LONDON – Virgin Atlantic’s latest TV ad, showing an airport crowd gawping at a glamorous cabin crew, has prompted 29 complaints to the Advertising Standards Association (ASA).
“We put anything on paper”
Advertising Agency: Artplan, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Creative Director: Roberto Vilhena
Art Directors: Bernardo Romero, Maite Albuquerque
Copywriter: Ricardo Dolla
Illustrator: Otavio Rios
Other additional credits: Marcello Pereira, Aderi, Pepe, Barbie
Published: January 2009
LONDON – Digital agency Tangent One has appointed former Labour Party head of corporate communications, Paul Simpson, to manage its Labour Party account.
LONDON – McCallum Layton, the research and marketing consultancy, has promoted its head of qualitative research Julia Horlov to partner.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit or add to, is one of the world's 10 most heavily trafficked websites. But it accepts no advertising and has steadfastly declined to make that audience available to marketers in any other manner. To raise the money it needs to support its staff and large-scale technical operations, it resorts to online fundraising. We invited Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales into our studio to discuss his curious business model.
Here’s a set of prints that go with this child abuse/wedding reception ad by Whybin\TBWA Sydney for Australia’s ASCA (Adults Surviving Child Abuse).
LONDON – Yves Saint Laurent will promote its 2009 Spring/Summer collection with a Valentine’s Day giveaway, comprising of a tote bag, pictures and a USB key, to be handed out in six major cities including Paris and Tokyo.
…White people also like Jewish men and Thai girls. At least that’s what Google AdSense told us on StuffWhitePeopleLike.com’s “Political Prisoners” page.
LONDON – Regional publisher Johnston Press had called in auditor KPMG to help it restructure its £450m debt burden.
LONDON – The British Academy Film Awards, which saw Danny Boyle’s ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ pick up seven awards including Best Film, attracted 4.9m viewers on BBC One, according to unofficial overnight figures.
LONDON – Twycross Zoo, in Warwickshire, has appointed Golley Slater as its first agency to handle its advertising and media activities following a five-way pitch against undisclosed companies.
LONDON – IRN-BRU has launched an advertising campaign to draw consumer attention to its sugar free variety, Diet IRN-BRU.
Young female online gamers are probably a good market for Gwen Stefani.
Because really, three cyclopses and a wheelbarrow of cash should be all it takes to convince you H&R Block is the tax refund brand of choice.
LONDON – Diageo has scored an industry first by rolling out glassware for its Guinness brand which features unit information.
LONDON – Network Rail is to hold a pitch for the creative and media planning and buying accounts for St Pancras International Train Station. The review is to be handled by The Observatory.
LONDON – The high profile £6 million Virgin Atlantic ad, featuring a glamorous female cabin crew, has prompted several complaints to the ad watchdog Ofcom over its portrayal of women.
LONDON – Liverpool Street Station was forced to close for around 90 minutes on Friday night after being over-run by dancers mimicking the T-Mobile “dance” ad.
LONDON – MasterCard has agreed a deal to become the Official Worldwide Partner and official payment system of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Here’s something we didn’t know: Allstate was founded in 1931 and has weathered nine recessions.
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