Samsung Gets Weird With Beauty Queen, Penguin, Crownfish

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What do a penguin, a beauty queen and a crownfish have to do with each other? Nothing unless they are the main characters in a Samsung ad.

Virally Cute Videos – Interspecies Love (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) “Interspecies Love” is one of the cornerstones of the viral pass-along phenomenon.  A cousin to the overwhelmingly cute “Baby Animals” email so popular in the 90’s, this imagery seems to have a profound…

Wall-Mounted DVD Players for Small Space Living – LG DVS450H

(TrendHunter.com) Due for release next month is LG’s DVS450H DVD player, a stylish accessory that can be mounted on your wall either horizontally or vertically.

South Korean LG Electronics has come up with something really…

Stop Motion Post-it Commercials – Nike Human Race 10K Sticky Notes

BBDO Argentina has rolled out this viral stop motion using Post-It Sticky Notes.  This is the second commercial that Trend Hunter has featured using “Post it” papers to create stop motion, but the results…

Times to cost 80p from Monday

LONDON – The Times is to raise its cover price by 10p to 80p from Monday, 1 Sept, as its parent company News International looks to drive revenues.

‘It’s About You’


Many young people are entering our industry at an amazing time, when old systems are being smashed slowly but surely. Our youth will write the future, but first must navigate the present media landscape — a crumbling Rome filled with stereotypes, brands and agencies that one day will cease to be relevant.

What's the key to succeeding in New Rome? Building your own brand, not just the brand of your clients.

Google to pursue Yahoo deal without US antitrust approval

LONDON – Google has said it will press ahead with its search-advertising deal with Yahoo, despite not having yet received approval from the relevant US authorities.

AOL launches new horoscope channel with Russell Grant

LONDON – AOL UK has partnered with Russell Grant Astrology to launch an enhanced horoscope channel.

TNT Raises Toll Booth Bar on Labor Day

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So Labor Day weekend is upon us here in the States. It’s the time when we’re supposed to remember…uh…what was it?

Stop Motion Post-it Commercials – Nike Human Race 10K Sticky Notes (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) BBDO Argentina has rolled out this viral stop motion using Post-It Sticky Notes.  This is the second commercial that Trend Hunter has featured using “Post it” papers to create stop motion, but the results…

BBC unveils Tweenies’ 10th anniversary party campaign

LONDON – BBC Worldwide will celebrate the 10th anniversary of pre-school show the ‘Tweenies’ in 2009 with a year-long party including live events, a new website and party-themed DVDs.

Advertising: Cable, Quietly, Introduces an Anytime Elections Channel

The cable industry has introduced an experimental political channel that gives advertisers a uniform way to buy time and measure the number of people watching.

Virgin moves to integrate TV channel teams

LONDON – Virgin Media TV has promoted two executives from its Living channel to new roles designed to bring all the channel teams together.

Doner Wins Amazon

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Hello? Is anyone in the ad world at their desks today? If so, Doner has taken Amazon. AdAge has them beating out Cole & Weber United, Publicis, Seattle and McKinney.

What AdAge also notes is that Amazon doesn’t use a lot of advertising spending last year just $25M. Despite that, the web retailer reported its fourth consecutive quarterly profit on a gain in sales. You could make the case that for Amazon, it’s about SEO, good service, good products and community, not the advertising.

Doesn’t matter. Hoorah for Doner!

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What Was the LPGA Thinking?


For those of you who do not follow golf nor sporting news, LPGA leaders recently decided to require their non-English-speaking members, many of whom have been on the LPGA Tour for two years or more, to be proficient in English before they are allowed to participate in LPGA-sanctioned events.

Funny Fabric Graffiti – Historically Inaccurate Toile Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The pastoral scenes in toile fabric make for whimsical patterns but this decorative art form has been made funnier with deliberate graffiti.

Historically Inaccurate Decorative Arts have embellished…

Bollore increases his stake in Harris Interactive

LONDON – Havas chairman Vincent Bollore has bought a further $376,000 (£205,547) worth of shares in Harris Interactive, bringing his stake in the market research business to nearly 13%.

Sport magazine to offer video highlights online

LONDON – Sport, the free men’s weekly, is to stream highlights from the Barclays Premier League and other major sporting events on its website.

Olympic Broadcast Wins Young Men


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Olympics on NBC snagged what is now touted as the largest number of viewers for any televised event, a feat that proves what network TV can do when it broadcasts programming that has the broadest appeal. One media-buying firm is suggesting that some of that success was driven by a demographic group that has proven increasingly difficult for network TV to reach: young male viewers.

ABC Pushes ‘Daisies’ With Sweet Tour


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — If you've got a hankering for a piece of apple, cherry or peach pie, ABC hopes to convert it into enthusiasm for its offbeat, death-obsessed drama, "Pushing Daisies."