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Yes, they give out awards for pharmaceutical ads.  
Seth Stevenson   Nov 16, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Can Cougars Sell Cough Drops?
A mom and her son's roommate share a naughty moment in a spot for Halls Refresh.  
Seth Stevenson   Nov 09, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Walt Whitman Thinks You Need New Jeans
A stirring new ad campaign from Levi's.  
Seth Stevenson   Oct 26, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Enter the Big Cheese
Is it smart to put your CEO in your ad campaign?  
Seth Stevenson   Oct 12, 2009   Ad Report Card  
That Mayonnaise Has Attitude!
Miracle Whip's hipster ad campaign is risible—and oddly effective.  
Seth Stevenson   Sep 21, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Is Television Over?
An intriguing new book about the ad recession's next victim.  
Seth Stevenson   Aug 10, 2009   Ad Report Card  
How New Is "New"? How Improved Is "Improved"?
The people who keep advertisers honest.  
Seth Stevenson   Jul 12, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Are You There God? It's Me, Madison Avenue.
How to make an ad for a church.  
Seth Stevenson   Jul 06, 2009   Ad Report Card  
will.i.shill
The Black Eyed Peas have a splashy new ad for Target. Is "selling out" a thing of the past?  
Seth Stevenson   Jun 22, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Is There a Gay Couple in That Insurance Ad?
A progressive new campaign from Progressive.  
Seth Stevenson   Jun 08, 2009   Ad Report Card  
The Most Interesting Man in the World
The star of Dos Equis' new ad campaign is too cool to shill beer.  
Seth Stevenson   May 25, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Abe Lincoln Does the Nasty
And other great ads honored at the Clio advertising awards.  
Seth Stevenson   May 15, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Who Hired This Kid To Pitch Windows?
Microsoft's recent string of extraordinarily bad ads.  
Seth Stevenson   Apr 20, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Walkie-Talkie Populism
The Nextel ads that show what life would be like if steelworkers ran the DMV.  
Ben Mathis-Lilley   Apr 14, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Credit Crunch
The hottest fight in advertising is about credit-report Web sites.  
Seth Stevenson   Apr 06, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Would You Like Your Cable Company More if It Were Quirky and Hip?
Comcast is hoping so.  
Seth Stevenson   Mar 15, 2009   Ad Report Card  
The Secretary Under the Desk
Is 6 Hour Power running the most sexually explicit ad ever?  
Seth Stevenson   Mar 09, 2009   Ad Report Card  
Brother, Can You Spare Some Whiskey?
Crown Royal's new ads are perfectly suited for the recession.  
Seth Stevenson   Feb 23, 2009   Ad Report Card  
What's Up, G?
The mystifying, abysmal new ads for Gatorade.  
John Swansburg   Feb 16, 2009   Ad Report Card  
The Super Bowl Special
Were the ads any good?  
Seth Stevenson   Feb 02, 2009   Ad Report Card  
I Hate You, Blue-Tux-Wearing Viagra Guy!
Web video ads are annoying and repetitive. Here's how to fix them.  
Farhad Manjoo   Nov 21, 2008   Ad Report Card  
HSBC's Bizarre Lumberjack Ad
What does a violent environmental protest have to do with banking?  
John Swansburg   Oct 27, 2008   Ad Report Card  
The Pill Killer
Can a new ad make a contraceptive vaginal insert seem cool?  
Torie Bosch   Sep 29, 2008   Ad Report Card  
In a World Where You Can Smoke Weed in a Movie Trailer ...
The rise of the R-rated preview.  
Josh Levin   Sep 16, 2008   Ad Report Card  
The Advertising Olympics
The best and worst commercials from the Summer Games.  
Josh Levin   Aug 21, 2008   Ad Report Card  
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