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Travel to Northern Michigan and Check Yourself Into ‘Pabst the Place’

What if Throwback Thursday or Flashback Friday was something that you could experience in real life? Pabst Blue Ribbon is giving beer drinkers the chance to find out via a limited-time brand activation at the Grand Traverse Motel in the popular summer town of Traverse City, Michigan. Fans of PBR and nostalgia can now choose to spend the night in one of three PBR-themed rooms – the Dive Bar, Arcade, and Rec Room. …

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JD Vance and Tim Ryan Compete for Ohio’s Open Senate Seat

JD Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is running for Senate in Ohio. He's a Republican, and like so many of his peers on the right, his language is vile. https://youtu.be/K3qYJoSV0lI "Joe Biden's open border is killing Ohioans with more illegal drugs and more Democrat (sic) voters pouring into this country," he says in the ad above. "This issue is personal. I nearly …

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Words by Jorge Luis Borges, Philip Larkin, and Henry Van Dyke

“Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.” -Jorge Luis Borges Manantial water is 100% natural and comes from the Andes Mountains at an altitude of over 3,000 meters. It is a product recognized by Colombians for its flavor and quality. This new campaign for …

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In New Attack Ad, Governor Abbott Deals the Misogyny Card

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has promised to spend $100M to defeat Beto O'Rourke, his Democratic opponent this November. That's plenty of money to paint yourself and your record as governor in white light while diminishing your opponent at every turn. The Texas GOP has zero qualms about going negative. For the GOP, making attack ads is simply what you do, without hesitation. https://youtu.be/84Nu9QC2m8I In …

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How Much Do You Really Know About Monosodium Glutamate?

Americans pour mountains of salt onto their food. We also reflexively say, "No, thank you," to Monosodium Glutamate, which could lower one's salt intake. We've been saying no to MSG for decades, but why? According to one of MSG's leading manufacturers—Ajinomoto—MSG's bad reputation is both undeserved and rooted in racism. In the 1960s, a wave of anti‐Asian xenophobia created a nationwide panic about MSG. This …

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Dole Sunshine Company Urges His Holiness to Redeem the Apple

Long copy. I won't say it's a lost art. I dislike that combination of words. Where does lost art go when it gets lost? Long copy is no lost art. Long copy is merely out of fashion in a world full of obsessed scrollers who never make it past the headline. Given the circumstances, I duly appreciate Dole Sunshine Company's letter to His Holiness, Pope Francis. The letter seeks to restore the good name of ‘forbidden …

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This Promotional Campaign for Potato Chips In A Can Is Bonkers

A non-player character (NPC) is a video game character that is controlled by the game's artificial intelligence rather than by a gamer. The game Train Sim World has scores of such characters and now Pringles is working with Dovetail Games and Xbox to introduce a new NPC who will serve as a Pringles vending machine re-filler. The idea also features a promotional twist. The vending machine re-filler NPC will be based …

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New Film Asks the Right Questions about the Agency Business

The current and future state of the ad agency business is the subject of a new documentary film from  Togetherr, Kill your Darlings. The film is narrated by Anouk Jans, a Creative Director from Germany who is looking for answers, positive change, and a brighter future for herself and everyone that loves the business of creativity. Her quest leads her to seek meetings with industry luminaries like Anselmo Ramos, Greg …

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