Top 10 Commercials of the Week
Brand Marketing
This week, Bing bashed Google for "Scroogling" your holiday shopping searches, StubHub's ticket tree mourned its piney and formerly ornamented cousin, and Expedia unleashed a rare commercial that will have [...]
Hair Salon Defends Domestic Violence Ad, but Apologizes Too
Creativity
A hair salon in Edmonton, Alberta, is getting quite snippy this week following international outrage (OK, outrage in the U.S. and Canada) over a new ad that features a woman [...]
Toronto Argonauts Sorry for Ad Endorsing Domestic Violence
Creativity
The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League opened their season with an ad that endorses domestic violence, at least according to city councilor Mike Layton. In his letter to [...]
David Pogue’s Estranged Wife Tells Her Side of Assault Story
Performance Marketing
New York Times tech writer David Pogue and his estranged wife Jennifer were arrested this past May at their Westport, Conn., home and charged with “disorderly conduct” following a “domestic [...]
NY Times’ David Pogue and Wife Arrested in Domestic Dispute
Performance Marketing
The New York Times’ tech columnist David Pogue and his wife, Jennifer, were arrested Monday night at their Westport, Conn. home and charged with disorderly conduct “following a domestic dispute ...
Creator of baby-rapist ad gets death threats
Creativity
Can Super Bowl commercials—or any ads with violent content—make folks, particularly children, more angry and aggressive? Yes, they can, goddammit! So say the social advocates at the Riverview Center in [...]