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Displaying all articles tagged:
Advertising
underrated
Aug. 14, 2023
Can a Boneless-Chicken Commercial Be Art?
Late Night
writer Ben Warheit shares his love for “I Ate the Bones.”
By
Bethy Squires
remembrance
Nov. 22, 2022
George Lois, the Impossible Ad Man
The madman (but not a Mad Man, he was quick to tell you) behind Maypo, MTV, and Muhammad Ali’s
Esquire
cover has died at 91.
By
Christopher Bonanos
political drama
July 27, 2022
Disney Says It’s Cool With Political Ads on Hulu After All
But don’t expect any on Disney+ later this year.
By
Eric Vilas-Boas
tough breaks
June 14, 2022
We Know a Little Bit More About Netflix’s Advertising Plan
Prepare to be interrupted.
By
Eric Vilas-Boas
buffering
Mar. 10, 2022
Why Commercials Are Coming to the Biggest Streamers
Higher subscription rates for some, ads for everyone else.
By
Josef Adalian
choose your own dystopia
Feb. 10, 2022
MoviePass Is Back, and This Time, It’s Dystopian
Anything that scans your eyeballs to make sure you’re paying attention to an ad …
can’t
be good, right?
By
Rebecca Alter
advertising
Nov. 10, 2021
Megan Thee Stallion and Fast Food’s Ongoing Pursuit of Black Buy-in
Can Hottie Sauce rise above the industry’s complicated past?
By
Jordan Taliha McDonald
advertising
Feb. 8, 2021
Oatly’s Super Bowl Ad Was Awful — But Oat Milk Is Great
Featuring Oatly’s CEO, the ad received instant backlash online.
By
Rachel Sugar
we’re talkin’ pull tab
Sept. 10, 2020
Richard Lewis Revisits His ‘Trippy’ BoKu Fruit-Juice Commercials
“Quite frankly, I thought I was having a nervous breakdown watching them all at once.”
By
Chris Wendelken
black lives matter
June 3, 2020
Lego Pulls Advertising for Cop-Related Toys, Donates $4 Million to Fight Racism
“We stand with the black community against racism and inequality.”
By
Chris Murphy
the zucc
Oct. 28, 2019
The Real Reason Facebook Won’t Ban Political Ads
The company has made it impossible for brands and campaigns alike to reach Facebook users through posts.
By
Brian Feldman
books
Sept. 5, 2019
How Richard Avedon Shaped the America in Your Head
We all know the his style of portraiture, but Avedon also shot thousands of advertisements, most very different from his editorial work.
By
Christopher Bonanos
vision 2020
Aug. 28, 2019
September Democratic Primary Debates: Who’s in, Who’s Out
The good news is that there will probably be only one debate in September. The bad news is that there might be two in October.
By
Ed Kilgore
media
June 10, 2019
Is Google Really Skimming Billions of Dollars in Revenue From the News Industry?
A flawed new study claims that Google is raking it in while journalism fights for scraps.
By
Brian Feldman
the city
Mar. 27, 2019
Barging In: City Suit Seeks to Sink Sailing Signage
A new lawsuit from the de Blasio administration aims to ground a Florida company that has been floating billboards in New York waters since last fall.
By
Jose Martinez
podcasts
Mar. 18, 2019
Are We in a Podcast Bubble?
Podcasting is suddenly more than a mission; it’s an industry.
By
Boris Kachka
life in pixels
Feb. 8, 2019
Can Subscriptions Save All Media Companies, or Just the New York
Times
?
After weeks of grim news out of the media industry, the
Times’
revenue numbers are a bright spot.
By
Max Read
advertising
Jan. 15, 2019
MRAs Outraged After Razor Company Asks Men to Show Common Decency
The brand’s new ad campaign asks men to stand up against bullying and harassment; MRAs are predictably not happy about it.
By
Ella Cerón
facebook
Oct. 17, 2018
Facebook Risks Losing the Trust of Its Only Real Customers
Facebook can stand to piss off every group except one: the advertisers who actually spend money on the social network.
By
Brian Feldman
good dogs
Sept. 7, 2018
Ranking the Very Good Dogs in 13 Ralph Lauren Ads
In honor of Ralph Lauren’s 50th anniversary, let us consider these sweet doggies.
By
Kelly Conaboy
sports
Sept. 4, 2018
Nike Debuts Colin Kaepernick Ad, Conservatives Protest by Burning Their Own Gear
Nike’s move appears less risky when you consider that Kaep’s protests are most unpopular with older white Republicans – not their core demographic.
By
Margaret Hartmann
select all
May 31, 2018
How to Succeed in Advertising (and Transform the Internet While You’re At It)
Programmatic built the modern internet. And Right Media, inventors of the first ad exchange, built programmatic advertising.
By
Adrianne Jeffries
select all
May 24, 2018
You Can Now See Who’s Paying for Political Ads on Facebook and Instagram
Facebook starts attaching disclosure statements to political advertising.
By
Jake Swearingen
select all
Apr. 23, 2018
The Man Who Invented the Pop-up Ad on the Original Sin of Advertising
A conversation with the inventor of the pop-up ad on the web’s lost decade.
