With new junk food ad restrictions coming into force this October, adland is already finding ways to dodge them, borrowing tactics from Big Tobacco with sports sponsorships, social media stunts, and cryptic campaigns.
Full story in Ad Nauseam in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in Ad Nauseam in the new Private Eye, out now.
May 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
With new junk food ad restrictions coming into force this October, adland is already finding ways to dodge them, borrowing tactics from Big Tobacco with sports sponsorships, social media stunts, and cryptic campaigns.
Full story in Ad Nauseam in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in Ad Nauseam in the new Private Eye, out now.
Adland this morning.
February 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Adland this morning.
Try to check out a docco from 1974 called "Adland" . It looks at the making of the McDonaldland ads.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua15...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua15...
Adland (1974): The making of a McDonald's ad
YouTube video by MediaBurnArchive
www.youtube.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Try to check out a docco from 1974 called "Adland" . It looks at the making of the McDonaldland ads.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua15...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua15...
What you can learn from how advertising developed in Japan, France, Italy, Brazil and, well, everywhere. We review Mark Tungate’s Adland: the-agency-review.com/adland #advertising #marketing #advertisingagencies @MarkTungate
Adland
We begin each project with a curious cocktail of optimism and cynicism. A new brief is a fresh opportunity to do something that will not simply excite us, but will actually excite humans we will ne…
the-agency-review.com
July 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
What you can learn from how advertising developed in Japan, France, Italy, Brazil and, well, everywhere. We review Mark Tungate’s Adland: the-agency-review.com/adland #advertising #marketing #advertisingagencies @MarkTungate
Will probably make a gaming-focused one next.
Not quite there on the adland one.
Not quite there on the adland one.
November 20, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Will probably make a gaming-focused one next.
Not quite there on the adland one.
Not quite there on the adland one.
Why knowing who #ArmandoTesta, #DavidAbbot, #MauriceLevy, & #JacquesSéguéla are is as important as knowing who #BillBernbach and #ClaudeCHopkins are. We review Mark Tungate’s Adland: the-agency-review.com/adland #advertising #marketing #advertisingagencies @MarkTungate
Adland
We begin each project with a curious cocktail of optimism and cynicism. A new brief is a fresh opportunity to do something that will not simply excite us, but will actually excite humans we will ne…
the-agency-review.com
March 10, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Why knowing who #ArmandoTesta, #DavidAbbot, #MauriceLevy, & #JacquesSéguéla are is as important as knowing who #BillBernbach and #ClaudeCHopkins are. We review Mark Tungate’s Adland: the-agency-review.com/adland #advertising #marketing #advertisingagencies @MarkTungate
When people say things like “half of Adland is at Cannes”, they are wrong. It’s a much smaller percentage. Let’s keep things in perspective.
June 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
When people say things like “half of Adland is at Cannes”, they are wrong. It’s a much smaller percentage. Let’s keep things in perspective.
Thanks to @noupside.bsky.social for talking to me about her book, Invisible Rulers. I can't recommend it enough to anyone trying to understand the business, design, policy & regulatory choices that created the internet - especially people who work in PR & adland, who paved the way for this world.
Who tells you what to think? Tune into our latest epiosde to hear misinformation expert Renee DiResta explain how social platforms' business models value engagement over truth, and offer practical recommendations for resetting online norms beyond simple calls for media literacy: buff.ly/0P45kvs
March 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Thanks to @noupside.bsky.social for talking to me about her book, Invisible Rulers. I can't recommend it enough to anyone trying to understand the business, design, policy & regulatory choices that created the internet - especially people who work in PR & adland, who paved the way for this world.
“There will always be pressure to make ideas thinner. Don’t obey in advance.”
Adland, take a few minutes to read this piece by the mighty @aishamadeit.bsky.social it’s really on point.
Adland, take a few minutes to read this piece by the mighty @aishamadeit.bsky.social it’s really on point.
February 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“There will always be pressure to make ideas thinner. Don’t obey in advance.”
Adland, take a few minutes to read this piece by the mighty @aishamadeit.bsky.social it’s really on point.
Adland, take a few minutes to read this piece by the mighty @aishamadeit.bsky.social it’s really on point.
‘Together, the 45 “inmates” raised over $102,000 to support UnLtd’s work and the Raise the Age NSW campaign, which is pushing to lift the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14.’
www.bandt.com.au/that-night-n...
www.bandt.com.au/that-night-n...
"That Night Nearly Destroyed Me, But It Also Lit A Fire Inside": What UnLTD's Adland Bail Out Taught Me About Justice, Hope & Shame
A sobering night for Adland Bail Out inmates... but the guards, on the other hand.
www.bandt.com.au
June 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
‘Together, the 45 “inmates” raised over $102,000 to support UnLtd’s work and the Raise the Age NSW campaign, which is pushing to lift the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14.’
www.bandt.com.au/that-night-n...
www.bandt.com.au/that-night-n...
Here’s the article. Reckon I stand by most of it. Particularly the dilution of narrative and the decline in TV as shared activity, a communal hearth.
www.gralefrit.co.uk/idler1.html
www.gralefrit.co.uk/idler1.html
IDLER
FEBRUARY 2016 TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC TELLY My Struggles With Triple Album TV I think it was Mad Men that did it. I’d wallowed happily in the adland saga’s vintage-chic-opera for four...
www.gralefrit.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Here’s the article. Reckon I stand by most of it. Particularly the dilution of narrative and the decline in TV as shared activity, a communal hearth.
www.gralefrit.co.uk/idler1.html
www.gralefrit.co.uk/idler1.html
Campaign launches A List 2025...
