Hasta La Creative!

LONDON – Conde Nast is to launch a bi-annual style magazine in the UK as it looks to build on its strong performances in the women’s glossy market, as highlighted by the most recent ABCs.

LONDON – Business media company Incisive Media is to cut up to 50 jobs, or 6% of its workforce.

“A Nielsen snafu in measuring viewers for The Weather Channel and Fuse has resulted in the delay of some cable ratings, including the scheduled release of third-quarter numbers set for Tuesday. Nielsen apologized for ‘recent errors in our Cable Dailies processing’ for Saturday through Monday in a client memo Tuesday.”

People’s livelihoods depend on Nielsen. Lets get it right kids!

Maybe TV just kind of sucks right now. The new fall shows aren’t pulling down the numbers. NBC’s “Knight Rider” drew a dismal 7.4 million viewers to its debut, but really, who expected more? Fox’s
“Fringe,” which I’ve been watching on Hulu, came in at 9.1 million on its premiere. Worth noting that 2.2 million (1/6th of its total audience) people watched it on DVRs.

Meanwhile, SNL is reaping the benefits of Tina Fey’s knock of Sarah Palin with the show attracting about 50% more viewers than last season. Well, that’s if you believe the numbers.

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Advertising Agency: BBDO Moscow, Russia
Art Director / Copywriter: Holger Paasch
Photographer: Ivan Frolov
Food stylist: Pavel Rogozin
Published: March 2008

LONDON – Butlins, the Bourne Leisure-owned holiday resort operator, is set to hand its estimated £5m media account to Zed.

LONDON – King of Shaves is taking its battle against market leaders Gillette and Wilkinson Sword to the next level after gaining listings for its new Azor razor in Tesco and Superdrug.

Advertising Agency: Bates 141, Kolkata, India
Creative Director: Arjun Mukherjee
Art Director: Diptanshu Roy
Copywriter: Arjun Mukherjee
Photographer: Sanjib Ghosh
Published: August 2008

The spot above depicts a mock election night during which Sen. John McCain has won the presidential election, 51-49 percent, over Sen. Barack Obama. Anchoring the faux election is NBC’s Tom Brokaw, and Keith Olbermann (also of NBC fame) can also be heard. Apparently, NBC is pissed that the guys were improperly used (without NBC’s consent, of course) in the ad.

The spot drew the attention of NBC a day or so ago, at which point they sent the Obama camp (which posted the spot on YouTube for VoteForChange dot org) a cease-and-desist letter. But so far, the video has not been taken down.

Read the rest of the drama, after the jump.

More: “Droga’s In The Middle Of An Obama, Silverman Sandwich“

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Advertising Agency: Bates 141, Kolkata, India
Creative Director: Arjun Mukherjee
Art Director: Diptanshu Roy
Copywriter: Arjun Mukherjee
Photographer: Sanjib Ghosh
Published: August 2008

Drive a masterpiece all year round. The Mercedes-Benz CL 500 with 4MATIC
all-wheel drive.

Advertising Agency: BBDO Moscow, Russia
Creative Director: Mihai Coliban
Art Director: Holger Paasch
Copywriter: Viktor Sokolov
Illustrators: Alexey Ryzhov, Sergey Egorov, Marat Shakirov, Holger Paasch
Retoucher: Mainworks, Frankfurt/M
Published: July 2008