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Macy's, Penney to tout holiday traditions to shoppers

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
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Bank of America aims to regain consumer trust with $40M effort

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
Bank of America's new $40 million ad blitz is aimed at helping restore consumer trust in the financial giant.  -More

Ogilvy lands UPS' global marketing business

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
WPP Group's Ogilvy & Mather, working with sibling media shop Maxus, has won the global marketing services business for UPS.  -More

Microsoft pulls out of variety show with "Family Guy" creators

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
Microsoft will not collaborate with "Family Guy" creators Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein on a variety show that was to hav -More

Mercedes to complement U.S. Open deal with cable ads

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
Mercedes-Benz USA has signed a multiyear deal to become the automotive sponsor of the 2010 U.S. Open Tennis Championships.  -More

Study says advertisers are rediscovering the mall

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
Advertisers in a range of categories are rediscovering the shopping mall as a prime out-of-home medium, according to a compan -More

Live-read ads on the radio get a makeover

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
Live reads, or radio ads that are read by on-air talent, have been a part of the industry since its earliest days.  -More

Ad Age: "Leno" ad rates lower than same slot last season

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
NBC charges considerably less on average for 30-second spots for "The Jay Leno Show" than it did for other prime-time program -More

Wall Street analysts upbeat on media stocks

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
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First banner ads appeared 15 years ago today

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
Frank D'Angelo, founder and partner of CL&S, New York, recalls the advent of the first online banner display ads, which repor -More

Wendy's keeps things "Real" with Twitter posts

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
Quickservice chain Wendy's, working with agency Kaplan Thaler, has incorporated Twitter posts on menu items and general inter -More

Advertising Hall of Fame: Call for Nominations

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
The American Advertising Federation (AAF) is seeking nominations for the 61st Advertising Hall of Fame, which honors legendar -More

Benjamin Franklin, member, Advertising Hall of Fame

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:00
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. -More