Peter Arnell can't seem to catch a break these days. Earlier this year, the advertising mogul and "brand expert" was widely mocked for blowing millions on a silly, new logo Pepsi. Just weeks later, his decision to change Tropicana's packaging turned into an epic disaster, causing thousands of consumers to cry foul and sending sales plummeting by 20 percent. Now he has another more defeat to add to his list. HarperCollins just won a lawsuit against Arnell and he'll now have to write the publishing house a check for $100,000.

This, reportedly from a "European trade publication circa 1998," may be the single most unintentionally terrible ad ever produced. At least in the last 11 28 years. Click to enlarge. [via Fishbowl LA]

Cut the cutesy bullshit and get straight to the point: use a condom and save zillions of dollars buying crap for a kid. OR, be celibate!

Hey, battered magazines: Elizabeth Arden will trade advertising for a little bloodsport. Do you have what it takes to stab another title in the neck?

Jesus. How much prime-time is enough for Generalissimo Barack Obama, our "big brother?" Now he wants a fourth televised speaking opportunity in barely three months. How are the TV people supposed to make money?

Rats: Are Your Off-Brand Pills Turning Into Them, In Your Mouth?

Are you enamored with the fast-forward capabilities of your futuristic 'Tivo' device—but sad that you're missing all those commercials? Tivo has figured out a way to implant ads over skipped ads. Technology is wonderful.

A couple of weeks ago, we noticed that people were making fake commericals in honor of subway dermatologist Dr. Jonathan Zizmor. Now candy bar conglomerates are referencing him in their ad campaigns. We can't imagine where where this fascination with Zizmor will take us next, but a radio talk show sounds like a good start. [Urbanite]

World Water Week ad requires you to waste water to read it. Conceptual failure #2.

Today in poorhouse news: The big banks were restored to profitability last week, and now the M&A market is booming again! The profits will "trickle down" to the homeless squatters outside the bankers' Hamptons estates.

Oh for the love of... A couple in Detroit tried to cremate their 2-year-old on a grill. Then a website picks up the story. On the same page? An ad for grilling "like an expert."

NBC has shockingly ruined the integrity of its dramatic show Chuck by allowing Subway what is perhaps the most blatant (and therefore laughable!) product placement in network TV history. Mmm, smell that chicken teriyaki.

Us Weekly became the third magazine in a week reprimanded by the American Society of Magazine Editors for impure ads. It's as if Us, Entertainment Weekly and ESPN the Magazine don't care about purity!

Esquire's ad revenue dropped 22% in the first quarter, which actually put it above average. But we hear that the magazine's staff, and its corporate overlords, are on edge. There was a meeting yesterday [UPDATED]...

Consumer magazines as a whole lost nearly 26% of their ad pages in the first quarter. We broke out the numbers for Conde Nast, and they're just as bad. The biggest loser: Wired.

We hate to be continually bringing you examples of gross advertising campaigns that gratuitously utilize the human bottom, but we have to report the facts. Click through for the latest outrage of literalism. [NSFW? Maybe!]

God. If an ad for hemorrhoid cream is posted on the internet by bloggers, you know it's something you're better off not looking at.

NYC subway ad vandalartist Poster Boy is all up the fancy galleries now! Well not the "fancy" galleries, but galleries nonetheless. But do ad remixes really translate to gallery walls? Kinda.

Judging by their advertising on NYTimes.com. The National Organization for Marriage has employed their savvy marketing skills and placed the horrible Gathering Storm ad on... the ArtsBeat Blog? I saw it while reading about musicals.