect The full BBC annual report A dozen BBC senior executives received payoff in excess of £150,000 last year,...
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Kevin McHale says that he will miss seeing the Glee crew when the show is over.
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The singer says that she is working on new music and television 'without pressure'.
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The adventure series was dropped before it had aired a single episode.
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The new EP features tracks that missed out on the new album.
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The band donate $20 to LGBT charity for each picketer to turn up to their gig.
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Trust review also highlights pay gap at the corporation and calls for management to present co-ordinated plan to address issues The full BBC annual report The BBC has been told to tackle a continued gender imbalance among its presenters ...
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Peter Rice goes back on Kevin Reilly's claims that Bones will end this season.
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The 'Hard Out Here' singer says her hormones may have clouded her judgement.
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Broadcaster will leave BBC Radio 4's Today programme for the BBC Two show.
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Gideon Spanier / London Evening Standard : Evan Davis announced as Jeremy Paxman's replacement on Newsnight — The Today programme's Evan Davis is to replace Jeremy Paxman as Newsnight's top presenter, the BBC announced...
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Dragons' Den returns with over 2.4 million on BBC Two on Sunday.
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The web series is a companion piece to Russell T Davies projects Cucumber and Banana .
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Evan Davis , the BBC Radio 4 Today presenter, is to be the new face of BBC2's flagship current affairs show Newsnight, replacing Jeremy Paxman .
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Evan Davis , the BBC Radio 4 Today presenter, is to be the new face of BBC2's flagship current affairs show Newsnight, replacing Jeremy Paxman .
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The BBC has made a wide range budget cuts in the 2013/4 financial year, including removing £6 million of "talent" costs as high-salaried presenters including Susannah Reid departed the corporation.
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Today’s journalism and media students may produce all kinds of projects. They might code websites, develop multimedia, build devices and contribute to a huge range of collaborative efforts that require both new ways of thinking and innov...
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Presenter to switch to BBC2 current affairs show after six years on from Radio 4s Today programme Evan Davis is switching from BBC Radio 4s Today programme to Newsnight, replacing Jeremy Paxman as the flagship BBC2 current affairs shows ...
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Vicky Pattison says that producers promised not to introduce Ricci.
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Tennant talks the differences between Alec Hardy and Emmett Carver.
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Media Week's inaugural media five-a-side tournament was won by UM London last week, after the agency team beat Wowcher 3:2 in a hard fought final.
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Maddy will be left devastated when she learns the truth.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter : B SkyB Buys Majority Stake in ‘The Great British Bake Off’ Producer — UPDATED: The U.K. pay TV giant acquires part of Love Productions, which has had a big BBC ratings hi...
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Love Productions, the company behind shows such as Benefits Street, will continue to operate as a distinct production company BSkyB confirmed on Monday that it has bought a 70% stake in Love Productions, the company behind The Great Brit...
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Print stories can be lost, but digital stories last forever, captured for eternity in some nebulous internet ether or on a hard drive in a desk drawer. At least, that's the vague theory assumed by many producers and consumers of digital ...
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Advertising Agency: Barkley, USA
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With Tiger Woods far out of contention and Rory McIlroy beginning with a six-stroke lead, the final round of British Open on Sunday produced a 2.6 overnight Nielsen rating on ESPN, a 28 percent drop from last year (3.6), when Phil Mickel...
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The senseless tragedy of Malaysia Flight 17 claimed many lives in the airspace above Ukraine. Last week, the Indiana University community learned of the loss of […]
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"Since they first appeared on our shores early in this decade, these charming, versatile and intelligent figures have captured our hearts," an eloquent David Attenborough-esque voice narrates as Emoji Among Us: The Documentary ...
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Advertising Agency: Wieden & Kennedy, New York, USA
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Advertising Agency: Wieden & Kennedy, New York, USA
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WWSC (1450 AM), with Ken Leccese on the call, has released its broadcast schedule of high school football games: Saturday, Sept 6: Niskayuna at Queensbury, 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept 12: Albany Academy at South Glens Falls, 7 p.m. Saturday, ...
