Apple Claims It Can Make You Mama’s Favourite.

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Fresh out the Flagrant Email pile comes this subject line from Almighty Apple: “Last chance to give iPod for Mother’s Day.”

eBay “Lifesize”

Agency: CAA, Los Angeles
Executive Creative Director: Jae Goodman
Creative Directors: John Kaplan, Jesse Coulter, Andrew Ault
Agency Producer: Matt Bijarchi
Director: Belen Gayan
Screenwriters: Belen Gayan, Andres Duque
Producers: Allison Kunzman, Rafia Montilla, Toni Moreno
Executive Producers: Patrick Milling Smith, Brian Carmody
Production Company: Smuggler, NY/LA
Editors: Anna Oriol, Gabriela Soria
Cinematographer: Sergi Vilanova
Production Designer: Marta Marrero
Sound: Xevi Masip, Alex Perez
Music: La Crem


Iggy Pop Jiggles Belly for Swiftcover

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We’re a coupla months late on this one. But when a shirtless rambling Iggy Pop pushes insurance (–“ON MY INSURANCE!”), you can’t it lie without imposing it on others.

CMW picks up Citroën direct marketing account

LONDON – Citroën has appointed CMW to its direct marketing account after a pitch against Inferno.

Curation v. Scraping, Oprah Over Twitter, Financial Fortune Smiles on Facebook

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– One man’s curation is another man’s scraping: more on the ongoing drama between pubs that report and ‘net-based pubs that aggregate.

Agent Provocateur Delivers Sirens, Pirates, Witches and Virgins

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We’d expect nothing less from a purveyor of lingerie fixated on sexualizing anything and everything to sell some bras and underwear.

Move to rebrand ‘swine flu’ to halt pork boycott

LONDON – US officials are attempting to rebrand ‘swine flu’ as the 2009 H1N1 virus over concerns that consumers may mistakenly boycott pork products.

Carousel Brings Sharp Clarity to a Moment in Crime

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Philips Cinema brings us the mildly unsettling “Carousel,” where a hospital shootout between the SWAT team and demented clowns is frozen and investigated by a slow-moving camera.

Publicis Reports First-Quarter Revenue Down 4.4%

LONDON (AdAge.com) — Publicis Groupe reported a 4.4% decline in revenue to $1.43 billion for the first quarter of 2009. The advertising holding company said it is not expecting to see an economic recovery until summer 2010.

Composition Chair

Une nouveauté du studio japonais Kyouei Design avec ce fauteuil entièrement composé de fils d’aluminium et conçu à l’aide d’une simple pince. Une chaise très efficace pour un poids total de 50kg. Plus d’images dans la suite.



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Child Pornographers Should Be Hung by Their Balls

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Ever want to beat the shit out of someone? You will after watching this commercial.

Google Tries Viral Campaign to Goose Interest in Chrome


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Why would Google take on Apple, Microsoft and Mozilla in the web browser war and not try to win it? That question has been asked since Google ambled into the Safari-Explorer-Firefox derby last fall with its own entry called Chrome, but took a remarkably low-key approach to marketing it.

Marketers Still Holding On to TV Dollars

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Marketers are continuing to hold their money close at hand, creating a foggy outlook for TV-ad buying. The traditional deadline for approving third-quarter upfront options for broadcast-TV ad buys has come and gone, but few marketers have approved that money for order, according to media buyers.

Charity launches ‘age-friendly’ seal for consumer products

LONDON – Merged charity Age Concern and Help the Aged has launched an accreditation scheme called Age OK.

Bewkes: Plans for AOL to Be Revealed ‘Very Soon’


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Time Warner didn't offer any decisions on what it will do with AOL during its first-quarter earnings call today, but it offered some heavy hints.

Citroen appoints CMW to handle direct marketing account

LONDON – Citroen has hired CMW to handle its below-the-line marketing account following a pitch.

@Oprah Already Bored With Twitter? So What?


UKTV readies Home channel launch

LONDON – UKTV’s Home channel rebrand will launches 30 April with a website to give interior design advice to DIY enthusiasts.

Former DoubleClick CEO Rosenblatt Leaves Google


David Rosenblatt, Google's president of global display advertising, plans to leave the company, he's told friends and colleagues in an email obtained by the New York Times.

IPC and Reed Business head AOP awards shortlist

LONDON – IPC and Reed Business head the 2009 Association of Online Publishers Digital Publishing Awards, securing 13 nominations each across seven categories.