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Obama’s Record Spending on Advertisments

This New York Times article from Saturday, October 18th takes a look at Obama’s recent spending flurry. Ads in Guitar Hero? I hear he can shred on Master of Puppets. I’m sold.

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The Penguin “gets it”

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Dothegreenthing.com: Tears Of A Cloud

YouTube – Dothegreenthing.com: Tears Of A Cloud

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Product Placement “oppertunity” from adamkluger@inbox.com

One of my lifelong dreams has been to turn on top 40 radio and hear some pop tartlet subtly dropping product placements for my fake sweatshop products into their newest hot single. So you can imagine how excited I was when I read this email yesterday from Mr. Kluger, wherein he offered me an oppertunity […]

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Totally lame ad, or… Scientology Trap!

Oh Tom Cruise. Only a 124? Is this really an IQ test, or is it a Scientology Facebook trap! Oh those tricky Scientologists… I guess sitting around in the Union Square subway station just isn’t bringing in enough cult initiates.

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Is the Ad Porn more Ad Creep?

The interwebs are abuzz with tittering about the video of a pretty young blond woman who sensually sexually licks nearly every phallic object in the hotel room of a chain hotel. You tube has gone so far as to put a warning that the content is “inapropriate for some users” and requires you to sign […]

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A Blast from the Ad Past

Funny or Die posted up some golden oldies from the thirties. These are the choicest cuts of retroactive poor taste. Taglines include “More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette,” “They’re happy because they eat lard,” and my favorite, “Eat! Eat! Eat! And always stay thin” which is an ad for sanitized tape worms. Really, […]

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It doesn’t take much to make me happy.

Photo from a hot day, courtesy of Simon Jolly.

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Subway Poster Remix Graffiti

(via Adam Rosen and these guys)

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Billboard: All Religions Are Fairy Tales

Found in the bottom of my inbox; this story from WFTV in Florida. Read all the way through to see my favorite part… ###Business Owners, Customers Upset Over Controversial Billboard### ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — It looked harmless enough, but the words on a billboard unnerved so many people that a popular restaurant nearby actually lost […]

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Official Foundation for Freedom Press Release

Contact: Anne Elizabeth Moore – aem at anneelizabethmoore.com Steve Lambert – steve at antiadvertisingagency.com ###FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE### April 17, 2008 ###ANNOUNCING THE 2008 ANTI-ADVERTISING AGENCY FOUNDATION FOR FREEDOM AWARD### ###Fund Offers One Lucky Ad Industry Creative Freedom, Giant Check### CHICAGO—The most creative and forward-thinking professionals of our time work in marketing. The Anti-Advertising Agency Foundation […]

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Foundation For Freedom announces grant program: The 2008 AAAFFFA

Introducing the newest and latest Anti-Advertising Agency project from Steve Lambert and Anne Elizabeth Moore. Let’s face it: everyone hates advertising. Be honest! Even you, Mr. or Ms. Man in the Grey Flannel Suit: when you go on vacation you prefer a remote locale, far away from the hustle and bustle of billboards, commercial radio, […]

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Charlie Brooker’s 10 Biggest Cocks in Advertising

Yes, “Cock” is in the headline. I never said this was a family blog. A friend just sent these two bits of simple genius. You probably don’t want to watch this too loud at work, depending on where you work. I can’t make any sense over what the BBC does and doesn’t bleep. Also the […]

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Facebook Business Solutions

Emily’s been working on a piece about Facebook’s creepy Beacon software (you probably heard about it in the news). But in the midst of the controversy Facebook has taken the marketing of social networking profiles to a whole new low with facebookbusinesssolutions.com. Did they think we wouldn’t notice? It starts with Facebook Surf and goes […]

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Fake CEO Blogs

via Joey Skaggs’ The Art of the Prank: Posted by harshavardhan on Thought Beans Blog, November 2, 2007: The Fake CEO blogs, have become a big buzz in the blogosphere. Amongst the fake blogs, the Fake Steve blog is most popular. It is written by Daniel Lyons, a senior Editor at Forbes Magazine. It took […]

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