Advertising
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The tech company surpassed quarterly estimates with $6.24bn in ad sales thanks to soaring popularity of mobile app and burgeoning live video feeds
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The famous tarot card clairvoyant with the faux Jamaican accent, who died yesterday at 53, became a cultural phenomenon in the 1990s with her TV ads
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Twitter has launched a new ad campaign after discovering that many people still don’t understand it. Thankfully, the Guardian’s guide explains it all
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A new promo that exists purely to remind us we’re not Adonises. Thanks very much
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I forget what product this advert sells, and I have seen it about 100 times. Did you hear that, creatives? I have seen your dumb creation over and over, and I still don’t remember what product you’re selling
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See a bizarre deodorant advert featuring the tagline ‘Smell ‘Em Who’s Boss’ in our review of the best new advertising work
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Watch the broadcaster’s trail featuring more than 100 people with disabilities, a comparison of surfers and snails and a bizarre ad spoofing spaghetti westerns
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Sometimes the promised benefits of your breakfast bowl are too good to be true – but it’s not just Kellogg’s Special K that has sweetened its claims to healthiness
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After all this time it turns out Fred and Wilma are in need of extra cash
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See animated Amazon animals limber up for the Games, plus new campaigns for Nike and Virgin Media, in our review of new work
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Charge against firm’s advertising arm follows reinforced filing against shopping service and probe into alleged abuse of Android
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Editorial: Engrossing and high-grossing, this game is a further sign of the commercialisation of our imaginations
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Swift’s protest over Apple Music royalties pushed the tech giant into an unlikely U-turn, but the latest battle against YouTube is one she’s unlikely to win
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With the publisher’s share price at a new low, Jim Chisholm argues that the record of chief executive Ashley Highfield has failed to live up to his promises
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Agencies The end of big, bold brand promises
Matthew HeathWith the marketing industry in a process of redefinition, brands can no longer rely on generic slogans to cut through with consumers -
Postmedia Network proposes to reduce debt with financial restructuring plan
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Over two years, eight videos from Melbourne’s the Woolshed Company were viewed more than 205m times, partly thanks to $100,000 in taxpayer funding
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Film blog Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie inadvertently charts the death of top-down celebrity
David CoxEddy and Pats – plus the 60 stars eager to supply cameos – herald the demise of a glittering cultural hegemony. Fashionistas and PRs are now slaves to public taste, their slogans drowned out by public opinion
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Bipartisan push comes as both leaders concede the voting system needs to be sped up, and PM calls for regulations to cover political texts and robocalls
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In the short term, your kids might think you’re ‘hip’ and ‘rad’. But, eventually, they will come to loathe you
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See the Wolf of Wall Street star in a spoof celebrity endorsement for the sneaker collab and the Green Lantern actor push broadband
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Watch a spoof celebrity endorsement featuring Jonah Hill, Ryan Reynolds provide more hilarity for BT and a reimagining of the Spice Girls’ Wannabe
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Commercial companies support the Advertising Standards Authority and accept its rulings. There is no such consensus among political parties
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Broadband provider to launch 100-second ad during Wales v Portugal clash in Euro 2016
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Transform’s video featuring Sarah Ashcroft irresponsibly suggested to young women that surgery will make them more popular and confident, says ASA
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Betting company’s offer ruled misleading as it excluded some customers despite claiming it was open to ‘everyone – even riff raff’
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As organisations mature they become more complex – and more conservative. To thrive, they must resist the gravitational pull of institutional ageing
Alphabet's revenue up to $21.5bn off the back of mobile and video ads