Barclays’ TV ads promote new brand positioning

LONDON – Barclays is to unveil its new brand positioning, beginning with a major TV ad campaign on 15 March.

Mills & Boon and Virgin Trains kiss and make up for Comic Relief

LONDON – Mills & Boon and Virgin Trains are raising money for Comic Relief by kissing and making up after the publisher last month launched a viral campaign deriding Virgin’s ban on kissing at Warrington station.

Nancy Cruickshank joins Telegraph in digital role

Nancy Cruickshank, formerly high-profile head of Hearst Digital, the National Magazine Company division, has joined the Telegraph Media Group (TMG) as executive director of digital development.

Seven Seas sponsors Daily Telegraph microsite

LONDON – Seven Seas has signed a six-week sponsorship deal with The Daily Telegraph to promote its JointCare range in support of its TV campaign.

BMW Museum

Après le Porsche Museum à Stuttgart, voici le musée BMW basé à Munich et conçu par l’Atelier Bruecknen. Après plusieurs mois de rénovation, il est de nouveau ouvert au public. Près de 125 pièces de collection dans un espace très épuré autour de sept grands thèmes.



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Amazon launches Kindle application for iPod and iPhone

LONDON – Amazon US has launched software allowing the iPhone and iPod Touch to read books available for its Kindle ebook reader.

Wapple designs first Comic Relief mobile site

LONDON – Comic Relief is expanding its fundraising efforts for Red Nose Day with a mobile website, available this year for the first time, designed by agency Wapple.

Bounty.com invests £50k in first-time dads’ website

LONDON – New Dads Survival Guide, a website aimed at first-time fathers and owned by mother and baby website Bounty.com, is investing £50,000 in content in an attempt to become the UK’s number one site for dads.

Red Nose Kilimanjaro climb pulls in 8.7m viewers for BBC One

LONDON – BBC One’s Comic Relief double-bill of celebrities climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and competing in ‘The Apprentice’ topped the ratings last night, while Jade Goody’s wedding attracted another high audience for Living, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Incoming INM chief says Independent titles not for sale

LONDON – Gavin O’Reilly, the new chief executive of Independent News & Media (INM), has quashed rumours regarding the imminent closure or sell-off of the loss-making Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers.

Vodafone offers DRM-free music service in deal with record companies

LONDON – Vodafone has become the first global mobile network operator to offer Digital Rights Management (DRM)-free music across both mobile phones and PCs after deals with a trio of record companies.

News of the World secures Fabulous sponsorship deal with IDS

LONDON – The News of the World has signed a high five-figure sponsorship deal with IDS, the sales house for Virgin Media TV, to promote its Fabulous magazine on Living.

Advisory service Simplifydigital launches first TV campaign

LONDON – Simplifydigital, the free sales advisory service for broadband, digital TV and home telephony set up by former BSkyB marketing director Charlie Ponsonby, is launching its first TV and poster campaign.

Kiss offers network content via mobile

LONDON – Bauer Media’s national radio brand Kiss has extended its commercial offering this week, with the launch of a new mobile streaming service.

‘Guns, Blood, Drugs … What Else Could You Ask For?’

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Got this email blast from Echelon Studios this morning and that header totally perplexed us. What else could we ask for? In my mind, Steve was all, “Hot bitches!” — and I was like, “…microfiber cloth…?”

Trinity Mirror appoints Richard Ayers as regional digital chief

LONDON – Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has strengthened its regional digital team by appointing former Magic Lantern managing director Richard Ayers to the new role of regional web publishing director, Trinity Mirror Regionals.

Gaymer Cider relaunches Blackthorn with focus on West Country roots

LONDON – Gaymer Cider Company is relaunching its Blackthorn cider with a new look and a £1.5m marketing campaign.

Closed Zone

As the international community debates the closure policy in the Gaza Strip, the director of animation of “Waltz with Bashir” has some harsh messages to convey in his new animated short about Gaza.

BlackBerry Tears Apple to Shreds — Figuratively, Anyway

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To promote its site pleasefixtheiphone.com, Guava and FullSIX threw together this straight-shooting spot in which a Blackberry literally shoots through Apple.

Meltin Jeans – Nightmares

Une campagne publicitaire mystérieuse pour la marque italienne Meltin Pot spécialisée dans le jeans. Conception de l’agence Armando Testa à Turin, avec des photographies de Vincent Dixon. Une baseline originale “Cet été, abandonnez vos cauchemars” et une déclinaison sur 12 affiches.



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