If Microsoft Is My Copilot, I Must Be Flying the Plane

Jasper, Claud, Clara, Bixby, Cleo…these are some of the AI assistants eagerly awaiting your queries and your manufactured need for speed. The field is growing crowded, which makes sense when you understand how much money there is to be made. The global artificial intelligence market, worth USD 136.55 Billion in 2022, is likely to grow […]

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64-Year-Old ‘Kennedy for President’ Ad Remade By Super PAC

A Super PAC spent $7M on a media placement during the Super Bowl, but only 36 hours to produce the spot. And they were able to run it with no input or approvals from the client. Who does that? Answer: American Values Super PAC. The spot contains no original thinking. It’s merely a clumsy recreation […]

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Four Super Bowl Spots Not Made By Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Yesterday on Adpulp.com, we addressed the fact that Goodby Silverstein & Partners for the second time in its history has four spots running during the Super Bowl. Today, we continue to explore some of the best spots from other agencies in honor of the one day each year when people with no skin in the […]

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Goodby Silverstein & Partners’ Adverganza Is A Bowl Unto Itself

The great majority of advertising agencies and the people who work for them never come close to making a Super Bowl commercial. Goodby Silverstein & Partners doesn’t have this problem. GS&P is in a league of its own. The legendary San Francisco agency has not one, but four spots airing during Sunday’s big game. This […]

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Why Nickelodeon’s First-Ever Super Bowl Is a Game-Changer for the Big Game

The NFL season hasn’t even started yet, but Paramount is already making its case to be Super Bowl MVP. Today, Paramount announced it’s bringing slime to the Super Bowl, with Nickelodeon, newly off of its first brand refresh in 14 years, getting the first-ever Super Bowl alternate telecast. The event is set to be a…

Pepsi Brings Super Bowl Halftime Flash to Champions League Kick Off Show

When PepsiCo ended its decade-long sponsorship of the Super Bowl Halftime Show last year, the food and beverage giant leaned into football’s global cousin soccer to make a cultural splash, taking its learnings from the halftime show to other parts of the world. The UEFA Champions League (UCL) final, considered the biggest game in club…

72andSunny’s NFL Partnership Keeps on Running

CANNES, France–72andSunny’s partnership with the NFL took off this year with “Run With It.” The spot, which was one of Adweek’s top picks of the game, featured flag football quarterback Diana Flores running through a gauntlet of NFL players and sports legends. Four months later, the campaign continued here in Cannes as Flores, Vanita Krouch…

TelevisaUnivision Adds Super Bowl Broadcast to Upfronts Pitch

It’s been a busy time for TelevisaUnivision, completing its first full year as a combined company and rolling out a plethora of content and products, including fast-growing streamer Vix. For the company, 2022 was about transformation, and 2023 is focused on differentiation, ad sales chief Donna Speciale told Adweek ahead of TelevisaUnivision’s Tuesday morning upfront…

Behind the Scenes of Kia’s Super Bowl Ad ‘Binky Dad’

The brief was simple: Make an ad that’s as relatable as possible to be seen by 100 million people. That was the goal Kia America vp of marketing Russell Wager set for his agency David&Goliath for the brand’s 14th Super Bowl commercial. Oh, and the stunt-filled spot, which came in at No. 11 in the…

Adweek Podcast: How Rihanna and Fenty Beauty Won the Super Bowl

In this week’s episode of Yeah, That’s Probably an Ad, Adweek managing editor of creativity, creator economy and DEI Shannon Miller is joined by senior producer Al Mannarino and Europe brand editor Rebecca Stewart to discuss the Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show and how Rihanna leveraged the biggest stage in the world to…

Adweek Podcast: Love in McDonald’s With Cardi B and Offset

If you’ve stuck with Yeah, That’s Probably an Ad over the years, you’ll know there’s one ongoing QSR strategy that often leaves us hungry for more: McDonald’s Famous Orders campaign. It’s the celebrity-wrapped gift that keeps on giving, both in terms of food and significant cultural moments. Good news for anyone with similarly large appetites:…

Why You Shouldn’t Be Swayed by the Popularity of Super Bowl Ads

Your opinion doesn’t matter. Mine doesn’t either. Not really. Because opinions don’t drive business results. In fact, opinions often mislead. They can be like a head fake, as football coaches call it. Those coaches teach defenders to ignore the runner’s head and focus on the hips, because the hips don’t lie–the runner is heading where…

Serena Williams Holds Court on Her Super Bowl Ads and Reevaluating Brand Partnerships

Serena Williams exited professional tennis last September, following one final U.S. Open run, in a blaze of branding glory–with a pair of powerful ads from longtime partners Nike and Gatorade honoring and cementing her legacy as the sport’s GOAT. But while Williams has long been one of the industry’s most coveted spokespeople and brand partners–after…

6 Touchdown Marketing Campaigns That Didn’t Need the Super Bowl

It’s a reasonable bet that most senior-level marketers would like–even if it’s just once–to lead the creation of a Super Bowl ad. After all, who wouldn’t want to work with a budget that lets them drop $7 million on the most prime TV time there is? What CMO doesn’t dream of having 100 million-plus consumers…

Super Bowl 57 Draws 113 Million Viewers During Most Streamed Big Game Ever

Fox was the big winner during Super Bowl 57. Ratings for Sunday’s matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, a game that came down to a last-second field goal kick, reached an average audience of 113 million. That accounts for viewing across linear through Fox and Fox Deportes as well as digitally…

Advertising Redefined 2023

Movies, Jesus, Shopping and Beer Rule EDO’s Super Bowl 57 Ad Rankings

There are the ads viewers say they liked in the Super Bowl. And then there are the ones that actually drove action. Outcomes-based measurement firm EDO (Entertainment Data Oracle) scored the performance of every national Super Bowl 57 ad based on incremental online engagement for a brand or product immediately following its airing. Each ad…

To Promote Jesus, the “He Gets Us” Campaign to Spend $1BILLION

Two non-denominational ads for Jesus and Christianity (totaling 90 seconds of air time) appeared during the Super Bowl last night. According to the results of USA TODAY’s Ad Meter, the spots promoting universal love and fellowship ranked 8th and 15th out of 51 commercials. I’m glad they ranked highly. The ads are disruptive and unexpected […]

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Super Bowl Advertising Can’t Be One-Off Spots Anymore

Super Bowl ads have long been the biggest spots of the year for brands, the ones that set the tone for their annual performance and beyond. Brands like Coca-Cola, Budweiser and Frito-Lay have made the Big Game their big showcases, with mostly winning results. Memorable spots have ranged from Mean Joe Greene tossing his jersey…

USA Today Ad Meter: Pet Food Brand The Farmer’s Dog Wins Best Super Bowl Ad

For all the millions of dollars spent on procuring superstar talent to appear front and center during this year’s Super Bowl ads, audiences have voted a spot about the life of a dog and its owner as their favorite for this year. According to the USA Today Ad Meter, presented by Kia Motors, the most…