<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5171b3c56bb3f7bd3e000011-525-394/soviet-spy-poster.png?maxX=400" border="0" alt="soviet spy poster" width="400" /></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/04/soviet-anti-spy-posters/">Retronaut</a></p></div>The <keyword id="6365126" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Soviet-Union">Soviet Union</keyword> was known for its intense propaganda art.</p>
<p>Messages varied from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-the-soviets-extremely-intense-space-race-propaganda-posters-from-1958-1963-2012-4">inspiring photos of space travel</a> to <a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/04/soviet-anti-spy-posters/">heavy-handed warnings to potential spies.</a></p>
<p><keyword id="1424059" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Retronaut">Retronaut</keyword> collected and translated a series of Soviet posters from the 1950s aimed at preventing information reaching U.S. spies inside the U.S.S.R.</p>

The Soviet Union Used These Posters To Stop Spies In The 1950s

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57599082dd0895e85e8b4ebe-1600/untitled-1.jpg" alt="hoover dam" data-mce-source="Bureau of Reclamation/Dynamichrome" /><p class="source"><span>Bureau of Reclamation/Dynamichrome</span></p><p class="caption">This looks terrifying both in color and in black-and-white.</p></div><p></p></div></div>History doesn't have to be just black-and-white.</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamichrome/">Dynamichrome</a> is a project dedicated to <a href="https://medium.com/dynamichrome-viewfinder">digitally reconstructing</a> historical photos in color, offering a brighter glimpse into the past. </p><p>One photo even shows the Eiffel Tower in its original reddish-brown color. It's been painted multiple times since then.</p><p>Dynamichrome's director, Jordan Lloyd, teamed up with <a href="http://www.retronaut.com/">Retronaut</a> website founder Wolfgang Wild to create a book featuring 130 of these photographs. "<a href="https://unbound.co.uk/books/paper-time-machine">The Paper Time Machine</a>" is currently being crowdfunded. </p><p>Check out some of the reconstructed historical photos below.</p>

Historical photos were digitally colored, and the results are beautiful

<p><table class="image-container click-to-enlarge" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><a title_source="Retronaut" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/515593e969beddc038000005-960/126-3.jpg"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/515593e969beddc038000005-596-332/126-3.jpg" border="0" alt="New Coke" style="line-height: 1.5em;" /></a></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/03/new-coke/">Retronaut</a></p></td></tr></table></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">New Coke was "<a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1913612_1913610_1913608,00.html">one of the worst marketing blunders in history</a>," according to Time.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">People still talk about it, but how many actually remember seeing the New Coke cans that were intended to replace <keyword id="6391475" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</keyword> 28 years ago?<br /></span></p>
<p><div class="image-container float_right click-to-enlarge" style="width:350px"><div class="image"><a title_source="Retronaut" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/515594a06bb3f7636500000f-960/510-1.jpg"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/515594a06bb3f7636500000f-450-393/510-1.jpg" border="0" alt="New Coke" width="350" /></a></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/03/new-coke/">Retronaut</a></p></div>In 1985, Coca-Cola decided upon a sweeping product change: its classic formula would be replaced by a new, sweeter recipe. New Coke came with new packaging, a new logo, and a massive ad campaign.</p>
<p>While most drinkers <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1913612_1913610_1913608,00.html">actually preferred the new flavor</a> in a blind test, the New Coke campaign was a major flop. Coca-Cola diehards, <a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/03/new-coke/">Fidel Castro among them</a>, were outraged; the elimination of a brand they held dear was too upsetting to ignore.</p>
<p>Angry letters and phone calls flooded into the Atlanta HQ, and <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1913612_1913610_1913608,00.html">after just 79 days</a>, Coca-Cola was rotated back onto shelves, this time with "Classic" on the label.</p>
<p>Here, from our friends at the wonderful <a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/03/new-coke/">Retronaut, are some fantastic vivid images of the New Coke, and the ads that promoted it:</a></p>
<p><table class="image-container click-to-enlarge" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><a title_source="Retronaut" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5155945d69bedde13500000c-960/314-620x413.jpg"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5155945d69bedde13500000c-620-413/314-620x413.jpg" border="0" alt="New Coke" /></a></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/03/new-coke/">Retronaut</a></p></td></tr></table></p>
<p><div class="image-container float_right click-to-enlarge" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><a title_source="Retronaut" title_caption="An advertisement for the controversial New Coke" class="zoomin" href="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/515592d0ecad04ae6600003d-960/411-620x836.jpg"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/515592d0ecad04ae6600003d-620-836/411-620x836.jpg" border="0" alt="New Coke Ad" width="400" /></a></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/03/new-coke/">Retronaut</a></p><p class="caption">An advertisement for the controversial New Coke</p></div></p>
<div> </div>
<div class="float_right"><table class="image-container click-to-enlarge" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><a title_source="Retronaut" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/515597f46bb3f7bf6b00000d-960/221-3.jpg"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/515597f46bb3f7bf6b00000d-500-400/221-3.jpg" border="0" alt="New Coke" /></a></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/03/new-coke/">Retronaut</a></p></td></tr></table></div>

