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LONDON – The advertising watchdog will not investigate complaints against the Heinz ad portraying a kiss between two males.

(TrendHunter.com) California has just passed a ‘hands free law’ in an attempt to crack down on distracted drivers. However, you’re still allowed to use headsets, so feel free to text message and dial while you drive, because…

LONDON – Doubledown Media, the Dow Jones-owned publisher of titles aimed at wealthy business people, is to launch Dealmaker, a quarterly business and luxury lifestyle magazine.

Home Depot Honors Fallen Soldiers With Great Prices On Tools

It’s a parody from The Onion.

LONDON – News International (NI) has confirmed it is to merge its sales teams into one department covering all four newspapers. The radical move will see, for the first time in the UK, a sales operation selling across the diverse audiences that read red-top and quality newspapers.

For all his superhuman tennis ability, Roger Federer is a bit personality-less and not the most expressive commercial actor. So, Nike pairs him with a Rhys Darby, the standup comedian and star of Flight of the Conchords, in this new spot, timed to coincide with the Championships at Wimbledon. Darby plays Federer’s “secret coach,” always ready to ambush his client with thousands of tennis balls and goofy facial expressions.

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No sooner had we written about the need for artists' back catalogs to be marketed in more creative ways — via tailored ideas driven marketing and exploitation plans — than Primary Wave Music Publishing announced "J-Stache," a cartoon about John Oates' mustache.

LONDON – Radio listening and podcasting via the internet has increased since last November, according to findings from a survey conducted by Rajar.

(TrendHunter.com) Car magazine Auto Design & Styling wanted to resurrect Tatra Motors, the third oldest automobile company (behind Daimler Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot). They commissioned designer Mike Jelinek to create a…

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — The world's biggest beer brand is shopping for a makeover. Anheuser-Busch has asked its agencies for ideas on how to incorporate more of a "product benefit message" into Bud Light's always chuckle-heavy but sometimes product-light advertising.