Google: How YouTube Saves You Pennies
Google: How YouTube Saves You Pennies

YouTube has launched its YouTube Sponsored Videos advertising program. Like Google Ads but with featured video. And guess what! To promote the program YouTube is using…YouTube! Practicing what it preaches. (Sort of reminds me of a little initiative at an ad agency that started six months ago.)

VH1 Chats Up Its 10-Minute Stars
VH1 Chats Up Its 10-Minute Stars

For $7.99, you can download the VH1 Mobile application, VH1 Watch and Discuss Live Chat. Hey, I hear that's Brandi C's hourly rate! Whoa! Too early for hooker jokes? Okay, okay. Or it goes at the monthly rate of $2.99. That's what she said! That doesn't even make sense. It's Friday, people. Time to get a little slutty.

I Drink Your Milkshake...I Mean Wear Your Shirt
I Drink Your Milkshake...I Mean Wear Your Shirt

Jason Sadler is selling his body. The top half, at least.

Dr Pepper's Video Game Play
Dr Pepper's Video Game Play

Teenage and twenty-something boys spend their days in cramped rec rooms playing video games. That's the culture that we, teenage and twenty-something girls, must deal with when they come out of their caves and into the real world.

Operation WANT Fights for Withdrawal
Operation WANT Fights for Withdrawal

Last month, the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) waged a guerilla-advertising war against what they call an illegal one in Iraq. Early on October 11, a seven-member brigade from its LA chapter formed Operation W.A.N.T. (We Are Not Toys) and set a dramatic stage for early-morning customers at a local gas station.

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Leo Burnett's Handjob for the Learning and Skills Council
Leo Burnett's Handjob for the Learning and Skills Council

In this time of economic hardship, it's nice to know that not just investment banks are getting a handout. Well, in a way.

Pro-Choice Will to Power
Pro-Choice Will to Power

There is an organization out there that believes people should have the freedom to do what they want with their bodies. If a girl wants to have sex, she can have sex (just make sure she’s properly educated first). But our freedom doesn't end there. Unplanned pregnancy—whether the result of contraception error, human error or, at its worst, rape—is an experience that many, unfortunately, are forced endure. And no politician has the right to interfere with our personal lives and the decisions we make about our own bodies.

42 Below: All Dolled Up and Going Nowhere
42 Below: All Dolled Up and Going Nowhere

What was 42 Below thinking when they signed off on this spot by The Glue Society? Were they high?

Ctrl.Alt.Shift Has AIDS Education Authority
Ctrl.Alt.Shift Has AIDS Education Authority

Last week, a girl had the audacity to criticize careers in advertising. She told me that, as someone deeply motivated by education and social justice, I should use my passion and talents to do something better with my life than "teach people to buy more things." Now, I could take the high road and write off her comments as ignorant, mock her with my marketing buddies. But I have a feeling there are a few other misinformed souls out there who could stand to be enlightened. Plus, I need to put this girl in her place.

Rising Tide Does Not Lift All People
Rising Tide Does Not Lift All People

What on earth is MTV Switch? Some international campaign with a green thumb. They also turn out some Amster-gosh-damn clever advertising.

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Peyton Manning's Mastercard Touchdown
Peyton Manning's Mastercard Touchdown

Half-quarterback, half-commercial superstar, all Manning. Peyton, that is—sadly, not our golden Giant, Eli. Big brother Peyton is back with a home run for MasterCard. Whoops, sorry. Wrong sport.

eInstruction Gets eInteractive with eContest
eInstruction Gets eInteractive with eContest

It's not a stretch to say that the global educational structure is failing today's youth. After the historic victory last night, I am hopeful that this, at least for our country, is about to change. However, the future of education is not solely the responsibility of our government. The responsibility also rests upon the shoulders of individuals, families and companies everywhere.

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