A look back at the tone-deaf advertising strategies of yesteryear
By Thomas Rogers Jan 26, 2010
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Should Focus on the Family's anti-choice message interrupt the biggest night in sports?
By Tracy Clark-Flory
January 26, 2010
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"Target: Women" explains what we learned this year from female-focused advertising
By Kate Harding
December 18, 2009
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Authorities in the UK banned a misleading ad, but they still don't think heavy retouching is socially irresponsible
By Kate Harding
December 16, 2009
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Google's strong third-quarter earnings offer a lesson to struggling media execs. It's the Web, or bust
By Andrew Leonard
October 16, 2009
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Holiday shop like a golf mistress!
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
December 17, 2009
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If sex sells, then these Reebok commercials make good business sense -- but respecting women might be even smarter
By Kate Harding
November 13, 2009
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A new advertising campaign offers grown men their choice of "mothers" to help them endure the dreaded common cold
By Kate Harding
October 23, 2009
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The advent of television helped get Americans hooked on debt. Can the Internet help us go cold turkey?
By Andrew Leonard
October 9, 2009
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The designer admits the egregious digital slimming of a model was the company's fault -- just a bit too late
By Kate Harding
October 9, 2009
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A Las Vegas burger joint invites customers to take a bite out of a tender, juicy ... woman
By Judy Berman
October 8, 2009
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Why mid-century women used oven cleaner for their most intimate, ah, oven
By Amy Benfer
October 6, 2009
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SyFy's new "Caprica" campaign is scary for all the wrong reasons
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
September 30, 2009
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Serena Williams' Tampax commercial is the latest in a hilarious line of feminine hygiene-as-female empowerment ads
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
September 29, 2009
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Is a sexy new breast cancer PSA offensive ... to men?
By Judy Berman
September 24, 2009
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Bud's provocative new online campaign takes, ahem, a backdoor approach
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
September 9, 2009
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I report straight to the top, but now some hot shot has moved in
By Cary Tennis
September 2, 2009
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A huge culture shock awaits Sterling Cooper. Here's a look at the "creative revolution" that hit the ad world
By Laura Miller
August 11, 2009
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A public awareness campaign about domestic violence might actually make things worse for some victims
By Kate Harding
July 17, 2009
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Wonder why you're hearing so much about "male enhancement" lately? Blame the dearth of automotive advertising
By Andrew Leonard
July 14, 2009
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Philips Norelco is on a mission to make hairless scrotums a hot new trend
By Kate Harding
May 29, 2009
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A book claims "Oral Sex Is the New Goodnight Kiss," Real Dolls sue copycat, academics debate "sexting" and more
By Judy Berman
May 28, 2009
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The National Organization for Marriage's new ad takes aim at same-sex unions in New York.
By Judy Berman
May 28, 2009
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Trying to find the best cure for dudes with the middle-aged blues.
By Amy Benfer
May 21, 2009
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British retailer Marks & Spencer responds to negative outcry over surcharges on larger bras: "We boobed."
By Kate Harding
May 8, 2009
When food ads go racist
Censoring the Super Bowl
"Happiness is just one purchase away"
Twiggy's Photoshop disaster
The online ad market: "We're not dead yet"
I'm being jerked around at my agency
Will the swinging '60s crush our "Mad Men"?
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