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Are Booze Ads Making You A Drunk?
12:42AM Hamilton Nolan | Whoa: The British Medical Association is urging a complete ban on alcohol advertising and sponsorships in England, home to many drunks. But the media needs that money! Who’s more disingenuous here — ad agencies, media companies, or doctors? It’s close! More »
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Ad Is Just Like, You Know You Want It
5:41AM Hamilton Nolan | You have to kind of respect a TV ad that just acknowledges, “Yea, this whole form of thinly veiled commercialised communication is basically a big fraudulent song-and-dance routine. So? Buy these f–king chips.” [via Adfreak]
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Facebook’s Unauthorised Jailbait Ad Models
5:09AM Ryan Tate | How did pictures of scantily clad, apparently underaged girls end up used without permission in an ad campaign on Facebook? Blame affiliate advertising, and the limits of the social network’s ad screening. More »
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Tampax Happy To Have Serena In Their Bloody Commercials
6:13PM Andrew Belonsky | Remember how Serena Williams went crazy and threatened to make a line judge choke on her balls and everyone was outraged by this American idol’s unladylike behaviour? Well, none of that matters to Tampax, which considers Williams a menstruating hero. More »
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Host Your Own Awful Party For Windows 7
4:41AM Ryan Tate | Microsoft’s next operating system, Windows 7, is available to the public October 22. So why not host an awkward launch party for a perfectly diverse group of your friends? Microsoft made an unbearable video tutorial to get you going. More »
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Hoping To Maintain Reality, French Lawmakers Target Fashion Ads
6:32PM Andrew Belonsky | France has long relied on fashion for its prestige and economy. And fashion relies on advertising. And that advertising has to manipulate a consumer’s aspirations. It’s a delicate, ugly and ultimately international balance. Now its under attack. More »
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Wrangler Wearers Accused Of Thinking
6:50AM Hamilton Nolan | Wrangler—the jeans for those who think Levis are a little faggy—grinds on with its ferociously mistargeted ad campaign. Whereas actual Wrangler wearers would probably enjoy, say, an endorsement by Clint Bowyer, what they get is some existentialist bullshit. More »
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Free Affair And Bastard Child With Your Denmark Trip
7:34AM Ryan Tate | Denmark’s tourist board has taken an interesting approach: A viral internet campaign implies the country is full of hot, single blonde women eager to get knocked up by anonymous foreigners. There’s been something of a backlash, back home. More »
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Steve Jobs And The Journal’s Frightful Ad Placement
5:57AM Ryan Tate | Steve Jobs “appeared thin and spoke with a scratchy voice” on his return from medical leave, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Apparently we had no idea! More »
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