By
Noah Kulwin
Mar. 30, 2018
Why Those Fake-Poetry Subway Ads Are So Annoying
Roses are red / Violets are blue / Imitating poetry / Is a bad look for you.
By
Jesse Singal
select all
Feb. 28, 2018
Did Facebook Really Charge Trump Less for Advertising?
Did they?
By
Brian Feldman
Feb. 26, 2018
YouTube Reportedly Resumes Running Ads on Logan Paul’s Channel
Earlier this month YouTube suspended Paul’s ability to run advertisements due to a pattern of “unsuitable” behavior.
By
Halle Kiefer
late capitalism
Feb. 26, 2018
15 Other Mascots We’d Like to See Turned Into Women, for Some Reason
Now that brands are obsessed with this move, we have a few suggestions. (For feminism.)
By
Gabriella Paiella
things that happen in europe
Feb. 7, 2018
Stockholm Prepares to Ban Sexist and Racist Ads
The Swedish capital is the latest European city to tackle stereotypes in advertising.
By
Katie Van Syckle
advertising
Jan. 26, 2018
Reba McEntire Is KFC’s First Female Colonel Sanders
Thanks, we guess.
By
Gabriella Paiella
advertising
Jan. 9, 2018
Peeing on This Ikea Ad Will Get You a Discount If You’re Pregnant
Here’s some, uh, innovation.
By
Gabriella Paiella
horny elves
Dec. 22, 2017
Here Are the Dirty Holiday Elf Toy Ads That People Are Calling Misogynistic
One ad has an elf holding a tea bag over a lady doll’s face.
By
Lisa Ryan
niche drama
Dec. 15, 2017
This Ice Cream Shop Is Changing Their Controversial Sexy Cow Logo
Their manager also quit over the whole affair.
By
Gabriella Paiella
niche drama
Dec. 7, 2017
This Sexy Cow Logo Is Tearing a New Jersey Town Apart
Residents are not happy with Dairy Air Ice Cream.
By
Gabriella Paiella
Oct. 10, 2017
Twitter Bans Marsha Blackburn’s Ad, Giving Her Senate Campaign a Boost
The company objected to a line about “baby body parts” because it’s “inflammatory.” The real issue is that it’s false.
By
Margaret Hartmann
advertising
Sept. 18, 2017
Croatian School Hoping Everyone Wants to Grow Up to Be Melania Trump
“Imagine how far you can go with a little bit of English.”
By
Claire Landsbaum
whoops
Aug. 10, 2017
Walmart Is Sorry They Advertised Guns As Back-to-School Items
Whoops.
By
Gabriella Paiella
oof
June 22, 2017
Spotify Admits Calling Justin Bieber ‘Latin King’ in an Ad Was a Bad Idea
Spotify says it wanted to “celebrate ‘Despacito’ as a key cultural moment when music genres crossover.”
By
Dee Lockett
news you can booze
June 12, 2017
Smirnoff Schools Trump on How to Handle ‘Ties to Russia’
“Made in America, but we’d be happy to talk about our ties to Russia under oath.”
By
Clint Rainey
badvertising
May 12, 2017
Facial-Recognition Ad Assumes Men Want Pizza and Women Want Salad
The future of advertising, everyone.
By
Gabriella Paiella
select all
May 1, 2017
How Facebook Advertisers Exploited Teens Who Felt ‘Worthless’
The company helped advertisers to target “moments when young people need a confidence boost.”
By
Madison Malone Kircher
roll clip!
Apr. 9, 2017
Saturday Night Live
Takes on Pepsi Ad, Kendall Jenner
“We’re just kind of using them to sell soda? Right. Gonna be bad.”
By
Jenni Miller
badvertising
Apr. 8, 2017
An Extra From Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi Ad Kind of Defended the Commercial
“It’s like, I was just doing my job. They asked me to be in the commercial.”
By
Jenni Miller
the revolution will be branded
Apr. 5, 2017
Pepsi Is Pulling Their Controversial Kendall Jenner Protest Ad
The spot was widely criticized as being tone-deaf.
By
Gabriella Paiella
the revolution will be branded
Apr. 4, 2017
Kendall Jenner Uses the Trump Backlash to Sell Pepsi
Tone-deaf advertising reaches bold new heights.
By
Anna Silman
labor
Mar. 30, 2017
Carl’s Jr. Is Desperately Trying to Escape Its Sexist Past
The company unveiled a new ad that diverges from their typical scantily-clad-woman-eating-a-burger trope, all while acknowledging it.
By
Gabriella Paiella
Mar. 29, 2017
Paris Is Banning ‘Sexist and Discriminatory’ Outdoor Ads
The Council of Paris voted on a new outdoor-ad contract.
By
Lisa Ryan
advertising
Mar. 27, 2017
Billboard Suggests It’s Cool to Throw Rocks at Girls As Long As They’re Diamonds
It reads, “Sometimes, it’s OK to throw rocks at girls.”
By
Gabriella Paiella
select all
Mar. 17, 2017
YouTube Scrambling After Big Brands Drop Ads Over Extremist Videos
The ads were running alongside offensive YouTube content.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
select all
Mar. 1, 2017
Snapchat Asked Anti-Gun Organization to Pay to Keep NRA Ads Off Its Videos
The debacle happened while trying to create content for National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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