City Republic: Energy fears bear down on Europe

In sunny Stavanger various energy types are meeting to decide (inter alia) what to do about energy exploration in the Arctic, Russia and supplies to hard-pressed Western Europe, writes Stephen Foster

Pardons Direct: Prostitute

Prostitute

Advertising Agency: Hot Tomali, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Director / Copywriter: Thomas Stringham
Art Director: Richard Henderson

Pardons Direct: Hold something

Hold something

Advertising Agency: Hot Tomali, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Director / Copywriter: Thomas Stringham
Art Director: Richard Henderson

Pardons Direct: Anyone

Anyone

Advertising Agency: Hot Tomali, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Director / Copywriter: Thomas Stringham
Art Director: Richard Henderson

Pardons Direct: Handcuffs

Handcuffs

Advertising Agency: Hot Tomali, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Director / Copywriter: Thomas Stringham
Art Director: Richard Henderson

Alka-Seltzer: Beer

Beer

Advertising Agency: BBDO Puerto Rico
Creative Director: Rafael Sepulveda
Art Director / Photographer: Iancarlos Reyes
Copywriter: Antuan Vazquez
Published: June 2008

Alka-Seltzer: Champagne

Champagne

Advertising Agency: BBDO Puerto Rico
Creative Director: Rafael Sepulveda
Art Director / Photographer: Iancarlos Reyes
Copywriter: Antuan Vazquez
Published: June 2008

Carat revises down global adspend forecast in face of uncertainty

LONDON – Carat has revised its forecasts for global advertising expenditure in 2008 and 2009 downwards by more than a percentage point in the US, UK, Spain and surprisingly China, which has long been touted as a bright spot among the gloom.

Johnston Press revenues down by more than 6% as ad sales plummet

LONDON – Johnston Press has reported a 6.3% year-on-year decline in total revenues to £293m in the first half of 2008 on the back of falling ad revenues, despite digital ad revenue growth of more than 50%.

Chime posts healthy interim profits rise

LONDON – Chime Communications today posted a pre-tax profit of 27.3 per cent for the first half of the year.

Mercedes: Summer of Love

Summer of Love

Advertising Agency: Merkley + Partners, USA
CEO: Alex Gellert
ECD/Partner(s): Andy Hirsch, Randy Saitta
Creative Group Head(s): Chris Landi, Tom Qauglino
ACD/AD: Kirk Mosel
ACD/Copywriter: David McMillian
Dir Broadcast Production: Gary Grossman
Sr. Producer: Rachel Novak
Prod Company: Joy Films
Director: Mehdi Norowzian
EP: Matthew Jones
Producer: Paige Seidel
Post/VFX: rhinofx
CD(s): Vico Sharabani, Arman Matin
Producer: Cara Buckley
Flame Artist(s): Jim Rider, Kevin Quinlan, Udi Edni, Yoshiko Hirata
Roto: Joonsuck Park, Thompson Plyler
Compositor: Steven Hannigan
Managing Director: Rick Wagonheim
Editorial: The Whitehouse
Editor: Mark Langley
Producer: Lauren Hertzberg
Aired: June 2008

United Airlines: Sea Orchestra

Sea Orchestra

Advertising Agency: Barrie D’Rozario Murphy
ECD(s): Bob Barrie, Stuart D’Rozario
Art Director: James Zucco
Copywriter: Phil Calvit
Producer(s): Holly Stone, Jack Steinmann
Prod Company: DUCK
Director: Ree Treweek & Jannes Hendrikz of SHY THE SUN
Producer: Nina Pfeiffer
EP: Mark Medernach
Compositor: Jannes Hendrikz
Illustrator: Ree Treweek
Illustration Assistant: Carmen Ziervogel
3D Animator(s): Claudio Pavan, Arri Reschke (Lung)
Storyboarding: Graeme Cowie
Music Arrangement: Trivers & Myers
Sound Design/Mix: Ken Chastain, Pixel Farm
Aired: Olympics 2008

Tories promise voluntary agreements with advertisers

LONDON – The Conservative Party has confirmed it would rule out any further curbs on junk food advertising if it wins the next general election.

Car brands plan CO2 ad code

LONDON – Key figures from the car marketing industry will gather today to draw up a code of conduct for the presentation of data on CO2 and fuel economy in outdoor ads.

Visit London under pressure over Myra Hindley film

LONDON – Visit London is under pressure to name a scapegoat for a gaffe in which an image of murderer Myra Hindley was used as part of a marketing video shown at the London 2012 handover in Beijing. The portrait appeared in promotional footage produced by Visit London, not the London 2012 organisers.

We’ll Call you: Coke

LONDON – A recent Coke ad highlighted the fact that the brown drink is made to a 122-year-old recipe and is thus free from modern preservatives or flavourings. Marketing’s mystery caller has been trying to eat more healthily and the ad made him think that he might not need to give up his daily fizzy caffeine fix after all. Read on for a transcript of our mystery caller’s talk with Coca-Cola and his marks out of 10 for the call centre.

Gatorade In three-year Premiership rugby tie

LONDON – Gatorade, the world’s first isotonic sports drink, has signed its most significant UK sponsorship to date by agreeing a three-year deal with rugby union’s Guinness Premiership.

New look for Marketing magazine

LONDON – Marketing, the leading source of news, analysis and data for marketers, has introduced a new look for the magazine from its 27 August issue.

ANPE (National Agency for Employment): Offers

Offers

Advertising Agency: TBWA\CORPORATE, Boulogne Billancourt, France
Executive Creative Director: Jean-Charles Davin
Art Director: Thibaut Vieville
Copywriter: Hugo Vella
Illustrator: Guillaume Plantevin
Published: March 2008

ANPE (National Agency for Employment): People

People

Advertising Agency: TBWA\CORPORATE, Boulogne Billancourt, France
Executive Creative Director: Jean-Charles Davin
Art Director: Thibaut Vieville
Copywriter: Hugo Vella
Illustrator: Guillaume Plantevin
Published: March 2008