Style Gets a Makeover

Summary: Fashion advertising has not been the best recently. We even took a swing at them about the hypocrisy of the fashion industry and the advertising it employs. The Style Network, launched in 1999, has tried to position itself as the premier network for for women.

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Should Product Placement Be Regulated?

Summary: In a cluttered world, advertisers and brands must continue trying to find the best way to get in front of their audiences. Product placement, the latest way to reach large audiences, has been successfully used and abused. We have all heard how American Idol went from a talent show to a Ford commercial, and as more information comes out about the newest Bond film, the less it sounds like an Ian Fleming character and more like a Heineken film. But never have there been scientific studies that have suggested a ban on certain product placements in movies. AdLand does a decent job with self-regulation.

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PSA for Man Therapy

Summary: In our society, addressing men’s health has always been challenging. It is commonly accepted that men hate going to the doctor, and in our perverse definition of masculinity, it seems unmanly to be aware of and fix emotional and physical ailments.

AdLand is trying to influence the conversation.

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