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Product placement gets the red carpet treatment
Kai Ryssdal Feb 13, 2012
The website Brandchannel's annual Product Placement Awards highlight brand cameos in the year's top films. And as Brandchannel's Abe Sauer says, the purpose of product placement isn't only about the cash.
Auto industry revs engines with Super Bowl ads
Jeremy Hobson Feb 6, 2012
Chevy snubs Ford pick-up in 'apocalypse' commercial while Clint Eastwood boasts Detroit's comeback with inspirational "second half" speech
Facebook ads going mobile
Marc Sanchez Feb 6, 2012
Hooray for interesting advertisements! Or something!
Economic impact for Super Bowl host is short-term
Sean Bueter Feb 3, 2012
Indianapolis will be hosting the Super Bowl this weekend. The attention could bring about $200 million by some estimates, and the city hopes it'll calculate to long-term growth.
The Super Bowl will stream on NBC and nowhere else. Got it?!?
Marc Sanchez Feb 3, 2012
Else we send a linebacker to your house
PODCAST: Tiger bread and chicken wings
Mary Dooe Feb 3, 2012
Nevada led the nation in the number of home foreclosures last year, a fact that could help steer the caucus there tomorrow. States have until Monday to decide if they want to join a national settlement with banks over abusive mortgage practices. In the U.K., restaurants and bars have declared war on the straw. And we dig into the January unemployment numbers from the government.
Cracking down on Super Bowl counterfeits
Jeremy Hobson Feb 3, 2012
Authorities from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently seizied around $5 million worth of counterfeit NFL merchandise.
An open (Face)book
Stacey Vanek Smith Feb 3, 2012
Facebook announced this week that it'll open its books and sell its shares to the public. What does this mean for Facebook's 800 million users?
What’s up with Superbowl commercials?
Marc Sanchez Jan 31, 2012
More importantly, what's this football game that keeps interrupting them?
The force behind VW's Super Bowl ads
Kai Ryssdal Feb 1, 2012
What's it like to create an ad for the Super Bowl? The ad agency Deutsch L.A. produced a memorable ad for Volkwagen. Chief creative officer Mark Hunter discusses the creative process behind what goes into making those million-dollar commercials.
