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Ads of the Week: Sharks, soft stories, and Cena in your pocket
The Drum
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Stone Island drops its badge in with sharks, Steve Madden makes shoes the loudest voice in the room, ESPN turns John Cena into an app pitchman, and Downy slips steamy fiction onto Spotify. A week where branding got surreal, sensual and just a...
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Jason Kelce Jokes 'We Can Go Dumber' with His Garage Beer Ads-Turned-Movies By Marina Watts
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW Jason Kelce is combining work and play with commercials for Garage Beer, including the 17-minute-long version of BREWMITE II The ad features martial arts, Chuck Liddell and plenty of beer Kelce says "when it comes to beer, I think...
Buick Leads Latest Ranking of Most-Seen Luxury Auto TV Ads
Wardsauto
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August 22, 2025
The most-seen luxury auto TV ads for Aug. 11-17 have something in common other than wide reach: iSpot’s Creative Assessment found that viewers considered them especially “cinematic” and “upscale,” suggesting the sleek visuals featured in each ad...
Gresbond by Kajaria redefines tile adhesive marketing with witty ads
Afaqs
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Gresbond by Kajaria, the premium tile adhesive brand from India’s largest tile manufacturer, has launched its latest digital campaign for 2025. Titled Gresbond Se Lagaya Hota, To Aisa Nahi Hota, the initiative moves away from conventional product...
Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC’s bizarre ad fight.
Ars Technica
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August 22, 2025
That may be why the Media Matters fight, which seems like just another front with a tangential player in the FTC's bigger battle, may end up mattering the most. Whereas others directly involved in the ad industry may be tempted to make a deal like...
Trump Mobile Faces Lawsuit Threat After Using iPhone & Galaxy in Ads
Android Headlines
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August 22, 2025
A couple of months ago, Trump Mobile was launched, a new entrant in the US carrier scene. Then, the carrier announced its own-branded smartphone, the T1. Unlike phones we’ve seen from other companies that invest a lot in marketing materials like...
Gators, UCF still on track for future football games, per ADs
Florida Today
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UCF and Florida have a three-game series agreement, with games scheduled for 2024, 2030, and 2033. The contract allows for renegotiation of dates if the SEC schedule changes, but both athletic directors intend to keep the current dates. ORLANDO —...
Liberty Mutual and State Farm: Can Big Ads Solve Bigger Consumer Concerns?
Live Insurance News
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August 22, 2025
Insurance companies are spending big. Really big. In 2024, Progressive shelled out a record $3.5 billion on advertising. Allstate? A whopping $1.87 billion. Even State Farm, the “budget spender” of the group, dropped over $1 billion. Why? Because...
“Auto In 5 Min Or Get Rs 50”: CCPA Fines Rapido Rs 10 Lakh For Misleading Ads
Outlook India
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August 22, 2025
What consumers need to watch out for? CCPA’s order has highlighted a bigger issue with these misleading advertisements. It says that consumers are easily drawn to fake promises when they come packaged with bold words like ‘guaranteed,’ ‘assured,’...
Stop calling for ‘ambitious’ or ‘self-reliant’ workers in job ads—they’re on the list of words that’ll attract narcissists, research suggests
Fortune
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Workplace incivility—from gaslighting and backstabbing to relentless micromanaging—is spiraling as teams navigate increased face time. Now, recent research has revealed that job ads that call for “ambitious,” “self-reliant,” or “results-driven”...
Will OpenAI Sell Ads? Plus New AI Glasses From Meta And HTC
Forbes
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SUN VALLEY, IDAHO - JULY 08: CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman speaks to members of the media as he arrives at the Sun Valley lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every year, some of the world's...
DoorDash Confronts Childhood Nightmares in Darkly Comic Recruitment Ads
Adweek
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August 22, 2025
DoorDash knows that our early life experiences shape who we are today. That’s why the company won’t make gig workers deliver pizza if an early pizza-related event scarred them for life. In its latest campaign, DoorDash promotes how it gives its...
Amazon To Test Sponsored Ads Through Macy's Retail Network
MediaPost
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Macy's Media Network will integrate with Amazon Retail Ad Service. The integration launches in a beta later this year to give Amazon Ads advertisers a way to reach millions more consumers who shop digitally with the retailer. Advertisers using the...
Finland study finds online betting ads contribute to problem gambling and financial harms
iGB
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August 21, 2025
As Finland prepares to end its monopoly, a new study has warned the transition to a licensing model needs to be "carefully designed" to alleviate problem gambling concerns. A study in Finland has found online gambling ads contribute to problem...
Google Ads Continues Testing X Visits In Past Month Label
Search Engine Roundtable
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August 22, 2025
Google Ads is testing displaying how many visits a specific ad or website or landing page has received in the past month. The label would say, "X visits in the past month" right below the unit. We saw this before, but from Bing showing this on...
Google Retailer Panel Deals & Loyalty Benefits & Shopping Ads Discount Codes
Search Engine Roundtable
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August 22, 2025
Google is now showing the deals and loyalty benefits details in the retailer/merchant knowledge panels. Plus, Google Shopping Ads show a "discount code" link that opens a dialog box with the code and a button to "continue to site." We've seem the...
I’m Gen Z: Here are the ads I skip, and the ones I watch
Campaign Middle East
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August 22, 2025
I’ll be honest. I skip ads. So do a lot of people I know. However, I’ve come to the realisation that I’m still being influenced and persuaded by brands – and the food, products and experiences advertisers have been trying to sell. Before I get to...
Selling Ads On Public High School Scoreboards? Not A Good Display
Arlington Heights Journal - Illinois
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August 21, 2025
Journal & Topics Editorial Sign up now to get articles/editorials like this and more. journal-topics.com or call 847-299-5511. Salivating for more money to deposit into a government’s treasury is nothing new. More often than not leaders go the...
Australia targets social media ads in scam crackdown
Cryptopolitan
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August 22, 2025
Australia extends crackdown on scam websites to include social media ads amid rising crypto fraud. Since gaining takedown powers two years ago, the ASIC has shut down over 14,000 investment scam and phishing websites, averaging about 130 removals...
Uzbekistan’s Minister of Culture Ozodbek Nazarbekov Again Appears in Advertisement
UzDaily
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Uzbekistan 22/08/2025 Uzbekistan’s Minister of Culture Ozodbek Nazarbekov Again Appears in Advertisement Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Uzbekistan’s Minister of Culture Ozodbek Nazarbekov has once again attracted public attention due to his...