As the New York Times reported this week, one fortuitous result of the relentless battering of icy precipitation on New York City is a favorable uptick in boot sales. Several vendors around the city have reported to being knee-high in profits, but strapped for future customers as in-store availability becomes barely ankle deep.

Valentine's Day ads for white people.

Even the most prestigious historically black colleges and universities are facing financial struggles these days. They would love to bolster their ranks by luring in more white students. But how?

From last November, for an Atlanta shop, with a guest appearance by Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds. Happy Throwback Thursday, everyone!

The Olympics' corporate sponsors already have in place their PR and advertising plans in case of a terrorist attack. So, you know, not to worry.

Budweiser was one of the consensus winners of Super Bowl XLVIII's ad spree, partly on the strength of this tribute to a soldier returning home. But the tear-jerker also might be a rule-breaker: It violated some sacred military edicts, and the beer-maker needed special permissions to pull it off.

The Yogurt Wars continue to descend to previously unimaginable depths of depravity. Now Yoplait is touting the fact that it is tastier than Chobani. Fine. Dog poop may be more toothsome than cow shit, but at least it has the decency not to crow about it.

People seem to be upset about the fact that this Giant Food Stores ad in DC targeting Howard University students features a white person, but hey, cut em some slack. DC is different now. [via Washington Biz Journal]

Late last year, print readers of The New York Times discovered a full-page color ad, signed by a group called “Appreciative New Yorkers,” touting former mayor Michael Bloomberg’s policy achievements. “Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg and your administration, for all that you have done for New York City,” it read in large lettering. Who are these thankful New Yorkers with a spare $70,000 to spend on praising a politician? Not even the Times knows.

The typical rant about Super Bowl ads goes, "They cost how much? Do those ads even sell anything? Hey, remember those 'Whassssupppp' ads?" First of all, stop saying "Wasssupp." Second of all, the "This is all a huge waste of money" position may be correct.

A copywriter collapsed and died over the weekend shortly after tweeting about working for over 30 hours straight.

A Canadian pro-atheist nonprofit tried to get its ad campaign up on urban billboards, and the media conglomerate in charge of the billboards said no, which is kinda weird, since the conglomerate was cool with pro-life ads featuring fetus heads.

In 2011, I was approached by a shady online marketing firm that offered to pay me to quietly insert links to their clients' websites in Gawker posts. We imagined that exposing the practice might end it. Not at all! It's happened again.

Okay, at the outset, let me say this: I like guns. I know guns. I never heard of Daniel Defense until I saw this ad. Which means Daniel Defense is winning.

Unilever, the enormous global consumer products conglomerate that makes everything from shampoo to mayonnaise, wants to do its part to save the world. How can you help? By buying lots and lots of Unilever products.

You can change your profile photo to whatever you want, but all that Facebook sees are sweet, sweet dollar signs — and they want you to know that.

Spirit Airlines, the absolute shittiest airline operating in America, according to me, is marking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's downward spiral by offering cheap flights to the Toronto area via a special deal. The tagline, from an email blast just sent to customers: "We're not smoking crack." That sure is a cheap flight, but, again, do not fly Spirit Airlines—it is a goddamn nightmare.

With the exception of the erosion of personal privacy and the growth of an ultra-powerful unaccountable economic elite over the course of several decades which we didn't notice because football was on, you can't put too much past Americans. Those Cocoa Puffs... are they natural? Don't try to fool us!

For Sally Grimes, "chief innovation officer" at Hillshire Brands, her "innovation mantra is 'A.M.P.,' which stands for 'accelerating meat possibilities.'"

You, the ruminant-like American consumer, "chewing your cud" (Cheetos) on your voluminous reclining chair as you passively absorb advertising messages for processed food conglomerates: which fast food ad do you relate to the most? The fake healthy place. Huh.