Will Mortierbrigades campaign â€Black boy wanting water†for Studio Brussels get the Titanium? Or Times of India â€Lead India†from JWT? Or is the HBO Voyeur Campaign set for yet another lion? Will Projectors campaign â€Uniqlock†for Uniqlo get it? Saturday night, we’ll know. Meanwhile place your bets people. I’m off to celebrate midsummer.
LONDON – The Association of Online Publishers is calling for entries to its Online Publishing Awards 2008, which feature a number of new categories including best mobile site.
Advertising Agency: DDB South Africa
Creative Directors: Gareth Lessing, Julie Maunder
Art Director: Steven Jones
Copywriter: Kenneth van Reenen
Released: May 2008
LONDON – News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has forecast that 75% of revenues generated by its Dow Jones operation will come from digital businesses “in a very few years”.
LONDON – Mother has created two new TV spots for Boots’ summer campaign.
LONDON – Channel 4’s ‘Big Brother’ ratings were boosted last night, as viewers tuned-in to see troublemaker Alex’s final moments in the house, while ITV1’s coverage of the Euro 2008 quarter-final match between Germany and Portugal netted 6.6m viewers.
LONDON – ITV.com boosted the number of unique users by 600,000 between April and May, reporting 12 million video views on its online sites in part thanks to hit show Britain’s Got Talent.
LONDON – Mediaforce, the independent regional press sales house, has won a trio of ad sales contracts in the Thames Valley area.
Quite possibly, the most insane Craigslist ad ever. Copy writer – marketing materials – $18/hour
The twist: while you are writing copy you will also fill the role of security guard, working 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. We will buy your uniform. You won’t carry a gun. Applicants must be able to pass a drug screen as well as a criminal background check. The security guard spends most of the shift seated at the reception desk, and there will be very minimal security duties. Practically the entire shift you will be able to focus on writing copy – you’ll just happen to be wearing a uniform.
Yep, we are stretched thin. Good thing there’s no gun, for that salary the copywriter might end up shooting themselves. Hat tip Caffeinated
LONDON – The deadline for the Media Week Awards 2008 has been extended by one week to 27 June.
Redhead PR is to position Old Spitalfields Market as a must visit London destination.
LONDON – Yahoo has been hit by the departure of one of its most senior executives, Flickr founder Steve Butterfield, as the exit of senior management from the company continues.
Food and drink agency Sauce Communications has won a brief to raise the profile of entrepreneur Will Chase.
Influential right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange has called in Boris Johnson’s former PR advisers to handle media and communications.
Influential right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange has called in Boris Johnson’s former PR advisers to handle media and communications.
LONDON – Zavvi has teamed up with Sony Pictures to mark the release day of ‘Rambo’ on DVD with experiential activity in London’s West End.
KUALA LUMPUR – Universal McCann has installed its regional head of communications planning, Prashant Kumar (pictured), as CEO of its Malaysian office.
LONDON – The exodus of senior talent from Yahoo! is turning into a flood as a raft of senior people depart, including Flickr founder Steve Butterfield, who has resigned with a bizarre leaked resignation letter.
LONDON – Farm has created a new print, digital, radio and poster campaign, continuing last year’s “Grab Summer” theme.
Artist and taxidermist Reid Peppard‘s narrative environment Not With a Bang but a Whimper asks what would happen if we just ended today. Set in the office of someone mysterious who had a taste for stuffed rats (or did they conduct experiments on them?), plants are taking over and faux sunlight is falling through the blinds.
Seen at Central Saint Martins’ fine art degree show.
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