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Reddit Airs 5-Second Super Bowl Ad Celebrating The Power Of The ‘Underdog’

Reddit Airs 5-Second Super Bowl Ad Celebrating The Power Of The ‘Underdog’

Social media site Reddit took out a brief advertisement during the 2021 Super Bowl that celebrated the power of the underdog following the trading frenzy inspired by subreddit WallStreetBets that involved GameStop stocks. The ad, which can be seen here, was a mere five seconds long and it was nothing more than a screenshot of […]

3y ago

Donald Trump Facebook Ad Depicting Symbol Similar To Nazi Imagery Removed

Donald Trump Facebook Ad Depicting Symbol Similar To Nazi Imagery Removed

On Thursday, Facebook removed from its platform an advertisement paid for by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, citing a policy against organized hate. As reported by the New York Daily News and other outlets, the campaign ad featured a symbol that resembled imagery used by Nazis during World War II to label prisoners being held […]

4y ago

Nike Launched Ad Campaign In Response To George Floyd’s Death

Nike Launched Ad Campaign In Response To George Floyd’s Death

Apparel company Nike has come out with an ad campaign saying “don’t do it” in an effort to address the social unrest that has swept the nation following the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man that died while in police custody on Monday, became the subject of demonstrations after a video […]

4y ago

U.K. Ad Agency Apologizes For A Ban On Redheads & Overweight Kids For Milka Chocolate Commercial

U.K. Ad Agency Apologizes For A Ban On Redheads & Overweight Kids For Milka Chocolate Commercial

A bias by an advertising agency has been unveiled in a casting for the Christmas ads for a brand of chocolate, and people on social media are calling out Spotlight UK, the agency, as well as Milka chocolate. The casting call requested no redheads or “overweight kids” for the commercials. According to Daily Mail, the […]

5y ago

How To Get Free Wendy’s Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers For The First Three Weeks Of August

How To Get Free Wendy’s Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers For The First Three Weeks Of August

Wendy’s will be giving out free Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers for the first three weeks of August, My Recipes reports, although you’ll have to jump through a couple of hoops to get them. Now through August 19, the fast food chain will give you a free Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, with any purchase, once per day, provided […]

5y ago

Artsy, Viral Short Film Is Actually A Subway Commercial

Artsy, Viral Short Film Is Actually A Subway Commercial

A video from 2016 that suddenly went viral this week features many years in the life of a young man, from his birth to what appears to be his 20s – and then turns out to be an advertisement for Subway. Video director Ryan Simmons posted the video to his Twitter account Thursday, describing it […]

5y ago

Sexy Advertising Doesn’t Sell The Products You Might Think It Does

Sexy Advertising Doesn’t Sell The Products You Might Think It Does

“Sex sells” is a common phrase that might lead you to think that sexy advertising sells the products that it promotes. And while that may be true, a research article from Monash University suggests that this might not always be the case. The article presents the findings of a three-part study that examined over 1,600 […]

5y ago

Pepsi Ditches Plans To Have An ‘Orbiting Billboard’ In Space

Pepsi Ditches Plans To Have An ‘Orbiting Billboard’ In Space

Pepsi has scrapped plans to advertise from orbital spacecraft, Space.com reports. The soft drink manufacturer had been working with a Russian startup to test out the “out-of-this-world” method of advertising, but has curtailed the plans for reasons that remain unclear. A Russian subsidiary of Pepsi had been working with a startup, StartRocket, to advertise its […]

5y ago

Burger King Pulls Ad Amidst Accusations Of Being ‘Culturally Insensitive’

Burger King Pulls Ad Amidst Accusations Of Being ‘Culturally Insensitive’

Burger King in New Zealand has pulled an advert for being “culturally insensitive,” according to The Guardian. The ad depicts a western Caucasian male as he struggles to eat a burger with large chopsticks. The comical ad has since been deemed ‘racist.’ The controversial ad also inspired an additional post condemning the advertisement. The post […]

5y ago

Study Suggests Rhesus Macaques Prefer Brands That Exude Sex Appeal, Promote Social Status

Study Suggests Rhesus Macaques Prefer Brands That Exude Sex Appeal, Promote Social Status

It may seem like a very human trait to gravitate toward a brand or a product that’s being promoted by someone who’s physically attractive. But such a trait isn’t unique in the animal kingdom, according to the results of a new study on rhesus macaques and their reaction to specific types of advertisements. In a […]

6y ago

Maci Bookout’s Behaviour On ‘Teen Mom OG’ And Her Advertising Called Fake As Fans Don’t Believe Her

Maci Bookout’s Behaviour On ‘Teen Mom OG’ And Her Advertising Called Fake As Fans Don’t Believe Her

