Is Yahoo! going after AdSense?
Filed under: Copycats, OnlineSiliconValleyWatcher's Tom Foremski posted Monday about what looks to be a "competitor" for Google AdSense out of the Yahoo! shop. The proof at this point is in ads that...
View ArticlePapa John's gets into boardroom battle
Filed under: Copycats, Funny, TelevisionDuring last night's "The Apprentice" on NBC, Papa John's participated in a bit of guerilla marketing via a traditional means - a TV spot. The product placement...
View ArticleMoen goes crazy
Filed under: Copycats, Funny, Online, TelevisionIt's confirmed. It looks like the hallucinogens have gotten out of control with advertising campaigns. This time, it's Moen (the faucet folks) who have...
View ArticleVolkswagen's ad concepts must be really great
Filed under: Copycats, TelevisionHey Ford, what's with your "borrowed" concept for the latest commercial for the Focus? Jossip sez that during last night's American Idol on FOX, an ad for the Ford...
View ArticleA copycat archive
Filed under: Copycats, PrintIt's not just automotive ads that may have copycats, of course. Check out this site, which features pages upon pages of potential "coincidences" for print advertisements....
View ArticleGame show hosts still selling
Filed under: Copycats, Funny, TelevisionAdvertising trends come and go just like television programming. Sometimes, things get a bit overdone when they return and everyone jumps on the bandwagon. Will...
View ArticleEminem Settles Over iPod Commercial
Filed under: Copycats, TelevisionRemember that iPod ad, with the little kid singing along to Eminem's "Lose Yourself"? Neither do I, but it's at the center of lawsuit that was settled today. The...
View ArticleSpoofs are good, right?
Filed under: Copycats, Funny, TelevisionSo if everyone - literally - has spoofed your ad campaign or jacked it for their own benefit, is that the sign of a successful model? First, "Got milk?" was...
View ArticleBlockbuster wooing subscribers
Filed under: Copycats, OnlineBlockbuster has wasted no time in trying to pull subscribers their competition now that Netflix has announced a partnership with Wal-Mart. The movie rental company is...
View ArticleNike a minor threat to punk rockers
Filed under: Copycats, Gripes, PrintThere was a great article in the NY Times Business section this Sunday, about a Nike campaign that ran afoul of punk-rock mainstays Minor Threat and Dischord...
View ArticleIs this a newspaper or an art fair?
Filed under: CopycatsI've held jobs as a copy editor and paginator, just two of many, many jobs I've been fired from... or from which I've been fired. Anyway, I became quite adept at using QuarkXPress,...
View ArticleDo-it-yourself HP ad hits web
Filed under: Copycats, OnlineSteve Rubel pointed out this homemade video showing someone who created their own version of the Hewlett-Packard "picture frame" ads. It's not quite as slick as the...
View ArticleIs The iPod An Old Transistor Radio?
Filed under: CopycatsThe BBC reports on the similarities of the iPod and Regency TR-1 transistor radio which was made in 1954. The Regency was the first commercially sold transistor pocket radio. Like...
View ArticleLowerMyBills sues copycat
Filed under: Copycats, Gripes, OnlineIf you've been online for more than .5 seconds you've seen at least one or seventeen ads for LowerMyBills.com. Recently the company won a lawsuit against NexTag (a...
View ArticleDate Movie ad satirzes Carl's Jr.
Filed under: Copycats, Sexy, TelevisionIn a spot for the new movie Date Movie with Alyson Hannigan (sigh), there's a send-up of the commercial Paris Hilton did for fast-food chain Carl's Jr. A portion...
View ArticlePeople do stupid things. Like put ads on YouTube
Filed under: Agencies, Copycats, Online, Television, Consumer Generated, Streaming VideoWoo hoo, woo hoo hoo, woo hoo, woo hoo hoo...can't you just hear the music? I hate the Vonage music, it annoys...
View ArticlePlaystation vs. Wii
Filed under: Copycats, SexyNintendo has taken the "Mac vs. PC" ads and adapted them its own needs. This ad shows the Playstation as a slightly overweight and kind of nerdy girl while the Nintendo Wii...
View ArticleApple's new shuffle ads
Filed under: Copycats, Online, Television"Put some music on" is the theme of Apple's new iPod shuffle ads. It features people putting on and taking off various jackets and other items, but in each...
View ArticlePreviously on WIN
Filed under: Copycats, Print, Television, DVR, Celebrities, Controversies, Consumer Generated, Streaming Video, Previously on WIN Slashfood is creeped out by an Xbox game from Burger King that features...
View ArticleMac and PC: Much spoofed ad means success?
Filed under: Copycats, Funny, Viral, OnlineApple's "I'm a Mac" ads are the most spoofed ad in recent days. I am not surprised at the number of crazy remakes of these killer ads, and in the grand...
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