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Subway Returns to a Pre-Jared Era of Innocence in First BBDO Campaign
You might not have known this, but Subway practically invented fresh food. BBDO has unveiled its first campaign for the sandwich chain. The post-Jared Fogle approach features a wholesome,...
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Can This Existentially Distressed Family of Bears Convince You to Go on...
When life gets unbearable, you need an escape claws. If you're thinking such silly wordplay heralds a campaign with ursine imagery, you're right. In "Bears," a delightful minute-long TV spot touting...
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GoPro's Year-in-Review Ad Is Action Packed with Sports, Kids and at Least One...
GoPro's Year in Review video for 2015, comprised of footage shot entirely on its Hero4 camera, features a little bit of everything: snowboarding, skateboarding, skydiving, rugby, people jumping in...
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Wired Interviews Lex Luthor in Fiendishly Fun Escalation of Comic-Book Movie...
Comic books are about world-building. The marketing for film adaptations of comics follows the same format: It cultivates an ever-expanding universe, one even populated with fictional advertising for...
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Millennials Don't Care If You Don't Get Them, Samsung Says in Its Latest Grab...
Samsung is looking to cozy up with the youths by proving it gets what it means to be a millennial ... and that it's cool with it. A new commercial from R/GA for the Galaxy A series of phones opens on...
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DirecTV Ridicules Cable Users as 'Settlers' in Frontier-Themed Ads
DirecTV: the final frontier? A bunch of "Settlers"—a modern suburban family dressed like the cast of Little House on the Prairie—settle for cable rather than DirecTV in Grey's latest ads for the...
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AdFreak's 10 Most Read Stories of 2015
Here are the 10 most read AdFreak posts of 2015. Thanks for reading this year, and here's to a fun and crazy 2016. 10. Similac Has a Big Hit With One of the Most Honest Ads Ever About Parenting...
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Physics Geniuses Illustrate the Mind-Bending Simplicity of TurboTax in W+K's...
Winning a Cannes Lion or a Gold Clio would make George Smoot's Nobel Prize for Physics look like garbage, right? In Wieden + Kennedy's latest TurboTax campaign, some of the world's greatest...
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This Indian Retailer's Ad Draws Praise for Its Modern Take on Arranged Marriage
A new clothing ad is making waves in India with a modern depiction of negotiations for an arranged marriage. The two-minute commercial by Brandmovers for fashion brand Biba opens on a young woman...
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A Claw Machine Dispenses Sunscreen on This Cool Beachside Bus Shelter Ad
Sun protection has become a game at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Cancer Institute NSW, JCDecaux, UM and Soap Creative teamed up to build mechanical-claw-game-style SPF50+ sunscreen dispensers to...
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Hospital Films Its First Birth of 2016, Seconds After Midnight, for Ad...
J. Walter Thompson in New York had film crews ready and waiting at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens on New Year's Eve to capture the hospital's first birth of the year—for a TV spot it...
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10 Hilarious Posts From Advertising's Funniest Instagrammer
You might think Instagram is all about photography. Not so, says David Kolbusz."Instagram is a writer's medium," the creative director declares at the top of his feed. And he makes a good case for...
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The Holidays Weren't So Happy for the Boy in This Haunting, Heartbreaking PSA
Not everyone in the family may have been looking forward to the holiday onslaught, as evidenced by this dark PSA from France. Publicis Conseil created the ad, which follows an anxious boy through his...
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Unicorns Are a Bold New Power Source in This Epic British Utility Ad
Unicorns. They make streetlights shine whiter, televisions brighter and food cook quicker, says a new ad from VCCP London for a U.K. energy provider. A herd of the mythical beasts gallops through...
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W+K's New Ads for Equinox Show Wild Visions of What Your 2016 Should Look Like
Equinox is back with another striking print, digital and outdoor campaign from Wieden + Kennedy New York that looks more like fashion advertising than something a gym, even a high-end one, would put...
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T.J. Miller Warms Up for Critics' Choice Awards Hosting Gig With Booze-Soaked...
Actor and comedian T.J. Miller was "dumb, and not in a funny way," in the big-screen flop Yogi Bear in 3D. And he's game for trotting out the memory of that critical drubbing if it means driving...
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Hasbro Says It Left Rey Out of Star Wars Monopoly to Avoid Spoilers
Star Wars: The Force Awakens introduced several new characters to the Star Wars universe, with one of the most notable being scavenger heroine Rey. Some of the fans of Daisy Ridley's character were...
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Pizza Hut Just Unveiled a Clothing Line Called Hut Swag. Yes, Hut Swag
Given that they can barely handle making the thing they're named after, it seems a little presumptuous for Pizza Hut to sell branded clothing ... but they're doing it anyway. Not only that, they're...
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These Fake Local Grocery Ads Brilliantly Skewer Northern Canada's Surreal...
If you want to pay $48 for a bag of flour, head to northern Canada. It might even come with the same cheesy smile that your local grocer promises in its own ads. A new public-service campaign uses...
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No One on This Earth Loves McDonald's All-Day Breakfast More Than This Guy
Meet Will Perkins, a cardigan-clad Milwaukee resident who loves all-day breakfast at McDonald's so much that he's composing power ballads in its honor. Thanks to the parody mavens at Jingle Punks, we...
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