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ASA wants proof prayer heals for SA church ad

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Divine Typos

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"Nazis stole my idea!" (for VW logo)

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Ryan Air ad bombs

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Coca Cola India demand "unconditional apology" from photographer

Oy vey, did they send Coke PR people to the charm-school of Lizzie Grubman or what?
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Brand New EU logo looks like an old logo.

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No No Hubba Hubba if you ain't got no rubba

Oh my word.....
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Ad space for sale on Ebay

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Kellogg's names cereal after street drug: Coco Rocks.

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Helium Huffing Ad Bannage

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GoldenPalace fakes their way into the news

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Honda vs. Hewlett-Packard

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Is Intel now "inside" everything?

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Nike is paying homage to... Or plagiarising?

Minor Theft - over at Pitchforkmedia one can see comparisons between Minor Threats cover art and a current Nike poster.
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IKEA Germany - "Midsommar in Schweden"

According to the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, IKEA in Germany has been forced by the head offices of the furniture giant in Sweden to remove three TV
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Coke threatens fan-site due to a link to Cokes homepage.

How to create bad PR - get a marketing boss who knows nothing about the web and have him surf it.
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Japanese TV ad retreats after accusations of racism

They really didn't mean to be racist they say, but cosmetics maker Mandom Corp realise how bad their ad might look to some and have decided to pu
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Real young creatives show us their.. uh.. guns.

CP&B who are handling the stunts for the Young Gun awards these came up with this campaign, real young creatives pose nekkid holding up their best
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Do fatty food ads make obese kids? Yes. No. Maybe.

The Executive Vice President, Government Relations of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) in the United States, Mr Dan Jaffe, has a blog whe
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Faux blogs live off RSS feeds and AdSense

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One Second breath fresheners one second advert

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One of the most recycled non-profit adverts?

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"Poison" thought to be an advertising slogan

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Bars a plenty for mobile phone companies

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Virtual Bartender 1, and 2 and now 3.

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Logo twins mean very different things

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Hyundai Sonata & Subaru advert, Badland targets

Mince Mary advert the most complained about ad last year.

The UK advertising watchdog Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) announced our favorite toplist on Tuesday by releasing their annual report.
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Never fret over a logo again - prefab logos for sale.

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Ice cream names cause debate - are the names racist or Nazi codewords?

GB Glace launched a new flavor of a classic ice-cream the other week, and were promptly accused of racism.
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Bottle voodoo between Bavaria and Brutal Fruit

In the old Marca Bavaria ad, made in Canada 2003 which created a stir back then, a man on a beach notices that how he moves the bottle affects how the
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Cult cleaner ad for Cillit Bang is banned!

As if to cement it's mythical cult status Cillit Bang has lucked out completely and gotten their ad banned by the ASA.
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Ad awarded an Swedish Golden Egg accused of theft/brain sync.

No rest for the wicked, they say, so here is yet another pair of ads ready for Badland.
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Adidas vs Douwe Egberts

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Taco Bell vs. Dr. Pepper

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Robber steals idea from superbowl commercial

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Those skinny jeans

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Sofa King ad slogan banned

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Prehistoric Shitstorm in Canada

Spec work - It's the bane of the advertising world. Untold hours of toil just so you can get a chance at winning an account.
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Toyota vs Volkswagen

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Capital One's carpet bombing

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Marmite Blob Advert Restricted

Media Guardian reports that the Marmite "Love it or Hate it" Blob spot was pulled from kids' TV.
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WOMMA ethics draft not well received.

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Dunlop versus Mercedes

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Pop-ups suck, declares wired underneath a pop-up

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More spanking used to sell

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Overstock ads O-annoying notoriety gets noticed

Slate's Seth Stevenson seemingly has a crush on the Overstock.com lady, and so does the rest of the web. Or not.
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The scent of Bin Laden

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Delta vs. Volkswagen

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Stolen Jeans, the story of not stolen copy-concept

Fans of Badland know that sometimes, twin ideas just happen.
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A dead pigeon ad divides Holland

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Triple deuce badlander combo, with a cherry on top.

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Citizens United thanks Hollywood A-list on billboards

Citizens United has booked billboard space near the near the Kodak Theatre (where the Acadamy Awards are held) for the month of February.
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Super Bowl Human Ad Space on Ebay

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Making the wrong kind of wave

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Streakers On The Run in Ads

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Vonage vs. Chevy Cobalt

When two advertisers air their spots at the same time, with the same soundtrack…something has to give. Woo-hoo!
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Mastercard steals from Swingers = Priceless.

When the movie Swingers was released in 1996 the script and the story brought out the best from the actors in it and propelled them all to big time Ho
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I Smell a Rat - An Uncaged and Curious Rodent-Based Doppelg

If you live in the United States and have your television hooked up to something besides a rabbit-ear antenna, chances are you've seen a few thou
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What's the truth about Splenda?

I've been stewing about the news circulating recently about Splenda and it's got me a bit wound up (see Groups Asks Johnson & Johnson to
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13th time is the charm, FCUK needs to fcuking stop it

The UK Advertising Standards Authority are getting miffed at FCUK again and have warned FCUK, this is the 13th time since 1999 that the ASA has publis
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Hack in the box

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Battle of the Brews

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Tattoo you - real ink tatADS have arrived.

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Adage names McDonald's marketeer of the year

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Forbes money mag wants ads for free.

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The religious iPod spoof

his is one of the funnier spoofs I've seen. I saw it outside London's St. Lukes church.
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When is permission to repost images needed?

All you illustrators and photographers and reps who know a thing or two about copyrights might be interested to read Calacanis : Dealing with the phot
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Uh-oh, we are officially more hated than Lawyers

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China bans LeBron Nike ads as they are a "national insult"

It's all over the google news sources that China has banned the latest Lebron Nike ads as they are a national insult.
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"Killer heels"

Newspaper Marketing agency ad steps out of line, gets banned.

The Newspaper Marketing Agency ad nicknamed "killer heels", created by TBWA London, which shows a man spiked on a stiletto has been banned b
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NetZero's AOL bashing ad spoof

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