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McDonald's Apologizes for Mental-Health Parody Ad It Says It Didn't Approve Arnold says release was 'unintended error'

Are you addicted to the Big Mac, or can you stop anytime you want? Whatever your emotional issues with the burger, McDonald's is distancing itself from the mental-health parody ad…

April 10, 2013, 11:32 AM EDT

Carl's Jr. Reacts to Banning of Racy TV Ad by Describing It in a Radio Spot Suggestive plot left to your imagination

Carl's Jr.'s notorious Memphis BBQ Burger commercial, which features two half-dressed women fighting over pulled pork on a cheeseburger—aka, "barbecue's best pair"—recently arrived in New Zealand. It was promptly banned…

April 9, 2013, 2:19 PM EDT

Michael Bolton Makes Everything More Juicy, Particularly Starburst One theory in candy's new campaign

Michael Bolton follows up his Optimum campaign with a cameo in the Starburst ad below, part of a new campaign from DDB Chicago that offers theories on why the candy…

April 9, 2013, 12:39 PM EDT

Brands Buy Real-Time Mobile Ads Based on the Weather Ace Hardware, Taco Bell, Seamless

This past winter, Ace Hardware tested location-based mobile ads before and after snowstorms to pitch items like shovels and de-icers. Buoyed by the results—and underscoring how brands have begun using…

April 8, 2013, 10:08 PM EDT

Magazine Ad Pages Decline in Q1 Major publishers still see increases, though

Consumer magazines' advertising woes continued in the first quarter of 2013, with ad pages slipping 4.8 percent versus the year-ago period on declines in nine out of the 12 top…

April 8, 2013, 4:51 PM EDT

Cee Lo Green Sips on Sake Singer-songwriter and entertainer stars in the first national sake commercial

Cee Lo Green and sake? The combination seems a like bit of a stretch for the eccentric Georgia native, but is it really? The singer-songwriter, Voice coach, and member of…

April 8, 2013, 4:19 PM EDT

Ad of the Day: Pepsi Beyoncé sizes up her past selves in 180 LA's explosive new spot

It's been a big year for Beyoncé. She sang (sort of) at President Obama's second inauguration, performed a colossal Super Bowl halftime show, starred in a 90-minute HBO "documentary" chronicling…

April 4, 2013, 12:48 PM EDT

Grizzly Dude From '70s Beer Ads Gets Lost, Wanders Into Modern Spot for Dr Pepper Ten Deutsch's manliest man

Oh, how I've longed to get away from it all and live in the woods, wild and free, with some guy in a bear suit as my only companion. The…

April 4, 2013, 10:41 AM EDT

Did Kraft Swipe Sauza Tequila's Schtick and Its Spokesman? Zesty salad guy is also Sauza's new lifeguard

Sauza Tequila had a major hit last year with its "Make It With a Fireman" video, starring Thomas Beaudoin—which reached No. 15 on YouTube's list of the 20 most watched…

April 4, 2013, 8:23 AM EDT

Ad of the Day: Wheat Thins People (and puppets) go crackers for the Nabisco snack in Being's latest spots

Wheat Thins has a sense of humor. Stephen Colbert famously mocked, on the air, the exhaustive memo he had gotten from Nabisco detailing exactly how Wheat Thins should be presented on…

April 3, 2013, 12:46 PM EDT

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