Maintenance-Free Cars – Cadillac World Thorium Fuel Will Last 100 Years Without Gas or Tune-Up (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s no coincidence that this Cadillac World Thorium Fuel concept automobile is also known as the Cadillac WTF: Inside and out, the car has been designed to run for 100 years without maintenance. This…

Troubled Cliff Freeman Loses Bonefish Grill


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Embattled New York shop Cliff Freeman & Partners has lost its Bonefish Grill account to Y&R, Chicago, executives familiar with the matter said. The shift comes after the restaurant chain, owned by OSI Partners, handed its creative account to Cliff Freeman a little over a year ago.

Durex Knows About Your Balloon Animal Thing.

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We all hit an age where our innocence is lost and we should be kept away from balloon animals at all costs.

Slendertone Will Make You Blow.

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Check out “First Time,” the first-ever online video attempt by a company called Slendertone.

Denny’s Taps Goodby to ‘Re-energize’ Brand


CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Denny's is looking to score a touchdown with its 2009 advertising, moving its account to Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and developing its first Super Bowl ad.

Durex – Get It On

Le nouveau spot pour les préservatifs Durex prend une tournure humoristique. Conçu entièrement en film d’animation, il représente 3 ballons de baudruche de couleurs différentes, par l’agence Fitzgerald + CO et le studio Superfad New York.

Pretty Loaded


Uma coleção de preloaders em flash, de uma época em que os sites levavam uma eternidade para carregar (mais do que hoje). Curadoria da Big Spaceship.

LatinWorks Wins Burger King’s U.S. Hispanic Account


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Burger King is expected to announce this week that LatinWorks is the winner of a lengthy review for its U.S. Hispanic account. The account was previously held by Bromley Communications, which is also picking up a client, Western Union.

Durex | Proibido para menores

Hilário é pouco. O novo filme da fabricante de camisinhas Durex fez todo mundo dar altas risadas aqui na agência. Acredito que você também vai “rachar o bico”.

Daqueles que não precisam de explicação. Se você é maior de 18 anos, assista (rs):

::Criação da Fitzgerald+CO.

Done to death! / Mortelle ressemblance

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THE ORIGINAL?
Cancer Society of Finland – 2005
(Skull made out of cigarette butts).
Source : Cannes Bronze Lion
Agency : Bob Helsinki (Finland)
LESS ORIGINAL :
Canstop.org (Skull made out of cigarette butts) – 2008
“Smoking kills 30 times more people than poisoning”
Source : Adsoftheworld,
Agency : 1pointsize, Chennai (India)
Deux idées qui utilisent des mégots de cigarette pour représenter un crâne…  c’est vraiment “le” télescopage qui tue!

UKTV expands Dave reach with time-shift Freeview channel

LONDON – UKTV, the pay-TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Virgin Media, is to extend the reach of male-focused channel Dave, with the launch of Dave+1 on Freeview next week.

DIGITAL BRITAIN: Guardian’s Carolyn McCall urges relaxation of media ownership rules

LONDON – Guardian Media Group chief executive Carolyn McCall has called on the government to relax media ownership rules to save the regional newspaper sector.

Telnic warns football clubs face missing out on .tel domain names

LONDON – Telnic Limited, the registry operator for the new .tel domain name, has warned that football clubs are in danger of missing out on securing their own names, as Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal make their own applications.

PDSA launches pet widget to encourage responsible ownership

LONDON – Veterinary charity PDSA has launched a widget to help people choose the right pet for them.

Welcome to 2000Shine


The loss of a young marketing and media professional in 2008 has Karl Carter thinking about his legacy.

Vodafone partners with Babelgum for video and music service

LONDON – Vodafone has formed a commercial tie-up with internet TV service Babelgum that will provide free access to a range of video and music clips for its contract phone users, at no additional cost.

For Magazines, 2008 Was Even Worse Than 2001

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Magazine ad pages fell last year by 11.7%, a bigger decline than even the body blow of 2001, new statistics show. In the difficult fourth quarter alone, magazine ad pages fell 17.1%.

Too Much Sensitivity Stands in Way of Creativity


Sure, there is progress in our sensitivity, but should it be to the degree that we take away our ability to communicate?

DIGITAL BRITAIN: Lord Stephen Carter pledges support for media

LONDON – Communications minister Lord Stephen Carter has pledged to help maintain a strong commercial sector to provide competition to the BBC.

ASA to investigate VW Golf fight ad after 585 complaints

LONDON – A Volkswagen TV ad, in which an engineer fights against doppelgangers of himself, is to be investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after attracting 585 complaints focusing on the level of violence it depicts.