http://adage.com/rss-feed.php?section_id=310 en-us 120 http://adage.com/rss-feed.php?section_id=310 http://adage.com/img/adage-logo-sm.gif http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140688 Vodka isn't the only thing this Thanksgiving-turkey story is full of.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140688 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:41:32 -0500 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140694
Did AOL -- er, Aol. -- just kick Running Man out of bed? AOL staffers stuffed the ballots at Advertising Week to earn Running Man "icon" status, beating out the likes of Ronald McDonald. But he's gone AWOL in AOL's new branding]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140694 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:50:23 -0500 mlearmonth@adage.com(Michael Learmonth) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140663 The Bob Marley family stands to make millions -- but how are they going to do it?]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140663 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:50:36 -0500 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140655 Today's social-media lesson comes courtesy of college football's Bowl Championship Series: If you know your product is universally loathed, Twitter is not the place for you.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140655 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:16:19 -0500 jmullman@adage.com(Jeremy Mullman) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140636 Video content site hits black gold with sponsored urban exploration series.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140636 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:39:03 -0500 jbeer@adage.com(Jeff Beer) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140616
Method wants better labeling on household cleaners. A good idea to be sure. A better idea? This video.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140616 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:09:48 -0500 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140584
Esquire, as you may or may not know, has published an issue full of augmented-reality capabilities that will make, for example, cover star Robert Downey Jr. pop off the cover on your computer screen. But some are having a slight problem.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140584 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:06 -0500 nives@adage.com(Nat Ives) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140560
Dos Equis' "Most Interesting Man in the World" is a sword-fighting, ass-kicking international man of mystery. So what can one expect when the beer brand sponsors a "Most Interesting Show in the World" inspired by their enigmatic spokesman? A human slinky, blindfolded knife-throwing, and a live scorpion going down someone's pants, just to name a few examples.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140560 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:38:21 -0500 abaskin@adage.com(Anna Baskin) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140535
The Captain says "I am a man of action, a man of the moment, and I always make fun a priority. And when it comes to football what is more fun than a touchdown?"]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140535 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:07:13 -0500 jmullman@adage.com(Jeremy Mullman) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140508
Why is it that whenever TV shows depict people engaging with multiple sexual partners (not particularly common, mind you, on ABC and the rest), the critics come out in force?]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140508 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:26:40 -0500 bsteinberg@adage.com(Brian Steinberg) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140504
The following isn't a tribute. It isn't done ironically. It's simply a commercial for Frankie and Johnny's Furniture in New Orleans. Even better? You can OWN this spot. That's right. WYES in New Orleans is selling a DVD called "Stay Tuned -- New Orleans Classic TV Commercials."]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140504 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:59:44 -0500 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140425
Subway announced last Friday that it would expand its test of Seattle's Best Coffee to 9,000 of its locations in an effort to drive morning business -- but it is going to have its work cut out for it if anecdotal evidence is any indication.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140425 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:25:28 -0500 eyork@adage.com(Emily Bryson York) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140418 Surya Yalamanchili, a former Procter & Gamble Co. brand manager perhaps known best for being fired by Donald Trump on season six of "The Apprentice," now wants to be hired by the people of Ohio's second Congressional district.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140418 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:22:01 -0500 http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140398
The pile of pooches continues to grow.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140398 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:05:37 -0500 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140393 As my eyeballs were being assaulted with the teaser campaign for Droid this weekend, my eyes were drawn to the fine print at the end of the ad. "DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and its related companies," it read.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140393 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:30:02 -0500 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140372
Armstrong Flooring wasn't just content to run some ads against the skateboarding-dog video on YouTube. The marketer, along with agency BBDO, New York, decided to create its own spot with a skateboarding bulldog.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140372 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:43 -0500 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140349
This is an amazing opportunity for branding experts, so we throw the question out to you, dear reader, so you can strut your stuff: How would you remake Mickey Mouse?]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140349 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:24:34 -0500 jpollack@adage.com(Judann Pollack) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140333
YouTube is bending over backward to accommodate content creators, and it just landed one it probably should have had a long time ago: Will Ferrell's Funnyordie.com.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140333 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:56:27 -0500 mlearmonth@adage.com(Michael Learmonth) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140305
The ad features a screen-filling "G" logo, and it features Derek Jeter leaping into the Yankee Stadium stands to make a remarkable catch. A spot for Jeter-endorsed Gatorade of course, right?]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140305 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:11:10 -0500 jmullman@adage.com(Jeremy Mullman) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140144
The hard-working dogs of advertising took a week off while I traipsed around Ireland last week looking for Leprechauns in the bottom of pints of Guinness and Smithwick's. But they're back this week. The number of entries are trickling to a halt, but that's no reason not to have a gander at the last few adorable pooches that came over the transom. Enjoy the slide show.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140144 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:34:42 -0500 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140143 The Philadelphia Inquirer and Macy's will both be charged with an error for an ad that ran in today's edition of the Inquirer.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140143 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:05:23 -0500 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140129
London Fog was not a tired, 40-year-old brand at the time, as it was launched in 1954 when it changed from Londontown Clothes. It is also questionable whether a warm, traditional, avuncular Jewish tailor like Israel Myers would ever be seen in the halls of a Sterling Cooper.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140129 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:23:50 -0500 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140068
So the World's Fastest Nudist was a marketing stunt. Was this a case of shoddy reporting or lying to the media? Does it matter?]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140068 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:42:33 -0400 kpatel@adage.com(Kunur Patel) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140013
Recognizing advancements in the fair representation of the gay community in advertising, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation hosted its inaugural Media Awards in Advertising last night in New York. Host Alan Cumming and a slew of presenters, including AAAAs President Nancy Hill, gathered to recognize the work of 10 brands that have made strides to increase the size, diversity and accuracy of LGBT-related images in advertising.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=140013 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:23:02 -0400 MKinsey@adage.com(Matt Kinsey) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139936
James Lileks has a few webpages' worth of candy ads from old comic books. I'll give you a thumbnail of one, but you should check them out in full-color, full-size glory.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139936 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00:02 -0400 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139851
After months of buzz and teaser ads promoting Windows 7, Microsoft finally unleashed the new operating system today, with a full-court press (big emphasis on the press): a "launch party" in New York City hosted by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139851 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:12:07 -0400 rparekh@adage.com(Rupal Parekh) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139811
People who do some of their best thinking on the toilet now have the perfect context for their blogging. Procter & Gamble Co. is looking to hire five "Charmin Ambassadors" to staff its Times Square bathrooms this holiday season and blog about the experience. Salary: $10,000]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139811 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:46:43 -0400 http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139775
On the same day former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is expected in district court to see if the judge will let him participate in the reality show I found him casually leaning toward a pair of suits with pen to pad of paper, taking orders.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139775 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:32:32 -0400 kpatel@adage.com(Kunur Patel) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139765
Dogs are an unpredictable bunch. You'd think a pooch dressing up like a rapper would go for Snoop Dogg, but seems Flava Flav might be a favorite among the canine set. (Or maybe the costume's just easier to pull off.) Have another scroll through our slide show, where you'll see hard(ly) working dogs and three hotties going topless]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139765 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:08:00 -0400 kwheaton@adage.com(Ken Wheaton) http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139750
A new spot from Siltanen & Parners for fast-food toasted-sub shop Quizno's offends the senses -- especially taste.]]> http://adage.com/adages/post.php?article_id=139750 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:30:20 -0400 eyork@adage.com(Emily Bryson York)