Tea Turf Wars – Boyz in the Hillz for Smirnoff Ice

Last year, we featured a viral video campaign for Smirnoff Ice Raw Tea that featured a fake New England preppy rap group’s music video.

In an attempt to top the success of that video, Smirnoff Ice created…

Book Publisher Suspends New Acquisitions

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which has undergone staff layoffs and other turbulences, has temporarily suspended acquisitions of new manuscripts.

Advertising: The $64,000 Question: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

The economic downturn is renewing interest on Madison Avenue in a marketing mainstay that is particularly popular during tough times: cash giveaways.

Fox Ends Saturday-Morning Cartoons

The company said that children’s programming was no longer viable on network television, because of competition from cable channels.

Redstone Weighs Sale of Theaters

In order to stave off dismantling his media empire, Sumner M. Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, may sell his movie-theater chain.

Cyberpunk Christmas Tree Fashion – Gareth Pugh for Topshop (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Gareth Pugh designed this ultra-hip cyberpunk Christmas tree for London’s Topshop clothing outlets. The traditional symbol of the holiday has been touched with Pugh’s futuristic style. The tree is 2.8…

Gym in a Box – The Fitness Cube (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Domyos ‘Fitness Cube’ is like having an entire gym in a 50cm box. The unit offers 30 different exercise options through resistance cables with 8 tension levels for your arms and legs.

The compact…

Snow Plowing Bike Paths – Promoting Cheap, Green Winter Commutes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Going green is not always an easy thing to do, especially once the white stuff hits the ground. Snow has always presented itself as a major logistical problem for motor vehicles and non-motor modes of…

World Leader Fashion Shows – Ponchos in Peru at the APEC Summit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It sounds like a fashion shoot on crack: George Bush posing with Dmitri Medvedev? In Ponchos? In Peru?  That’s exactly what happened this week as APEC leaders met in Lima, Peru to discuss economic trade…

12 Cell Phone Watches To Leave 007 Envious (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) With Quantum of Solace now in theaters, a lot of Bond fans are dreaming of nifty gadgets, including watch phones.

What once seemed like an impossible gadget of the future is now not only in production,…

Paranoia Theftvertising – ‘Unmask the Truth’ Implies Everyone’s a Crook

‘Unmask the Truth’ is a print campaign ad created by Lowe Adverting Agency for OKAMI which is, I guess, some sort of financial institution located in Thailand.

The strong and shocking images seem to…

Guerrilla Album Launches – Guns & Roses Hype ‘Chinese Democracy’ by Bicycle (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) If you want to hype a new music album, here’s a lesson in hype, as titled by my colleague Russell. The video says it all: the most hyper album release ever!

About 100 cycle couriers were sent onto the…

Superstar Photoshop Contests – Join Britney Spears’ Circus

Britney Spears and her management are giving fans the chance to join in the fun of her album release on December 2 by showcasing their ‘Circus’ skills.

The contest is a collaboration between Britney.com…

Calendar Tape – Stick and Toss Scheduling (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Say goodbye to crappy novelty calendars (except the ever awesome ‘Miss High Times’) and hello to the ever lasting calendar tape from the designers at Suck UK. This calendar seriously rocks my world.

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Illuminated Lanterns and Banana Leaf Boats – Thai Candle Festival 2008 (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Thousands of candle-filled banana leaf-boats (krathongs), decorated by Thai people, were tied together and set afloat on the waterways during the annual Sukhothai Loi Krathong and Candle Festival held…

Celebrating Iconic Fashion Careers – Sonja Rykiel’s Paris Exhibition (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) At long last, a tribute to a French fashion designer whose ready-to-wear collections, not haute couture, have been worn for over 40 years.

Such an extensive career is certainly something to commemorate,…

Today In Twitterverse: Song of AdPulp’s Self

This thought is the culmination of a phone call I had with Tom Asacker this afternoon.

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Tom essentially said we’re rich in information but deprived of knowledge.

Naturally, I agree. AdPulp exists to process information about marketing and media into dense bits of portable knowledge.

Narcissistic Gifts – The Applause Machine (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Applause Machine is a perfect gift for the admiration seeker in your life. Push the button and the clapping begins…and doesn’t end until you decide you’ve received enough praise.

Designed by Martin…

Buying Ad Space on People – Next Gen T-Shirt Marketing

T-shirts. T-shirts, everywhere. The web abounds with sites that pay homage to the almighty t-shirt. T-shirt search engines like PleaseDressMe. Sites that sell t-shirts like BustedTees. Sites that blog…

Frozen Motorsports Festivals – ‘Gatebil On Ice’ (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) With a name like the Gatebil Ice Festival, you might think your eyes are in for a feast of viewing gorgeous snow or ice sculptures. The Gatebil Ice Festival is actually a Norwegian motorsports festival.…