A controversial star advertiser has been buried by the Australian Electoral Commission after a review into its use of a political advertisement.The ABC’s Newsnight program, which was aired on Saturday night, said that Adria Richards, a conservative political commentator, died from cancer last week.The ad for the film, titled Dangerous, was seen by more than…
Polygon is proud to present our coverage of Facebook’s announcement today that it has acquired the Billboards blog, the site that launched the social network.We’ll be looking at the implications of the news in a few days.The Billboards team will remain on Facebook, but will no longer operate as a standalone blog and will be…
Advertising is a highly complex profession, and one that’s only just beginning to get its footing.For starters, advertising is an industry, not a profession, says Mark Haddon, the head of advertising strategy at Ernst & Young Canada.The best example is car advertising. “The thing that’s really challenging about advertising is that we have a whole…