(TrendHunter.com) Bio-Mimicry. It’s a word for when humans make something based on the forms and movements found in nature. Tokyo-based John Di Cesare designed the Parashell umbrellas using bio-mimicry. His designs resemble…
(TrendHunter.com) Did FHM US send these sizzling Megan Fox images to FHM UK on a manually peddled boat? That would explain the three year gap. Not that anyone would mind seeing these superbly foxy takes again.
The white…
CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Anheuser-Busch and InBev have entered friendly talks that could result in America's "King of Beers" agreeing to fall into foreign hands as soon as this weekend.
(TrendHunter.com) Inspired by topographical surfaces, Brennan Buck and his team designed and produced this stunning architectural installation, which is now on display at the Museum of Applied arts in Vienna.
‘Technicolor…
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Guardian News & Media is buying ContentNext, the company that owns the digital media site PaidContent. While the price was not disclosed, reports out this morning said the deal was above $30 million, including earn-out provisions which will depend on the future of the company.
TNT has launched Embrace Your Grace, an online community/promotion for season two of Saving Grace.
(TrendHunter.com) Cartoons has come a long way since Walt Disney first introduced the world to Mickey Mouse. With today’s advanced graphic design programs, it’s really quite remarkable what’s possible in terms of animation…
MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — The dog days, the period of summer stagnation that can lead to lethargy, starts a bit before Labor Day for most. For network TV, however, it was right after the Fourth of July. Nine out of the top 10 shows were reality series, and the only scripted sitcom to make it, CBS's "Two and a Half Men," was a rerun.
Kara Swisher of All Things Digital is reporting that Rafat Ali of paidContent is about to come into to some serious coinage.
Britain’s Guardian Media Group is set to announce this morning that it will buy the company that runs the high-profile digital media news site paidContent for a price “north of $30 million.â€
The paidContent site is owned by ContentNext and was founded by Publisher and Editor Rafat Ali in 2002.
ContentNext has offices in Santa Monica, Ca. and Manhattan and operates several other sites, and also runs several conferences.
Ali and paidContent was one of the inspirations for our own micromedia startup. So, it’s great to see them succeed.
Jim Bean, and its “The Stuff Inside” campaign, have partnered with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner Robby Gordon to save Chicago’s Wrigley Field from being corporatized like every other stupid-sounding stadium in America.
AdLab has explored the question of tombstone advertising to a great extent, but never from the ethics angle. Apparently, the question has been resolved. Love the “report abuse” button.
Vivienne Tam and fashionista/paper doll site Stardoll have partnered to bring virtual couture to a seething throng of 9-17-year-old girls. (17? Really?)
LONDON – Britfilms.tv has partnered with online advertising and creative sales house w00t!media to bring both film and non-film advertising to the site.
America isn’t the only place where brands use blogs and bloggers for their marketing needs. Recently, in Brazil, Coke introduced a new drink, i9, and partnered with nine prominent Brazilian bloggers to promote the drink.
LONDON – Aegis-owned digital network Isobar has completed the expansion of senior talent in its organisation by making a trio of senior hires to its international client services team.
LONDON – Bacardi’s global digital chief Ian James has joined Aegis Media’s international digital network Isobar as vice-president of client services.
LONDON – Yahoo and Sony have unveiled initiatives to expand their provision of ad-supported computer games, with Yahoo planning to offer more than 400 such games by the end of the year.
LONDON – Orange is in talks with social networks Bebo and MySpace to bring hit online dramas to its IPTV service, Revolution can reveal.
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