TMW’s digital arm launches video-e-zine for Infiniti

LONDON – Digitaltmw has created a video-based email newsletter for luxury car brand Infiniti Europe to give potential customers a glimpse of the brand’s latest developments.

Thomson Reuters to launch online video platform

LONDON – Thomson Reuters is to launch an online video platform in June, in a move that will create about 130 jobs in New York, Hong Kong and London.

ISBA CONFERENCE: Newspapers at risk, warns Eyre

LONDON – The days of printed newspapers are numbered and within the next 18 months at least one national newspaper in the UK will become an online-only proposition, according Richard Eyre, chairman of the Internet Advertising Bureau.

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Hedi Slimane Diary

Journal photographique de Hedi Slimane, styliste révolutionnaire de la haute couture française. Des photographies en noir et blanc, où se mèlent jeunes de rues et scènes de concert rock, anynomes et célébrités avec toujours une question prépondérante autour du vétement.



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Fjord plans expansion after £2.5m investment

LONDON – Digital design consultancy Fjord has attracted £2.4m growth capital investment from private equity firm Beringea.

Trust urges greater clarity over BBC Worldwide remit

LONDON – The operations of BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, should be reined in, the BBC Trust suggested today (4 March).

ISBA Conference: Carter calls for ad industry shake-up

LONDON – The government minister charged with driving Britain into a new digital age today called for a shake-up in the way the UK ad industry conducts its business.

Prudential declines title namecheck in new Ricky Gervais film

LONDON – Comedian Ricky Gervais has agreed to insurance company Prudential’s request to change the title of his new film ‘The Men from the Pru’.

Delvos Leaf Blowers: Storm

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Reader’s Digest considers possible bankruptcy

NEW YORK – Reader’s Digest Association, one of the pioneers of direct mail marketing, has appointed legal advisors to look at restructuring options including bankruptcy, as it struggles against a weakening ad market.

War and Medicine exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London

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As humankind has developed increasingly sophisticated weaponry with which to harm its enemies, medicine has had to adapt to cope with the volume and the changing nature of resulting casualties.

Concentrating on the modern era, the exhibition ‘War and Medicine’ considered the constantly evolving relationship between warfare and medicine, beginning with the disasters of the Crimean War and continuing through to today’s conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq continue

BlackBerry Bullet Shows Apple Who’s Boss!

The BlackBerry Bullet Takes a BIG BITE out of Apple! Visit GuavaNYC.com for the source.

IAB produces guidelines on behavioural targeting

LONDON – Internet giants including Google and Microsoft have signed up to a new set of guidelines from the IAB on behavioural targeting, which were today backed by Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards and the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Desperados beer asks for video oaths of allegiance

LONDON – Integrated agency Space has extended tequila-flavoured beer Desperados’ online interaction with consumers by launching a prize draw section for enthusiastic brand advocates.

Legs Clamps ‘Net, Old-School Twitterati, Thinky-Thinky Print Pieces

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– Creatives on Craigslist. Yeah, it’s sad. But not as sad as disseminating bulky PDFs about creatives on Craigslist.

Drinkaware in PR and web agency search

LONDON – Drinkaware, the UK charity focused on raising awareness about alcohol consumption, has launched a hunt for PR and web agencies to work on a new £1m campaign.

Ads coming to Twitter with Adjix platform

LONDON – Advertising network Adjix has launched a new platform that allows text ads to be embedded within Twitter “tweets”.

MySpace COO and two other execs leave to start own company

NEW YORK – MySpace chief operating officer Amit Kapur and two other senior MySpace executives are leaving the News Corporation-owned social networking site to start a new venture.

Italians asked to give up texting for Lent

LONDON – The Roman Catholic Church is suggesting its followers swear off social networking, texting and video games in recognition of Lent this year.