How a single California street changed the way America eats
Sushi Row in Los Angeles, located on Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, helped to spread the gospel of sushi ...
Pepsi challenges Coca-Cola to another blind taste test—this time for their zero-sugar varieties
Fifty years since it first brandished the blindfold, PepsiCo is reviving the Pepsi Challenge, a taste test pitting the cola ...
Inside Coors Light’s Super Bowl ad as ‘Case of the Mondays’ campaign nears its finale
Coors Light and Mischief @ No Fixed Address discuss the journey from an intentional typo to a sloth-filled ad and 1.8 million ...
MovieMaker22d
11 Sleazy Movies of the 1970s That Don’t Care About Your Respect
The 1970s were the best decade for movies — especially sleazy movies. We aren’t talking about movies with an X rating, which are their own category. And we aren’t talking about movies like Serpico, ...
Post and Courier23d
2 Florence parks will be renamed after famous Florentines. Not everyone is happy about it.
Johnson Park. Johnson was an attorney, politician and civil rights leader. In the 1970s, he served as the city's first Black council member since Reconstruction. While no one questioned Johnson ...
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Drug Ads Misinform Patients and Raise Health Care Costs
The first direct-to-consumer drug ad appeared in print in 1981, but at the time, such advertisements didn’t really take off. That’s because the FDA required drugmakers to list every potential side ...
BBC24d
Men on secret 1970s pro-paedophile list could still work with children today
The Metropolitan Police had the list for about 20 years from the late 1970s, a BBC Radio 4 podcast team has been told. Spread across several dozen pages, with a pink cover page added by police in ...
CBC.ca24d
Oliviero Toscani, Benetton creative director behind provocative ad campaigns, dead at 82
The AIDS-David Kirby print ad from Benetton in 1992. (Oliviero Toscani/Benetton/CBC) The photographer had revealed in an interview in August with the Corriere della Sera newspaper that he was ...
New Scientist24d
Meta allowed pornographic ads that break its content moderation rules
In 2024, Meta allowed more than 3300 pornographic ads – many featuring AI-generated content – on its social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. “I’m both disappointed and ...
The Verge28d
Amazon is selling the tech behind its $50 billion ad business to other retailers
Selling ad spots in its store, and now in other stores too, is a big business for Amazon. Selling ad spots in its store, and now in other stores too, is a big business for Amazon. Emma Roth is a ...
Marin Independent Journal28d
San Rafael 1970s murder suspect to undergo competency review
A Marin County Superior Court judge ordered a 1970s murder suspect to undergo an evaluation to see if he’s mentally competent to stand trial. Investigators arrested Michael Eugene Mullen ...
Social Samosa28d
Education sector claims the top spot with a 17% share of print ad space in Jan-Sep’24: report
The latest TAM AdEx report highlights a 3% increase in print advertising space during January to September 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, signaling a positive trend for the medium despite ...