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Advertising Agency: Africa, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Nizan Guanaes, Sergio Gordilho, Fabio Seidl, Bruno Brasil
Art Director: Bruno Brasil
Copywriter: Fabio Seidl
Photographer: AGB, Keystock, Raul Raichtailer
Published: September 2008

Brazilian Press Association: Woman

Woman

The Censorship never gives up. It always comes back in a disguise.
Brazilian Press Association. 100 years fighting for freedom of speech.

Advertising Agency: Africa, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Nizan Guanaes, Sergio Gordilho, Fabio Seidl, Bruno Brasil
Art Director: Bruno Brasil
Copywriter: Fabio Seidl
Photographer: Paulo Mancini
Published: August 2008

Brazilian Press Association: Man

Man

The Censorship never gives up. It always comes back in a disguise.
Brazilian Press Association. 100 years fighting for freedom of speech.

Advertising Agency: Africa, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Nizan Guanaes, Sergio Gordilho, Fabio Seidl, Bruno Brasil
Art Director: Bruno Brasil
Copywriter: Fabio Seidl
Photographer: Paulo Mancini
Published: August 2008

Acção Animal: Dogs

Dogs

When you abandon a dog you never leave it behind.

Advertising Agency: Partners Portugal
Retoucher: Aaron Padin
Illustrator: Diogo Pereira
Creative Directors: Lourenço Thomaz, Susana Sequeira
Art Director: Ivo Purvis
Copywriter: Pedro Lima

Acção Animal: Cats

Cats

When you abandon a cat you never leave it behind.

Advertising Agency: Partners Portugal
Retoucher: Aaron Padin
Illustrator: Diogo Pereira
Creative Directors: Lourenço Thomaz, Susana Sequeira
Art Director: Ivo Purvis
Copywriter: Pedro Lima

GMG Radio Sales rebrands as Solutions

LONDON – GMG Radio Sales has been rebranded as GMG Radio Solutions to reflect the team’s increasing range of services.

Schmidt to help make US energy-efficient by 2030

LONDON – Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has pledged to help wean the US off coal and oil over the next 20 years as he ups the ante on his calls for a policy change on alternative energy.

Microsoft drives further into Europe

LONDON – Microsoft has unveiled further plans for its new European Search Technology Centre, as part of a drive to tap into local media expertise across Europe.

Virgin hires Cuff for commercial role

LONDON – Virgin Media Television has appointed former Flextech Television executive David Cuff as its new commercial director.

Brands need to listen to win over consumers in social networking

LONDON – Nearly three-quarters of Facebook and MySpace users feel closer to brands that engage in active give-and-get type communication in social network settings, claims an independent study.

ITV’s ‘Natural Born Sellers’ fails to deliver

LONDON – BBC One’s pathologist drama ‘Silent Witness’ won last night’s primetime slot, pulling in 5.4m viewers, while ITV1’s ‘Natural Born Sellers’, its version of ‘The Apprentice’, faired poorly.

UBC announces completion date for sale of commercial arm

LONDON – UBC Media has announced it will complete the sale of its commercial division to US-based radio company Global Traffic Networks next month.

Sunday Times launches loyalty scheme for travel readers

LONDON – The Sunday Times Travel Magazine is launching a loyalty club that will offer subscribers discounts with up to 10 brand partners.

Specsavers goes Hollywood for latest TV spot

LONDON – Specsavers has recreated a Hollywood cop movie for the latest ad from its in-house team.

Online virtual poppy field created to honour fallen soldiers

LONDON – Lastingtribute.co.uk, the memorial website, has created a virtual field of remembrance to honour fallen soldiers and help raise funds.

Advertising: But Wait! There’s More! (Again)

A group of investors is trying to rejuvenate Ronco, the housewares company, and one of its old products, the Veg-O-Matic.

TX Maxx under fire for selling jackets with free knife inside

LONDON – Discount fashion retail outlet TK Maxx has been accused of encouraging knife crime after selling hooded jackets with a free knife attached.

Girls Aloud murder blogger faces obscenity charges

LONDON – A civil servant is being prosecuted for posting a blog on a fantasy porn site which allegedly details the kidnap, rape and murder of pop group Girls Aloud, in an historic case that will test obscenity law on the internet.

Surgical Lookalikes – Angelina Jolie Tops Patient Request List (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Angelina Jolie is revered all over the world for her stunning looks. Indeed, Angelina Jolie topped a patient poll conducted by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery as the celebrity with…

YouTube pulls ‘Bad News’ Obama election ad

LONDON – A Barack Obama ad that mashes up footage of news anchors declaring that John McCain had won the US presidential election has been pulled by YouTube following a complaint from broadcaster NBC.