This Is What 'New Coke' Actually Looked Like In 1985 

<p>Retronaut <a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/01/times-square-billboards/">collected incredible photos of Times Square in 1900</a> that show how that the city's hub hasn't changed as much as we'd think.</p>
<p>While it's certainly more crowded and filled with cabs rather than horse and buggies, <keyword id="67784" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Times-Square">Times Square</keyword> has always been an <keyword id="35666" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="advertising">advertising</keyword> hotspot.</p>
<p>Today, Times Square is known for its overcrowded streets and overwhelming ads:<div class="image-container click-to-enlarge" style="width:590px"><div class="image"><a title_source="Flickr / n0nick" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50f85e67eab8ea6e33000010-960/screen%20shot%202013-01-17%20at%203.15.31%20pm.png"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50f85e67eab8ea6e33000010-639-428/screen%20shot%202013-01-17%20at%203.15.31%20pm.png?maxX=590" border="0" alt="times square" width="590" /></a></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/n0thing/3696180449/">Flickr / n0nick</a></p></div></p>
<p>But that's not an entirely new development. More than 100 years ago, Times Square was plastered in signage:</p>
<p><table class="image-container click-to-enlarge" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><a title_source="Retronaut" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/50f85d8069bedd504d000000-960/screen shot 2013-01-17 at 3.17.11 pm.png"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/50f85d8069bedd504d000000-499-461/screen shot 2013-01-17 at 3.17.11 pm.png" border="0" alt="times square 1900 ads" /></a></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/01/times-square-billboards/">Retronaut</a></p></td></tr></table></p>
<p>Here is a photo of a random Times Square corner in 1900:<table class="image-container click-to-enlarge" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><a title_source="Retronaut" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/50f85cd6ecad04762b000000-960/screen shot 2013-01-17 at 3.16.35 pm.png"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/50f85cd6ecad04762b000000-607-384/screen shot 2013-01-17 at 3.16.35 pm.png" border="0" alt="times square 1900 ads" /></a></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/01/times-square-billboards/">Retronaut</a></p></td></tr></table></p>
<p>And a random corner today:</p>
<p><div class="image-container click-to-enlarge" style="width:590px"><div class="image"><a title_source="Flickr / Rory Finneren" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50f85e02eab8ea413500000e-960/screen%20shot%202013-01-17%20at%203.18.05%20pm.png"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50f85e02eab8ea413500000e-637-476/screen%20shot%202013-01-17%20at%203.18.05%20pm.png" border="0" alt="times square" width="590" /></a></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roryfinneren/3650998122/">Flickr / Rory Finneren</a></p></div></p>

