Cool ideas: Pay it forward comes to retail
Next time you go to check out at a retail site, you might get the option to do a solid for the next person coming...
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#sowhoknew: Leaving Las Vegas – CES 2015 highlights
The insanity of CES in Sin City is over for another year and now we are left to mull over the dazzling array of shiny...
Snickers, Mr Bean, ancient China & the ‘Fist of Hunger’
In an unprecedented global collaboration with AMV-BBDO London, BBDO China has aired its own version of the Kung Fu themed TVC. In the China spot,...
Netflix Making Four Movies With Adam Sandler
Netflix, expanding further into exclusive feature films, will produce four movies with comic actor Adam Sandler. Mr. Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions will work with Netflix,...
Mercedes-Benz Experiments – Can Science Sell Cars!?
What do cool science tricks have to do with the Mercedes C-Class? Admittedly nothing. The real point, and why the videos below make effective advertisements,...
Steve Forbes: ‘Just pining for the good old days is not the way to move ahead’
Forbes Media agreed on Friday to sell a majority stake in itself to a consortium of Hong Kong investors, concluding a 9-month sales process. The sale...
With ‘Kun’, IDP takes kids marketing a notch up in Vietnam
To launch a children’s ready-to-drink dairy brand, IDP, with its agency JWT Vietnam, has created an animation based franchise that includes an ongoing epic story,...
Jonah Peretti & Co. Get Owned: Watch the ‘Wolf of BuzzFeed’ Spoof Trailer
Our Clip of the Week is the “official trailer” for a movie that doesn’t exist — but that we kind of wish did. “The Wolf...
Free Amazon TV? Advertisers Shut Out of Netflix Eye a New Option
UPDATE: An Amazon spokeswoman responded after this article was posted to deny that a free streaming service was in the works. “We have a video...
Indy Star’s Bizarre Tale of Real-Life Exorcism Wins Huge Mobile Traffic, but Cashing In Is Harder
Gannett’s Indianapolis Star is happily learning what movie studios have long known: Ghost stories are a huge draw. “The exorcisms of Latoya Ammons,” a 5,300-word...
What Would an ‘Honest’ Facebook Movie Look Like?
If you’re a Facebook user, by now you’ve probably received your very own movie. In honor of its tenth year, Facebook has given us all...
What is net neutrality and how does its latest setback affect marketers?
The ruling Verizon successfully argued that the FCC’s anti-blocking and anti-discrimination rules (see further down this article for a full description of the FCC rules)...
Was ‘Hercules’ A Branding Win for The Weather Channel?
There was a time when snowstorms were not news. They were just what happens in winter. That time is not now. Last night, a storm...
How Ad Agency Life Resembles The Human Centipede
What does horror movie “The Human Centipede” have in common with the ad industry? According to two ad guys at agency Cornett, Whit Hiler and...
The New Porn Site The Whole Family Can Enjoy
If you love porn, but not the sex and nakedness part of it, then Cameron Porn is just for you. In reaction to a tragic...
10 Hollywood Hits Inspired By Magazine and Newspaper Articles
“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” — a bio pic about Eugene Allen, who served as White House domestic to eight presidents — hits the big screen...
