LOS ANGELES – A throat lozenge company says the commercial it wants to run during NBC’s Golden Globes broadcast Sunday is a goof on subliminal ads, but the network isn’t buying it. According to Pine ...

Subliminal advertising is that making use of words or images (referred to as stimuli) we don’t consciously detect. Those stimuli can be undetectable because they’re hidden inside of some other image ...

Imagine sipping a beer and suddenly landing your dream job, or a glass of wine doubling your bank balance. Sounds like magic, right? Yet, alcohol ads craft these fantastical scenarios to sneak into ...

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MOSCOW -- Deep within a Russian television advertisement for a local beer, Klinskoye, lurked a split-second message for another thirst-quencher: Pepsi. An image of Palmolive Fruit Essentials soap was ...

It's TV upfronts week and with that comes all the attendant frenzy of star-studded dog-and-pony shows, show trailers and prognostications about TV ad spending. The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg argues ...

Oct. 4 -- We asked if you've seen any advertising that you consider insensitive or tasteless in the wake of the attacks on the United States. Here are some of your responses: Auto Ads Once commercial ...