These Amazing Photos Show How Much Times Square HASN'T Changed Since 1900

<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="image-container float_right click-to-enlarge" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><a title_source="Pepsi" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/512fe6dcecad044577000000-960/vintage-pepsi-ad.png"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/512fe6dcecad044577000000-514-385/vintage-pepsi-ad.png?maxX=400" border="0" alt="vintage pepsi ad" width="400" /></a></div><p class="source">Pepsi</p></div>Historically, Pepsi has a fantastic <keyword id="35666" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="advertising">advertising</keyword> reputation.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In recent decades, it's been focused on youth and pop culture. (Nicki Minaj is a current brand ambassador.) The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-real-reason-no-one-drinks-diet-pepsi-anymore-2012-12">brand has, of course, had its missteps</a>, but generally speaking Pepsi has released admirable work.</span></p>
<p>We took a look through <a href="http://www.retronaut.com/retronaut-cat/ads-and-brands-rtc/">Retronaut</a> and found a selection of ads the brand created in the 1950s.  </p>
<p>Back then, as today, the drink wanted to be sexy and modern. In its ads, the drink and its consumers were portrayed as super-classy, upscale types at the center of the social scene.</p>

Beautifully Illustrated Ads From The 1950s When Pepsi Went Upscale Against Coke

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/553a11be6da811b123860432-619-464/new-coke-ad.jpg" border="0" alt="New Coke Ad"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/03/new-coke/">Retronaut</a></span></p><p class="caption">It has been 30 years since Coke released its disastrous "New Coke."</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>Good morning. Here's everything you need to know in the world of <keyword id="35666" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="advertising">advertising</keyword> today.</p><p><strong>1. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ana-client-agency-relations-2015-report-kickbacks-rebates-2015-4">There's a "disturbing" transparency issue plaguing the advertising industry.</a></strong> Yet the major ad agencies deny there's a problem.</p><p><strong>2. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/turn-ceo-bill-demas-steps-down-2015-4">Turn's CEO Bill Demas is out.</a></strong> Sources say the ad-tech company has cash issues.</p><p><strong>3. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/omid-kordestani-made-130-million-in-2014-2015-4">Google paid its new chief business officer $130 million to come off the bench last year.</a></strong> Omid Kordestani became the company's highest paid exec, according to the company's 2014 proxy statement.</p><p><strong>4. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-google-explains-its-cpc-2015-4">Google had a new and unexpected explanation for its falling ad rates in its Q1 earnings.</a></strong> During the earnings call, Google said the culprit is YouTube's skippable "TrueView" video ads.</p><p><strong>5. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-to-launch-doubleclick-audience-center-2015-4">Meanwhile, Google is testing a new ad-tech product, a data management platform (DMP.)</a></strong> DoubleClick Audience Center could be the last piece of the ad-tech jigsaw the company needs to help fight off Facebook.</p><p><strong>6. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-ventures-hearst-ventures-softbank-capital-lead-18-million-financing-round-in-beacon-company-swirl-2015-4">Beacons could finally become a massive deal, thanks to Twitter.</a></strong> SoftBank Capital, Hearst Ventures, and Twitter Ventures led a $18 million financing round in a beacons company called Swirl, which could see the technology becoming more commonplace.</p><p><strong>7. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/this-man-is-out-tens-of-millions-on-the-comcast-time-warner-cable-deal-2015-4">Comcast is dropping its $45 billion Time Warner Cable bid, Bloomberg reports.</a></strong> The death of this deal is bad for a lot of people on Wall Street, especially Time Warner Cable CEO Rob Marcus who was set to receive $80 million in fees as soon as the transaction was completed.</p><p><strong>8. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sony-offered-daniel-craig-5-million-to-put-their-smartphone-in-james-bond-spectre-2015-4">Sony offered Daniel Craig $5 million to use its smartphone in the next "James Bond" movie.</a></strong> But he resisted.</p><p><strong>9. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chipotle-delivery-with-postmates-2015-4">You can now get a Chipotle burrito delivered in the US.</a></strong> But there's a huge catch.</p><p><strong>10. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/new-coke-the-30th-anniversary-of-coca-colas-biggest-mistake-2015-4">This mistake from 30 years ago almost destroyed Coca-Cola.</a></strong> New Coke was a disaster from the start.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/surprising-subliminal-sex-messages-ads-2015-4">5 subliminal sex messages hidden in ads for wholesome brands</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="U0bjIwbDp8myHrSr85ETgy0OyTDvG9UO" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'U0bjIwbDp8myHrSr85ETgy0OyTDvG9UO',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

