24 Hours in Advertising: Friday, Jan. 23, 2015

BuzzFeed enlists cats for first TV ad, Mindy Kaling joins Nationwide, and YouTubers stump for Nissan

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Here's everything you need to know about the last 24 hours in advertising, in case you blinked.

Buzzing on Adweek:

BuzzFeed makes its TV commercial debut with cats

The online publication will run its first regional TV campaign during the Super Bowl with its "Dear Kitten" Web series partner, Friskies. (Adweek)

W+K brings Terry Crews back for Old Spice

Former football player Terry Crews stars in another Old Spice spot from Wieden+Kennedy Portland, and he's as loud as ever as he wakes up from a series of scruffy nightmares. (Adweek)

Skittles teases its Super Bowl spot

A quick glimpse of DDB Chicago's spot for Skittles reveals a group of ordinary townspeople with extraordinarily buff arms as they get ready for something big. (Adweek)

Mindy Kaling explores being invisible for Nationwide 

The Mindy Project star is tired of feeling invisible, so in a teaser for Nationwide's Super Bowl spot she takes advantage of the...

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