#advertising #adagency #advertisingagency #adland #communications #media #mediaagency #mediabuying #creativity #creativeagency #marcomms #marketing
#advertising #adagency #advertisingagency #adland #communications #media #mediaagency #mediabuying #creativity #creativeagency #marcomms #marketing
It’s the Campaign A List 2025
The A List brings together more than 200 adland movers and shakers in an exclusive online directory.
www.campaignlive.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Campaign launches A List 2025...
#advertising #adagency #advertisingagency #adland #communications #media #mediaagency #mediabuying #creativity #creativeagency #marcomms #marketing
#advertising #adagency #advertisingagency #adland #communications #media #mediaagency #mediabuying #creativity #creativeagency #marcomms #marketing
⚡️🥰Adland-tabellen🥰⚡️
Det er søren meg vakkert!
Det er søren meg vakkert!
September 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
⚡️🥰Adland-tabellen🥰⚡️
Det er søren meg vakkert!
Det er søren meg vakkert!
Ten bucks says an agency made seven figures for this page alone. This is an incredible example of adland brainworms.
Like releasing this document was a mistake it’s embarrassing it’s squanderous it’s ozandian hubris
October 13, 2023 at 12:17 AM
Ten bucks says an agency made seven figures for this page alone. This is an incredible example of adland brainworms.
Chatbots are great at manipulating people to buy stuff, Princeton boffins find
Chatbots are great at manipulating people to buy stuff, Princeton boffins find
Urge restraints before AdLand does this without appropriate disclosures
Large language models can be very persuasive, and researchers say that's a problem when they’re used to create advertising.…
go.theregister.com
April 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Chatbots are great at manipulating people to buy stuff, Princeton boffins find
Here’s a comms, marketing, PR, corporate affairs and adland Starter Pack - but who else is out there?
go.bsky.app/RDNhaco
go.bsky.app/RDNhaco
November 17, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Here’s a comms, marketing, PR, corporate affairs and adland Starter Pack - but who else is out there?
go.bsky.app/RDNhaco
go.bsky.app/RDNhaco
I would suspect there’s a whole generation of beer drinkers who were never quite sure if that place was real or an adland invention.
August 25, 2024 at 6:02 AM
I would suspect there’s a whole generation of beer drinkers who were never quite sure if that place was real or an adland invention.
I’m Vicky, been here a while but thought I’d say hi! Based in the UK. Write drama, thriller and action scripts along with short stories and poetry! Adland escapee. Would love to meet other writers (bonus points if you wanna chat guitar music!)
September 19, 2023 at 9:39 PM
I’m Vicky, been here a while but thought I’d say hi! Based in the UK. Write drama, thriller and action scripts along with short stories and poetry! Adland escapee. Would love to meet other writers (bonus points if you wanna chat guitar music!)
@therealsnicks.bsky.social @roni1133.bsky.social @morganruble.bsky.social @cmr2.bsky.social @cosmiclad.bsky.social @johnaz61.bsky.social @ashcampion.bsky.social
A little advertising history. I had forgotten about the raid bugs.
shoddygoods.meh.com/p/famous-mon...
A little advertising history. I had forgotten about the raid bugs.
shoddygoods.meh.com/p/famous-mon...
Famous monsters of adland: Shoddy Goods 030
The Grime Gang meets Mr. Mucus
shoddygoods.meh.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
@therealsnicks.bsky.social @roni1133.bsky.social @morganruble.bsky.social @cmr2.bsky.social @cosmiclad.bsky.social @johnaz61.bsky.social @ashcampion.bsky.social
A little advertising history. I had forgotten about the raid bugs.
shoddygoods.meh.com/p/famous-mon...
A little advertising history. I had forgotten about the raid bugs.
shoddygoods.meh.com/p/famous-mon...
Favourite #comics I read this year, in no particular order:
* Undiscovered Country, @ssnyder1835.bsky.social & @charlessoule.bsky.social
* Damn Them All, @sispurrier.bsky.social & Charlie Adland
* That Texas Blood Vol. 2, @chriscondon.bsky.social & @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social
1/3
* Undiscovered Country, @ssnyder1835.bsky.social & @charlessoule.bsky.social
* Damn Them All, @sispurrier.bsky.social & Charlie Adland
* That Texas Blood Vol. 2, @chriscondon.bsky.social & @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social
1/3
December 31, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Favourite #comics I read this year, in no particular order:
* Undiscovered Country, @ssnyder1835.bsky.social & @charlessoule.bsky.social
* Damn Them All, @sispurrier.bsky.social & Charlie Adland
* That Texas Blood Vol. 2, @chriscondon.bsky.social & @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social
1/3
* Undiscovered Country, @ssnyder1835.bsky.social & @charlessoule.bsky.social
* Damn Them All, @sispurrier.bsky.social & Charlie Adland
* That Texas Blood Vol. 2, @chriscondon.bsky.social & @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social
1/3
I’m realizing now Chr*stian L*nke is the L*slye H*adland of Arcane when it comes to interviews… sometimes it’s better to not say anything that comes to mind during press, please I beg
February 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’m realizing now Chr*stian L*nke is the L*slye H*adland of Arcane when it comes to interviews… sometimes it’s better to not say anything that comes to mind during press, please I beg