Hasta La Creative!

Has it really been a year since Boston was held in the grip of terror by an ad campaign for Cartoon Network’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force? Some of the technology used in an outdoor promotion sparked a citywide bomb scare. Ah, memories. One of the “artists” who worked on the stunt, Peter Berdovsky (the guy with the dreads in the photo), “has embraced the notoriety he’s gained,” according to the Associated Press. “He’s incorporating it into his art and trying to use it to make a buck.” Berdovsky, aka “Zebbler,” sells prints of the hospital mural he and collaborator Sean Stevens (the guy on the left) painted as part of their community service. Ah, capitalism. Berdovsky calls himself the “Aqua Teen Terrorist,” adding, “I view media attention as useful to my potential success as an artist. Any exposure is good for me.” Sure, the media are playing into this genius’s hands with our continued coverage, but how else can Zebbler and the “Don’t Tase me” guy keep their 15 minutes ticking? (And that’s just their fame ticking, not a bomb. So relax, Boston.)

—Posted by David Gianatasio

NEW YORK – Staff at WPP Group have donated more to US election candidates than any other British company, according to figures from the US Federal Election Commission.

Faster than you think. Actros V8.

Advertising Agency: BBDO, Berlin, Germany
Creative Director: Armin Jochum, Toufic Beyhum
Art Director: Toufic Beyhum, Armin Jochum
Copywriter: Armin Jochum
Photographer: Tom Peschel
Published: December 2007

LONDON – Boardrooms are divided over the value of marketing, with the relationship between chief financial officers and marketing chiefs particularly strained.

LONDON – Direct marketing budgets were revised down on average in the fourth quarter of 2007 for the second consecutive quarter, according to the Bellwether Report published today.

LONDON – Synovate, the Aegis-owned market research group, has appointed Pranay Jeyachandran as head of its MarketQuest research team in the UK.

There’s no place where food could hide.

Client: Ojo de Iberoamerica Young Creatives
Avertising Agency: VéritasDDB Ecuador
Product: Dental Floss
DGC: Germán Garrido
Copy: José Antonio González
Art Director: Mariano Escobal
Plastic Art: Paul Carrión

LONDON – The Daily Sport is to be revamped as a tabloid for modern British blokes with the appointment of Emap veteran Barry Mcllheney as editor-in-chief of Sport Media Group.

LONDON – BSkyB has been given an extension to the deadline for it to decide whether it will appeal the Competition Commission’s ruling that its 17.9% stake in ITV is against the public interest.

LONDON – Publisher Penguin is launching a major on- and offline marketing campaign to promote the Puffin Classics collection, which includes books such as ‘Treasure Island’, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Oliver Twist’.