So-called “AI slop gifts” are already turning up at thrift shops to be resold after duping holiday shoppers with misleading ads. “Slop,” which was Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2025, is defined as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.” AI slop gifts are trinkets … Read more
Get the show on the road, AMC says. After the company’s decision to extend ad time last month caught flak among movie theatre goers and studio execs alike, it seems the theater group is trying to backtrack and reportedly shorten the pre-show ads before a movie begins. Deadline reports that this crafty change is still … Read more
U.S. fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters wanted to make a splash with its new advertising campaign starring 27-year-old actor Sydney Sweeney. The ad blitz included “clever, even provocative language” and was “definitely going to push buttons,” the company’s chief marketing officer told trade media outlets. It has. The question now is whether some of the public … Read more
Beastie Boys and Universal Music Group settled lawsuits accusing the parent of Chili’s of using the legendary rap trio’s 1994 song “Sabotage” without permission in social media ads to promote the restaurant chain. Settlement notices were posted on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court and Dallas federal court, where Beastie Boys and UMG filed their respective … Read more
It’s off brand. Every so often, a TV show or movie has a brand-tie in that misses the point. For instance, the hit AppleTV+ show “Severance” is essentially about how work is hell…but the show’s official podcast is filled with ads for work-related platforms. The iconic red cloaks on “The Handmaid’s Tale” are used to … Read more
Today’s stars have no walk of shame. Once upon a time in Hollywood, A-listers made serious cash hawking TVs, whisky, kitchenware and other goods in cheesy commercials which only aired in Asia, safe in the knowledge nobody they knew would see them. Actors Brad Pitt (who hawked Roots Ice coffee in Japan) or Harrison Ford … Read more
This year came in like a drunk on a weeklong bender — and left like a glue-sniffing drunk on a yearlong bender. In other words, what the hell just happened in 2024? A Kennedy joined forces with a Republican. The Dems switched candidates four months before the election. MAGA ruled MSG, and the far left’s … Read more
Politics even plays a role in who trusts sponsored advertisements online. A new study published by Alexander Davidson, Associate Professor of Marketing at Wayne State University, found that conservatives are more likely to click sponsored search results than liberals which stems from their fundamental trust in the marketplace. To get the results, Davidson first examined … Read more
Swiping right on would-be sweeties as if he were online shopping didn’t feel right to Jack Liu — but spending $1,000 on a personal ad was right on the money. “My ads got straight to the point,” Liu, 40, a digital marketing entrepreneur from Queens, told The Post, detailing the virtual love campaign he launched … Read more
After a disastrous partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney that reportedly cost the brand over $1 billion in lost sales last year, Bud Light has returned to its roots. The inch toward redemption started with a 2024 Super Bowl commercial featuring Peyton Manning and Post Malone. This week, Bud Light released a new ad starring … Read more
Google is sending a stern message to advertisers: Do not affiliate with the dark side of AI. The search engine is cracking down on the promotion of deepfake pornography, the act of using artificial intelligence to modify or alter a person’s face or body to depict sexual scenes. The tech titan is giving advertisers a … Read more
Nicole Kidman’s second crack at starring in ads for the AMC movie chain — after her first AMC “heartbreak” ad campaign in 2021 went viral — was panned in the pop-culture zeitgeist after premiering March 1. Some fans vented their displeasure on X after the first new ad appeared — feeling let down after the … Read more
Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl-winning beau Travis Kelce may have secured the Lombardi Trophy Sunday, but Temu scored the ultimate touchdown — making it the “Anti-Hero” of the night to skeptics. Reminiscent of the Pied Piper, the Chinese e-commerce giant drove hordes of the big game’s 123.4 million viewers to its site with its buzzy “Shop Like … Read more
An Amazon Prime subscriber has a significant problem with the company’s implementation of ads on Prime Video and filed a class action lawsuit on Friday challenging the move. The plaintiff, who lives in California, leveled allegations of misleading advertising and consumer protection law breaches against Amazon in connection to its “unfair” change to ads on Prime Video. … Read more
Amazon has officially joined the ranks of companies with ads on their streaming services. Users watching Prime Video content in the U.S. began automatically having “limited” ads on Monday, roughly four months after the e-commerce giant first signaled its plans to do so. Other countries are also slated to begin seeing ads. American users must now fork over … Read more
A Calvin Klein ad featuring FKA Twigs has been banned across the pond after the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority concluded it portrays the singer as a “stereotypical sexual object.” The poster, which came out in April, shows the 36-year-old wearing a denim shirt that only covers one-half of her body, leaving the side of her butt and … Read more
Cue All-4-One’s “I Swear.” “Just Friends” co-stars Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart have reunited for a new ad, titled “Just Friendsgiving.” The mini “sequel” debuted days before the comedy’s 18-year anniversary Nov. 23. As it falls on Thanksgiving, the commercial was the perfect way to get the pair back together to promote Reynolds’ Aviation American … Read more
Maria Julia Assis was sitting down to a meal in her terraced home in north London when her 6-year-old son ran into the dining room, his face pale. The puzzle game on his Android phone had been interrupted by a video showing Hamas militants, terrified Israeli families and blurred graphic footage. Over a black screen, … Read more
All day, every day, we are bombarded with images promoting food of every type: television commercials for pizza, online ads for cheeseburgers, billboards for fried chicken, ad nauseam. But new research shows these images — if viewed often enough — actually satisfy our cravings and diminish our desire to eat. This discovery may come as … Read more
A creative volunteer at a cat rescue came up with the purr-fect way to advertise its felines up for adoption. Kayla Delcoure, who runs social media for Pippi’s Place, a nonprofit in Atlanta, crafted CatVana ads, molded after those on Carvana, the online used-car retailer. In the parody post, which was featured on its Instagram and … Read more