By Stephen WilliamsAdvertising Age Ford Motor Co. has created six episodes of an hour-long reality show called "Escape Routes" that will run on NBC beginning later this month to promote Ford’s redesigned Escape. Rather than buying the time from NBC,…
By Cotton DeloAdvertising Age The muscle of super PACs and their unhindered spending power has been observed in some of the early Republican presidential primary contests, but a new report aims to measure what impact they’ll have across the election…
By Jeanine PoggiAdvertising Age When it comes to upfront choices for cable TV advertisers, there are certainly plenty of shows, but not necessarily many new ideas. In back-to-back days last month, Oxygen announced it is developing a show called "Thrift…
Here’s the press release issued today, March 2, 2012, by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences containing the full list of drama performer pre-nominations for the 39th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts &…
By Shareen PathakAdvertising Age Is JC Penney’s big refresh already starting to see a payoff? The retailer’s ads starring Ellen DeGeneres were among the most effective commercials to debut during the Oscars, according to ad-effectiveness firm Ace Metrix. Four spots,…
Best PictureThe Artist Best ActressMeryl Streep, The Iron Lady Best ActorJean Dujardin, The Artist Best Supporting ActressOctavia Spencer, The Help Best Supporting ActorChristopher Plummer, Beginners Best DirectorMichel Hazanivicius, The Artist Best Original ScreenplayWoody Allen, Midnight in Paris Best Adapted ScreenplayAlexander…
‘You Could Easily Make the Case That Diamond Creek is the Finest Producer of Cabernet Sauvignon in America’ —Pierre DuMont, wine writer Hello. And welcome! I’m Boots Brounstein, and along with my late husband, Al, we founded Diamond…
By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Has the clock struck for the regular appearance of TV ads that are a whopping two minutes in length — or more? With the emergence of super-sized commercials for Chrysler and Chipotle Mexican Grill in two…
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