A demon-possessed baby ran rampant in the streets of New York in January, lunging at passerby, spewing projectile vomit and even flipping off the police. It wasn’t a sign of the end times, though. It was a marketing stunt to
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Advertising
Chipotle’s ‘Farmed and Dangerous’: Entertainment or Marketing Propaganda?
Chipotle’s creation and sponsorship of a new online TV series could change how you eat—and maybe also how you perceive marketing and advertising.
Savvy Brands Are Using Apps Instead of Ads to Get Messages Across
How Ikea, Audi and Nike brand their way into your life with apps
There’s Another ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ Video and It’s Gruesome
A Valentine’s Day sequel
This Is the Most Romantic Ad You’ll See This Valentine’s Day
It’s for hair dye
You Can Now Flirt With Pizza Hut on OkCupid
For all the single people dreading Valentine’s Day this week, Pizza Hut is there for you. The fast-food chain is trying to find “the one” on OkCupid and is promising a lifetime supply of pizza to the person it declares its
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This British Biscuits Ad Is the Cutest Thing Ever Put on Television
It’ll probably make you squee
Quiz: Do You Actually Remember What the Super Bowl Ads Were Selling?
Test your brand recall.
Esurance’s $1.5 Million Giveaway Is Making Twitter Go Crazy
While advertisers like Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola and Hyundai targeted the 100-million-plus viewers of Sunday’s Super Bowl, auto insurance company Esurance has mixed a traditional TV commercial, a prominent Twitter hashtag and a
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Save That $4 Million! 3 Smart Super Bowl Non-Advertisers
It’s debatable whether the $4 million spent to advertise during the Super Bowl is actually worth the money. This year, what with an awful, blowout of a game, it seemed like there were surely better, cleverer ways for brands to …
This Was the Most Successful Commercial of the Super Bowl
The matchup on the football field was seemingly decided about 12 seconds after kickoff, and the battle to decide the best Super Bowl commercial has also been a landslide. Budweiser, their famous Clydesdale horses and a very
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The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials of 2014
TIME grades all the ads of Super Bowl XLVIII