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Gay Advertising’s Long March Out of the Closet Same-sex imagery is much older than you think

James Cash Penney, the son of a Baptist minister and founder of one of America’s enduring retail empires, probably rolled over in his grave. Tucked in the glossy pages of JCPenney’s…

June 16, 2013, 10:16 PM EDT

The Winners and Losers of SXSW Crunching the numbers

Which app, keynote speaker and barbecue joint got the most social buzz at SXSW? Who was the week's biggest celebrity? What were some of the event's highlights—and what made us…

March 17, 2013, 11:05 PM EDT

SXSW Expects 28K Attendees This Year—With or Without a 'Highlight' Interactive festival gets bigger and noisier

South by Southwest is expecting a crowd of 28,000 for the interactive portion of its 11-day tech, film and music festival, a SXSW rep told Adweek. That's 3,500 attendees more…

March 6, 2013, 4:59 PM EST

Fast Chat: McCann Worldgroup's Luca Lindner Says advertising is about 'risk, tears and smiling'

Luca Lindner is in his first weeks of living in the U.S., having left sunny Sao Paulo for a recent spell of frigid New York winter as he digs into…

February 28, 2013, 1:48 PM EST

This Is Your Captain Speaking American Airlines responds to the planeload of critics who don’t like its new paint job

In the wake of Adweek’s story on the sour reception to American Airlines’ new logo and livery, a spokesperson for the carrier, Mary Sanderson, made herself available to address some…

January 23, 2013, 3:37 PM EST

New American Airlines Logo Triggers Ire and a Sense of Déjà Vu Paint job shows that brands that scrap a classic look do so at their peril

When American Airlines unveiled its new logo and plane livery yesterday with the usual PR bravado (“Our new logo and tail reflect the spirit of America: innovative, progressive and open…

January 18, 2013, 5:47 PM EST

Gotham Preps First Ads for Citi AAdvantage Outdoor/online effort coming in early 2013

Gotham is developing its first campaign for the Citi AAdvantage credit card as the bank and airline restore a lead agency model for their joint brand. In recent years, the companies…

December 11, 2012, 2:56 PM EST

American Airlines ad quietly salutes military

There's some pretty superb and subtle acting going on in this American Airlines spot, "Putting Them First," which highlights the carrier's pre-boarding for active military personnel. The ad, by…

June 3, 2010, 9:20 AM EDT

American Airlines has always dug squirrels!

Squirrels are hot again, thanks to the now-famous photo above, taken with an automatic timer, of Melissa Brandts and her husband—and a sudden rodent interloper—posing by a lake in Canada's…

August 26, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT

Kevin Spacey flies American, never Ryanair

Kevin Spacey is the new face of American Airlines over in the U.K., and the carrier is already getting its money's worth out of him. The actor appears in three…

March 24, 2009, 5:33 PM EDT

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