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Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Sept. 7-14 Jessica Simpson's Weight Watchers debut, an epic bus ad, and an airline spot that really took off

This week, we discovered Santa Claus isn't the only famous resident at Macy's flagship store in New York's Herald Square, milkmen were lobotomized by a crafty kitty crime boss, and…

September 14, 2012, 7:30 AM EDT

Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Aug. 31- Sept. 7 These spots traveled to the future, hopped in a box and demonstrated proper condom use

This week, a tablet computer came to life, a douchey date on a boat got soaked, and a pup with a taste for car keys learned a lesson.  Many of the…

September 7, 2012, 8:49 AM EDT

Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Aug. 24-31 These spots destroyed property, ran for beer and made muscle music

This week, a tablet computer became a child's playground, Eddie Money went from rock 'n' roll to bittersweet, and Jack Bauer executed some moves in the kitchen (presumably after saving…

August 31, 2012, 10:09 AM EDT

Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Aug. 18-23 Spots that shocked, mocked and invented a holiday

This week, a headless pair of breasts sought to sell scents, we saw a final spot from the late Tony Scott, and The Sun found a way to shine. Many of…

August 23, 2012, 4:28 PM EDT

Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Aug. 10-17 These spots charmed, thrilled and made you think

This week, sports tickets grew on trees, Olympian Usain Bolt stormed the streets, and Google found a detour around a traffic jam on the Internet super-highway.  Many of the hundreds of…

August 17, 2012, 12:50 PM EDT

Rupert Murdoch Resigns From News Corp. Boards Move is in preparation for divorce of publishing, entertainment businesses

Rupert Murdoch resigned from a number of News Corp. boards—including his post as director of News International, the holding company for the newspapers at the center of the U.K. hacking…

July 21, 2012, 7:59 PM EDT

5 of the Best TV News Meltdowns Can the scripted drama of 'The Newsroom' beat these real-life broadcast blunders?

The deadline is looming for HBO's newest show, The Newsroom. It premieres this Sunday to mostly mixed and negative reviews, and while Aaron Sorkin's latest creation promises to "take on…

June 22, 2012, 4:51 PM EDT

Check Out This Cool New Tide Detergent Video Brand's reaction to 'Onion' spoof is to be on the right side of the joke

What’s cooler than Tide laundry detergent? Only one thing: a video about Tide laundry detergent! At least that’s the case if you talk to "Fred Hammond," the brand's "director of digital…

June 6, 2012, 4:16 PM EDT

Seven Behavioral Ad Companies Called Out All agree to make compliance changes

Seven companies from the online data targeting world were urged to modify the way they inform consumers and enable them to opt-out of behavioral ads in order to conform to…

May 31, 2012, 6:19 AM EDT

Oprah and Arianna Join Forces OWN content coming soon to special section on Huffington Post

Arianna Huffington and Oprah Winfrey are forging a new friendship, intended to share the talk show queen’s health-and-happiness mantra with the vast network of Huffington Post readers and bloggers. Come August,…

May 23, 2012, 12:12 PM EDT

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