Advertising
Cannes Lions Ad Festival: Showcasing the Winners
Judges have already announced 19 of this year's 24 awards categories.
Preview: The Cannes Lions Advertising Festival
The highlight of the festival is the awards, which celebrate the year's best campaigns.
Tesco Lets Customers Pay Phone Bills by Watching Ads
Supermarket giant to allow customers to lower monthly phone bills by watching adverts.
Chinese Detergent Maker Offers 'Apology' Over Racist Ad
The ad depicting a black man being thrown into the laundry machine to emerge fair-skinned shocked viewers abroad.
Adman Behind 'Buy the World a Coke' Has Died
His 1971 "Hilltop" campaign inspired the final moments of "Mad Men" last year.
North Korea's Ad Men Try Out Latest Pitches
No country is further from Madison Ave than Soviet-style North Korea, but advertising is beginning to emerge.
Activists Call For 'Cats Not Adverts' At Tube Stations
The group wants furry felines to take the place of every bikini-clad model, designer brand and holiday destination.
Full-Page WSJ Ad Denying Armenian Genocide Spurs Anger
The ad, which follows billboards in the Boston and Chicago areas, comes just before the 101st anniversary of the genocide's start.
Advertising CEO Accused of Racist, Sexist Comments
JWT employee Erin Johnson claims that Gustavo Martinez subjected her to "an unending stream of racist and sexist comments."
Blame Me for the Explosion in Super-PAC Ads
As the co-plaintiff of SpeechNow, I happily accept responsibility for protecting our First Amendment rights.
The Stupid Animals in Super Bowl 50 Commercials, Ranked
Animals dominated this year's Super Bowl commercials. Some were better than others.
Celebrities Are Dominating This Year's Super Bowl Ads
Stars ranging from Lil Wayne to Helen Mirren will be appearing in Super Bowl commercials this Sunday.
How Does Yahoo Make Its Money?
Short answer: It still serves a lot of pages and it sells a lot of ads.
Ad Blockers Will Kill the Web, but Help Is on the Way
One man is letting loose a brave new invention—a whole browser built to block ads.
Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign Launches First Television Ad
The ad buy is reportedly more than $2 million.
American Apparel: The Rise and Fall of The Infamous U.S. Brand
The hipster retailer filed for bankruptcy protection after losing $19.8 million in the last quarter.
Instagram Launches Global Advertising, With $2.4 Billion Projected Revenue in Two Years
Video ads will now be able to run for 30 seconds, not 15.
Real Adman Behind Mad Men's Final Frames Talks Coke
Did Don Draper create the "Buy the World a Coke" ad? Its real creator responds.
Why the MTA Can't Be the 'Offensiveness Police'
After a legal battle, the agency moved to ban all religious and political advertising. But it can't last.
16 Hilarious Examples of Orson Welles's Late-Career Slumming
A new Indiegogo campaign attempts to finance his last film. Here are the pre-crowdfunding ways Welles tried to do it himself.
Advertising Professors Assess the Bud Light Fiasco
The brand came under fire for a "rapey" tag line, but it probably won't suffer any consequences, experts predict.
Facebook Admits to Tracking Web Browsing Activity of Non-Users
Facebook claims a bug caused it to place a cookie in the browser of anyone that visited the site.
Menken to Ginsberg: Matthew Weiner on Jews in 'Mad Men'
The show's creator discusses characters, attitudes and context before the final episodes air.
Turkey Drops Julianne Moore From Tourism Campaign Due to 'Poor Acting'
The film was shot in Los Angeles last year, but was received badly by officials.
A Nostalgic New York Bids a Second Farewell to 'Mad Men' Era
The city prepares to send off the show with exhibits, screenings and, of course, cocktails.
Valentine's Day Hashtag Love in Four Words
Twitter users weigh in ahead of Valentine's Day on Saturday.
Popular on Tumblr? Here's a Brand for You to Pair With
The microblogging platform wants to put advertisers together with bloggers.
Margaret Thatcher Considered Banning Sex Toys, Documents Show
According to newly released documents, the former PM also considered putting advertising on the BBC
Lawsuit Claiming Facebook Scanned Private Messages to Better Target Ads Moves Forward
California judge rules the social network must go to court over controversial practice.
The Risks of Connecting to New York's New, Free Wi-Fi
The company that installed cellphone tracking devices in payphone booths is spearheading the installation of hot spot hub network.