Where branding brilliance and marketing misfires play out in real time online: advertising.
That time Mikhail Gorbachev was in a Pizza Hut commercial
To Gorbachev!
On May 14, 2016 by [email protected]
If you block every ad on Twitter, things start to get weird
Are these advertisements even for people?
On Apr 27, 2016 by Jay Hathaway
Axe’s ‘Find Your Magic’ ad campaign attempts to sell a broader definition of masculinity
‘The most attractive man you can be is yourself.’
On Jan 16, 2016 by Deron Dalton
Our detailed play-by-play of an old commercial for Donald Trump steaks
Stakes: raised.
On Dec 26, 2015 by [email protected]
How a viral video of a unicorn is changing the way we poop
You’ve seen the viral ad. Now we’re putting the Squatty Potty to the test.
On Nov 25, 2015 by Jaya Saxena
The British Library crowdsourced a Magna Carta for Internet rights
Magna Carta 2.0 is long overdue.
On Jun 8, 2015 by Eric Geller
Imagine, if you will, a world in which men had their periods
The hilarious video was produced in honor of Menstrual Hygiene Day.
On May 28, 2015 by Marisa Kabas
Classic ’90s Mentos ad gets hilarious extended cut
Fresh and full of strife.
On Apr 15, 2015 by Jam Kotenko
Geico made ads for YouTube that you wouldn’t skip if you could
Five seconds are all you need, and you can’t escape them.
On Mar 3, 2015 by Rae Votta
Fake commercial for ‘Liquid Slam’ is a ’90s advertising nostalgia trip
It’s all the tropes of ’90s tv commercials and then some.
On Feb 3, 2015 by Greg Seals
Gross, sexist French Uber campaign features ‘sexy girl’ drivers
At least these drivers might not try to hit you in the head with a hammer.
On Oct 22, 2014 by EJ Dickson
Do rich people have their own Internet?
Inside the Internet equivalent of the AmEx Black Card.
On Sep 18, 2014 by S.E. Smith
11 wildly inappropriate Nintendo ads from the ’90s
Well, that was awkward.
On Jun 17, 2014 by [email protected]
Pandora is getting political—at least, its ad targeting is
Are you a little bit country or rock ‘n’ roll? Pandora thinks the answer is political.
On Feb 14, 2014 by Tim Sampson
The Onion scraps print edition, goes online-only
The fake newspaper of record will stop the presses once and for all.
On Nov 8, 2013 by Miles Klee
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