The Week on AdFreak: May 25-June 1, 2012 DirecTV's weird baby, JCPenney's two dads, honest magazine covers, and one great Twitter apology
The 10 most-read AdFreak stories from the past week:
1. Best Corporate Apology Ever Posted to Twitter?
2. The Most Honest Women's Magazine Cover Ever
3. JCPenney Hits Back at Anti-Gay Critics with Two Dads in
Father's Day Ad
4. The Awesome Chalkboard Musings of a Jersey City Gym
5. Man Headbutts Wife in Horrible Ad for Social-Event Website
6. More Tasteless Ads That Never Ran: The 2012 Chip Shop Awards
7. DirecTV Introduces Advertising's Weirdest-Looking Baby Yet
8. Snickers Makes It Easier to Unhook a Woman's Bra
9. Another Ad-Agency Music Video That Will Make You Squirm
10. Pringles Ad Accused of Ripping Off 'One Tiny Hand' Tumblr
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- Mike Darnell Steps Down as Fox Reality Capo
- JCPenney One of 10 Brands Predicted to Die in Next Year
- Embattled P&G CEO Out, Replaced by Predecessor
- NSA Media Creates Alliance With Wishabi
- The Guardian to Consolidate Web Properties Under One Domain
- Dwell Media Hires New Head of Digital From Yahoo
- FTC May Not Be Done With Google Yet
- Top Digital Publishers Praise Yahoo's Tumblr Deal
- Microsoft Humiliates Siri in Biting Parody of Apple's iPad Ads
- JCPenney One of 10 Brands Predicted to Die in Next Year
- Our Picks for the 5 Best and 5 Worst New TV Shows
- Rapture-Palooza Star Anna Kendrick Is Addicted to Reddit
- Apple's 'Get a Mac,' the Complete Campaign
- Ad of the Day: Dodge
- Cadillac Nears Decision in Creative Review
- Group of Web Video Companies Band Together to Ensure Ads Are Viewable
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