Orange’s Wheeler to head music operation at Virgin Media

LONDON – Virgin Media has appointed Orange’s head of music and film partnerships Richard Wheeler as its first head of music.

Justin Billingsley quits Orange for Saatchi & Saatchi Asia

LONDON – Justin Billingsley, the brand director at Orange, is leaving the telecoms company to take on the role of regional chief executive for Saatchi & Saatchi Asia.

Newspaper Publishers Really Need Some Kind of Innovation


SAN DIEGO (AdAge.com) — Top newspaper publishers gathered here Sunday for the industry's big annual convention. The theme this year is innovation, a solid choice that nonetheless made some attendees wish the calendar said 1999, not 2009. