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Take a Break from Broadcasting Yourself: YouTube’s Most Viewed Ads of 2010
Hello readers. Look at your TV, now back to this post. Now back at your TV. Now back to this post. (Via Mashable) This year, droves of viewers wanted to smell like one confident gent in a white towel....
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Border Patrol: Thousands of Fake Shake Weights Seized in Savannah
This is not a workout. This is a revolution — led by counterfeit manufacturing. (Via Consumerist) Sift your way through the aisles of treasures in Bed Bath & Beyond and one table stands out among...
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As Hu Visits Washington, Chinese Ads Take Over Times Square
The U.S. seems to have been taken over by the Chinese government with a massive ad splattered right in the middle of Times Square. (via Shanghaiist) The ads started this week with a 60-second video...
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Super Bowl: 3 New Ads That Will Have People Buzzing (Cue Darth Vader!)
There are two kinds of Super Bowl viewers: Those who tune in for the game, and those who patiently wait through all the punts and blitzes for the halftime show. And of course the Super Bowl ads. Well,...
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This Year’s Super Bowl MVP: The Commercials?
Forget the regular refrain of, “Are you ready for some football?” When it comes to the showpiece game of the year, isn’t it all about the advertisements? Has there even been a year where there’s been...
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And the Most Offensive Super Bowl Ad Goes To: Groupon?
Subject areas future Super Bowl advertisers might want to avoid: Tibet. Groupon made a stir among football fans Sunday night, not only by splurging on a Super Bowl spot that put the freshman web coupon...
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Forget Online Dating: Man Searches for Perfect Woman Using Facebook Ads
How can you find the girl of your dreams? Buy an ad! So says Matt Simpson, a tech-savvy American entrepreneur who’s using Facebook to target the — spiritual, yoga-practicing, between 28-35 and living...
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Finger-Lickin’ Gross: KFC China Douses Fried Chicken in Irish Cream
As part of its “Taste of Ireland” promotion, KFC China has decided to hit the bottle. The result looks rather revolting. In the commercial above, whiskey collides with cream before the camera pans out...
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Sorry, Old Spice Guy: India Bans Sexy Deodorant Commercials
Television broadcasters in India were ordered to change “overtly sexual” deodorant ads featuring scantily clad men and women in racy storylines — or take them off the air within five days. If India’s...
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U.K. Bans Two Retouched Makeup Ads For Being ‘Misleading’
Turns out, not even celebrities have skin this nice. A British advertising watchdog is cracking down on two L’Oreal foundation ads after a Liberal Democrat MP, Jo Swinson, complained that they pass off...
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Ads on a Plane: Annoying Passengers to No End
Is the last frontier of relatively ad-free space in danger of being overrun? If the airlines have anything to do with it, then definitely. Some airlines, in fact, have long been in the business of...
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Ferris Bueller Returns — In a Super Bowl Ad?
It doesn’t take much for us to tune in to a good Super Bowl storyline. Even if it’s one that has nothing to do with football and everything to do with Matthew Broderick resurrecting his most memorable...
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Classic ‘Mean’ Joe Greene Ad Gets a Super-Bowl Reboot
A 1980 Coke commercial featuring "Mean" Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers has been tweaked into a new spot touting fabric softener. It's not quite as nonsensical as it sounds.
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Too Perfect? Rachel Weisz’s L’Oréal Ad Banned in Britain for Being ‘Misleading’
Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz looks positively stunning in her new ad for L’Oréal. In fact, Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority believes she looks too stunning — and so they banned the ad in...
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Star of Pete Hoekstra’s Controversial Ad Apologizes for Taking Part
Actress Lisa Chan, the main character in Michigan Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra's campaign spot, wrote on Facebook that it was "absolutely a mistake" to take part in the ad and that she feels...
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Karl Rove’s Group Portrays Barack Obama as James Bond
The president is turned into a man of international intrigue as his "hot mic" moment is turned into a political thriller.
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Killer Chickens Star in Herman Cain’s Latest Ad
Watch out for the government: it may just peck you to death, etc.
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‘Joe The Plumber’ Blames Gun Control For The Holocaust
Remember when John McCain touted Samuel J. Wurzelbacher as the voice of reason during the 2008 presidential campaign? Yeah, that was a while ago.
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Samuel L. Jackson to Voters: ‘Wake the F— Up’
In case you haven’t been deluged with political ads urging you not to sit on the sidelines on Election Day, Samuel L. Jackson is here to make sure you get up from the couch. And vote for the President....
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Super Bowl XLVII: The Greatest Show Goes ‘Gangnam Style’
South Korean Companies such as Samsung, Kia and Hyundai had an inordinately large share of the advertising surrounding Sunday’s game. (PHOTOS: Beyoncé Rocks the Superdome, Reunites with Destiny’s...
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