DDB Caught in Clash of Major Clients

So what's an agency to do when two longtime clients start bludgeoning each other in public? DDB, Chicago, finds itself in exactly that awkward position today following a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Emerson has instructed its divisions to boycott Anheuser-Busch products.

Candystand Makes Mah Jongg Game for Toyota Venza.

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Because that makes perfect sense, yeah?

Why Waterboard When You Can Be Fat, Naked and Jovial?

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A little Southern soda called Cheerwine breaks the bank wide open on interrogation tactics in the US of A.

White flag made out of plastic bag / Paix en cascade

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THE ORIGINAL?
E.Leclerc Supermarkets “without your help, nature can’t win” – 2004
Source : French Art Directors Club book,
Agency : Australie (France)
LESS ORIGINAL :
Jourdelaterre.org (earth day) – 2009
Agency : SidLee Montreal (Canada)
On change un peu la photo (à peine), on garde la même idée, et hop… l’affaire est dans le sac!
Pour en voir une 3e sur le même principe, achetez le livre “Nouveau?” de Joe La Pompe aux éditions Télémaque ou le CB News n°1009 du 13/04/09

YouTube HD Camera Trick Challenge

One Show Pokes Fun Without Actually Making Concessions

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After all that awkward backtracking over how much agencies dish out for its pencil-shaped paperweights (where does all that money go?), The One Show is under pressure to lighten the strain on its PR team.

Because Watching Kids Cry Just Never Gets Old

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Your tax dollars at work. Hey, pushing a kid to emotional breaking-point is small potatoes compared to all that guilt equity! the New York State Health Department will raise among smokers for the 5.5 minutes they could be spending with a cancer stick.

Radio, Radio: How to Bring Credibility Back


In a time when we live our media lives huddled around web browsers and staring at our phones, what is the relevance of broadcast radio to marketers?

Omnicom Group’s John Wren sees compensation drop 72 per cent to $2.95 million

LONDON – John Wren, the chief executive of Omnicom Group, received $2.95 million in compensation in 2008, including a $1 million salary, according to figures filed in the company’s annual proxy statement.

Nesta pairs advertising gurus with creative companies

LONDON – The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts has lined up advertising executives including John Bartle and Peter Bazalgette to mentor creative companies in a bid to boost the UK’s creative industry.

TBWA’s Rod Wright passes away

LONDON – Rod Wright, the director of development at TBWA\Worldwide, has died following complications related to a severe stroke.

Ergonomically Pleasing Furniture Descends on Volatile Ville

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For all that la vie en rose talk, the Upright Citizens of Paris aren’t exactly known for their social placidity — particularly now that the global crise has made everyone tenser than usual.

Lowbrow Dobrow Says TV Land’s Latest Dating Derby Is too Serious


TV Land's much-hyped "The Cougar" is the latest stupid variation on the spit-swapping grandeur that is the televised dating derby. Its twist: The romantic predator is a 40-year-old gal, and her oily prey is a fraternity's worth of 20-something dudes. The show, however, makes the fatal mistake of dropping the meanness.

Metro in mobile game offer with 123play.com

LONDON – Readers of Associated’s free newspaper Metro will soon be able to download 50 quality mobile games for free, following a six-figure deal with ad-funded games specialist 123play.com.

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” terá premiere escolhida pelos fãs

Se você assistiu o “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” que vazou na internet, certamente estragou o filme na sua cabeça, com uma versão que faltava pós-produção e ainda em uma tela pequena. De qualquer maneira, a Fox quer esquecer isso e voltar a gerar buzz positivo sobre a sua produção milionária e hypada.

Por isso colocaram no ar um concurso para escolher que cidade (dos EUA, é claro) irá sediar a premiere mundial do filme. A votação começou no início do mês e estará aberta somente até amanhã, no dia 20 irão revelar o município vencedor.

Nesse vídeo, o próprio Hugh “Wolverine” Jackman convoca os fãs a participarem da eleição.

Lembrando que a Fox realizou algo parecido para o “Simpsons: The Movie”, com uma votação para escolher qual das diversas cidades chamadas Springfield, nos Estados Unidos, iria contar com a pre-estréia do filme.

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CNN buys CNNbrk Twitter account

NEW YORK – CNN is understood to have bought the Twitter account @cnnbrk, which has almost one million followers — more than anyone else on the micro blogging service.

BBC must lead DAB network expansion, says John Myers

LONDON – The BBC must take a lead role in extending the reach of digital radio around the UK, a key report feeding into Lord Carter’s Digital Britain work by former GMG chief executive John Myers has concluded.

Positively Disrupting Thoughts for Ad Agencies


If you're like most companies today, you're scared. The economy sucks, the financial world is chaotic and your 401k is getting smaller, not bigger. So what is a boy to do? Well, for starters, stop doing what you're doing now.

You Want Me to Pull What Out of His Ass?

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OK, you all know here at Adrants we are fans of anything that’s weird, wacky and wrong. But this Silk Soft-sponsored Danish toilet paper dispenser toilet dispenser is just wrong.

TV Advertising Market Moving Again

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Ad dollars are creeping back into the TV market, ad buyers say, though they remain uncertain whether the money will replace portions of upfront buys marketers have canceled in recent months.