Maci Bookout continues to keep her distance from social media, as she rarely shares anything on her social media platforms. When Maci does post something, it’s often about a product that people can buy or something they can click on so she can earn money. It’s no secret that Bookout may have a life away […]

6y ago

Facebook News Feed Set For Overhaul, What It Means For Users and Media Publishers

Facebook News Feed Set For Overhaul, What It Means For Users and Media Publishers

Facebook Inc. released an announcement this week informing users and publishers of a big algorithm change that will directly affect the content that people will see on their news feeds. The company revealed that it would deprioritize articles and videos from media publishers and show more posts from a user’s friends and family members. The […]

6y ago

Jenelle Evans Promotes A Product, But Her Ad Is A Flop And Fans Have A Good Laugh

Jenelle Evans Promotes A Product, But Her Ad Is A Flop And Fans Have A Good Laugh

Jenelle Evans is currently spending time in North Carolina at her country house, and it sounds like she’s enjoying more time with her family after she shut down her social media accounts last year. Jenelle was furious with the way MTV was portraying her on the show, and she decided to shut down everything she […]

6y ago

New Ikea Ad Asks Women To Urinate On It As It Doubles As A Pregnancy Test

New Ikea Ad Asks Women To Urinate On It As It Doubles As A Pregnancy Test

When it comes to marketing and getting customers into the door, Ikea is taking a strange approach to give consumers a discount. According to Newsweek, their newest ad begins with a simple statement. “This ad can change your life as you know it,” it says. On the ad itself is an image of a crib […]

6y ago

Giant Android Malware Campaign Could Be The Biggest Ever Seen

Giant Android Malware Campaign Could Be The Biggest Ever Seen

An enormous malware campaign targeting Android smartphones has been uncovered by researchers at a cybersecurity company. Dubbed “Judy,” the criminals behind the attack are using auto-clicking adware to generate fraudulent clicks on website ads and generate money. The unprecedented scale of Judy was discovered by Check Point Security. A team of researchers found the malware […]

7y ago

Heineken Commercial ‘Worlds Apart’ Slams Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi Ad To The Ground

Heineken Commercial ‘Worlds Apart’ Slams Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi Ad To The Ground

Heineken just made its mark on advertising after releasing their own version of Pepsi’s failed representation of world view conflict. Heineken’s “Worlds Apart” video features an experiment where people of opposing views meet each other. The clip shows six people tackling topics like feminism, LGBTQ, and climate change. The subjects were paired to their “opposites.” […]

7y ago

Google Home ‘Ad’ Pulled After Google Claims It ‘Isn’t An Ad’

Google Home ‘Ad’ Pulled After Google Claims It ‘Isn’t An Ad’

Google Home, Google’s answer to the Amazon Echo, has had a pretty rocky launch. That’s fairly typical of Google products; some are wildly successful, while others, like Google+ and the Google Nexus, barely make it off the pad. Now, according to a report from Engadget, Google Home users have picked up on what they’re calling […]

7y ago

Kate Middleton’s Family Business Gets Mega Advertising With Old Ad Featuring Kate? [Opinion]

Kate Middleton’s Family Business Gets Mega Advertising With Old Ad Featuring Kate? [Opinion]

Kate Middleton had a tough time with the media when she first married into the royal family, as many accused her family of riding on the royal coattails for free advertising of their Party Pieces business. Carol Middleton recently posted a throwback picture of the Middleton’s family business showing a 7-year-old Kate Middleton in an […]

7y ago

Kaitlyn Bristowe On Bullies: ‘Bachelorette’ Star Doesn’t Understand Why People Hate Her

Kaitlyn Bristowe On Bullies: ‘Bachelorette’ Star Doesn’t Understand Why People Hate Her

Kaitlyn Bristowe found love on The Bachelorette in a controversial season, where she wanted to get engaged to Shawn Booth despite having slept with Nick Viall. Many were convinced that she would keep Nick around because she couldn’t stop talking about him, so when she decided to pick Shawn, viewers were shocked. Many expected that […]

7y ago

Bella Hadid’s Nike Ad: Perfection In Advertising Is A Problem And Needs To Be Addressed [Opinion]

Bella Hadid’s Nike Ad: Perfection In Advertising Is A Problem And Needs To Be Addressed [Opinion]

Bella Hadid’s Nike ad is getting skewered by the public because many are noticing the model appears much too thin to be considered athletic (think of Serena Williams, Ronda Rousey, and Hope Solo), and some people probably think she looks too skinny to be even considered healthy. https://instagram.com/p/BMzN4vBgOPo/ It all started when Meryl Davis, an […]

8y ago

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