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Advertising Agency: Mother, London, UK
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LONDON, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Global public relations leader Porter Novelli has named Fenella Grey managing director of the agency's UK office, effective immediately. With 17 years of cross-practice agency experience, Grey's focu...
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See the work at http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/promotions/bigmac.html Advertising Agency: Razorfish, London, UK Chief Creative Officer: Dan Bonner Creative Director: Cyril Louis Copywriter: Jon Usher Art Director: Paul Stoeter Account...
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Platinum-selling, 14-year-old vocal sensation Jackie Evancho will release her third studio album, Awakening, on September 23 coinciding with an international tour. Produced by Nick Patrick, Awakeni...
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SILVER SPRING, Md., July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Communications today announced a comprehensive program to support the My Brother's Keeper initiative, a White House program that seeks to improve the expected life outcomes...
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The New York office of McKinney has found its new managing director in Toronto. George Nguyen was md and chief strategy officer at TBWA\Toronto. At McKinney, he fills a vacancy left by the late 2013 exit of Alex Van Gestel . Nguyen, who ...
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SÃO PAULO, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- UOL BoaCompra, the leader in digital goods payments in emerging markets, and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, today announced ...
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MONTPELIER, Vt., July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA), a national center for graduate education in the arts, announced today that best-selling author Cheryl Strayed will be interviewed b...
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MAITLAND, Fla., July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In her new book, My Pets Are Etched In My Heart, ($13.99, paperback, 9781628710892; $5.99, e-book, 9781628710908) Betsy Blessing shares her perspective on how a pet's love resembles th...
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BURLINGTON, Mass., July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources Group finds that the market for Alzheimer's disease (AD) therapies will more than triple, reaching nearly $12 billion by 2023, owing largely to the forecasted launch of ...
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Billboard climbing pop sensation Becky G was announced as the latest talent added to the Chicas Poderosas Concert powered by Disney during this year's Festival PEOPLE en Espanol in San Antonio, Tex...
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NUEVA YORK, 21 de julio de 2014 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- La sensación del pop Becky G, en ascenso en la lista de Billboard, se une a la lista de talento que se presentará en el concierto "Chicas Poderosas" auspici...
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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Enterprises TV producers are pleased to announce they are working on a series tailored to family recreation ideas. Local cities and states have many great deals and discount...
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) invites media worldwide to submit entries for its 19th Annual UNCA Awards for the best print, broadcast (TV & Radio) and online, web-ba...
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PHOENIX, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Providing business-to-business (B2B) marketing, technology and sales professionals the opportunity to learn about the best practices, latest tools and trends from the industry's leading B2B mar...
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SAN JOSE, Calif., July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Transportation planners have received a substantial boost with the release of the Mineta National Transit Research Consortium's latest peer-reviewed study, Modeling Taxi Dem...
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE) announced today that it plans to hold a conference call on August 7, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time to discuss the company's second quarter 2014 financial results.&...
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Titan has announced new general managers in its San Francisco, New Jersey, and Minneapolis/St. Paul markets, whose wide-ranging experience will assist the company as it continues to outpace th...
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DENVER, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Transamerica has selected The Integer Group to be its primary brand agency to help build its brand with each of its key audiences: consumers, intermediaries and customers. The Integer Group will...
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The Barbarian Group in New York has added a chief financial officer and a head of account management, two new positions for the digital shop. Alex White is the CFO while Sherri Chambers is head of account management. Both report to CEO S...
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Advertising Agency: Marcel, Canada Creative Directors: Emmanuel Lalleve , Florent Imbert Art Director: Therese Jonsson Copywriter: Linnea Kavsjo TV Producers: Elodie Jonquille , Cleo Ferenczi Account Director: Chloé Beillacou Account Exe...
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: AIDS - Related Kaposi%s Sarcoma Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2014...
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: AIDS - Related Lymphoma Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2014...
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Market Snapshot: Transcatheter Heart Valves 2007 to 2020 - Americas (US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico)...
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There are bizarre ads and then there is this ad from Netherlands-based Ziggo which is promoting computer security software. In the ad a seemingly unsuspecting guy in a coffee bar is innocently working on his laptop. Suddenly, a woman in ...
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Critical Care Therapeutics in Major Developed Markets to 2020 - New and Late-Stage Four-Factor PCCs and R...
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Comic-Con kicks off on Thursday in San Diego, and brands will no doubt try to out-do one another on the premises in and around the city's Gaslamp Quarter downtown district. Indeed, whether it's this week's confab, Cannes , So...
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Advertising Agency: Publicis, Vietnam Executive Creative Director: Paul Young Creative Director: Alex Rea Production: Sudest Production Director: Damon Escott Producer: Nguyen Huu Cuong Executive Producer: Carl Wyant DoP: John Alfirevich...
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Summer campaign for the Irish Food Board. Advertising Agency: gents agency, Ghent, Belgium Account Manager: Albane Paret Creative Director: Tim Helsen Copywriters: Ramin Afshar , Sander Vanermen Content manager: Mart Peers Developer: Tho...
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The Tulisa drugs sting trial collapsed after the judge agreed that Sun on Sunday reporter Mazher Mahmood told a “deliberate lie” in a pre-trial hearing. The Mahmood “lie” centred around evidence given to police by driver Alan Smith who p...
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And while we're on the topic of lingerie , here's yet another ad confirming the apparent fact only super hot women wear lingerie. This ad, for Ultimo, has British model Abbey Clancy sporting several version of the brand's under things. I...
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Last year, Penelope Cruz work with Agent Provocateur to create a dazzling video in which lingerie-clad women frolic about in a mansion as a man wearing sunglasses ogles them while strolling through. In the end, the epic lust-fest is all ...
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Smartphones are the most personal of consumer electronics devices, and yet they aren't actually all that great at helping users find what they're looking for. The devices are often cluttered with apps, difficult to navigate, and not part...
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Join Kimpton Hotels' Karma rewards program and they'll fawn all over you. No, seriously, they’ll send a half-man, half-goat to surprise you in unexpected ways. Not that the goat is actually going to do things TO you, but he...
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Entertainingly overblown homemade ads for used cars are now part of a burgeoning tradition. But an Australian adman, backed by his agency, is throwing his hat into the ring to good effect. The spot below for an old and battered two-door-...
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Marie Claire's denim-themed August issue is arriving at subscribers' homes with an extra cover they "unzip" to open by pulling on a perforated strip. Guess logos wallpaper the inside of the magazine's zipped-down cover, which cost the br...
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Oh, the 1980s. Such quaint times. The tank tops. The big hair. The now-unsettling sense of enthusiasm. Even though the '80s revival was so 2000s, Carlton Draught is still dusting off a real ad from that decade and airing it again to ...
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Fred Armisen is one of the new faces of Heineken, along with Neil Patrick Harris. In this new video, Armisen calls a payphone in New York City asking anyone who answers to meet him across the street . The ad is part of Heineken's "...
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Are artists like Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson getting their share of money from Spotify, iTunes and the music industry's fight against piracy? read more
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With the departure of Erin Madden, Cape Code Broadcasting has promoted veteran AE Judy Crocker (pictured) to D.O.S. of the 4-station cluster. Melinda Baker, who was the Sales Operations Manager, is promoted to LSM. Crocker will take over...
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Maxi Itzkoff and Mariano Serkin, the chief creatives at Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi in Buenos Aires, are moving to Madrid in the roles of chief creative officers for Europe for Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi. The pair, whose work has includ...
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Mitt Romney’s assertion in the first 2012 presidential debate - that Obamacare was a government takeover of the healthcare industry - was right in PolitiFact’s wheelhouse. And the factchecking organization didn’t whiff....