The 10 things in advertising you need to know today

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/515594a06bb3f7636500000f-450-393/510-1.jpg" border="0" alt="New Coke"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/03/new-coke/">Retronaut</a></span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>An iconic American company infuriated even the most loyal of its customers 30 years ago - all in the name of cost-cutting.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Coca-Cola <a href="http://www.coca-colacompany.com/history/the-real-story-of-new-coke" target="_blank">announced on April 23, 1985</a> that it would discontinue its beloved Coca-Cola in favor of a new product that millions derisively called "New Coke." The experiment did not last very long.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">New Coke was a disaster from the start.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">It came across to many as an irrational reaction to the surge in sales of Pepsi-Cola. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Pepsi was enjoying popularity after successful marketing campaigns such as the "taste test challenge" and "Choice of a New Generation" featuring stars like singer Michael Jackson.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Coca-Cola was 99-years-old at the time. The company told the media it was adjusting its formula for modern tastebuds. New Coke beat Pepsi in a battery of taste tests, executives insisted.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Author Constance L. Hays who wrote "The Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company," found what may have been the real motivation behind the change.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">"The new formula would <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=7T9Kj2roGdMC&amp;pg=PT141&amp;dq=coke+II&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=nWHWU9yaNLTKsQTz4ILgCg&amp;ved=0CDcQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&amp;q=%2450%20million&amp;f=false" target="_blank">save Coke about $50 million per year</a> because it cut back on some of the most costly ingredients," a group of Pepsi chemists told Hays. "Coke turned its back on the very thing that made it great."</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">New Coke was sweeter and lighter, according to a <a href="http://time.com/3822869/new-coke-history/" target="_blank">Time magazine</a> review written by food critic Mimi Sheraton.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">"New Coke seems to retain the essential character of the original version … It tastes a little like classic Coca-Cola that has been diluted by melting ice," Sheraton explained.</span><span> </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Late night host <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=7T9Kj2roGdMC&amp;pg=PT141&amp;dq=coke+II&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=nWHWU9yaNLTKsQTz4ILgCg&amp;ved=0CDcQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&amp;q=letterman&amp;f=false" target="_blank">David Letterman joked</a>: "Coke's decided to make their formula sweeter, they're going to mix it with Pepsi."</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Coke drinkers formed various groups in protest. They called Coca-Cola and sent letters.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">"Coke drinkers rose up in righteous indignation, demanding their old soft drink back," author <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=7T9Kj2roGdMC&amp;pg=PT141&amp;dq=coke+II&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=nWHWU9yaNLTKsQTz4ILgCg&amp;ved=0CDcQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&amp;q=Coke%20drinkers%20rose%20up&amp;f=false" target="_blank">Hays wrote</a> in her book, which many consider to be the authoritative account of the Coke II/New Coke debacle.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The company to brought back the original Coke less than three months later. News of the about-face came from ABC anchor Peter Jennings, who interrupted the long-running daytime soap opera "General Hospital" to break the story. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Original Coke was called Coca-Cola Classic while New Coke kicked around in various forms, including Coke II, until it was ultimately killed off in 2002.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Coca-Cola's mistake is still taught in business schools around the country. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Anyone looking to relive it can find it for sale <a href="http://www.apple.com"><span class="s2">on eBay</span></a>.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/553948aeecad045e4b2b3390-1200-2563/bi_graphics_coketimeline.png" border="0" alt="BI_graphics_CokeTimeline"><p class="source"><span>Skye Gould/Business Insider</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><br /></span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-coke-boil-apple-techrax-youtube-2015-2">This is what happens when you boil an iPhone 6 in Coke</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="l3dWE3czo6BAuvpmMpjl6hsy6KYvjJFE" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'l3dWE3czo6BAuvpmMpjl6hsy6KYvjJFE',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

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The Soviet Union Used These Posters To Stop Spies In The 1950s

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Historical photos were digitally colored, and the results are beautiful

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This Is What 'New Coke' Actually Looked Like In 1985

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These Amazing Photos Show How Much Times Square HASN'T Changed Since 1900

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Beautifully Illustrated Ads From The 1950s When Pepsi Went Upscale Against Coke

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The 10 things in advertising you need to know today

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This mistake from 30 years ago almost destroyed Coca-Cola

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