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W+K Finds Its First Ads Ever, for Nike, on Dusty Old Tapes

W+K Finds Its First Ads Ever, for Nike, on Dusty Old Tapes 

Client's first national broadcast work had been lost for decades

Nike running: So easy, a caveman can do it?

Wieden + Kennedy made quite the discovery earlier this month. The agency says it's "pretty damn pumped" to have finally found the first ads it ever made—which happen to be the first national broadcast ads Nike ever aired. The three spots ran during the New York City Marathon in October 1982. Two of the three had been lost for decades.

The agency writes on its blog:

For all you ad geeks out there, we're pretty damn pumped to share something very special with you. We've uncovered the first-ever ads made by Messrs.

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Tim Nudd

Tim Nudd is a former creative editor of Adweek.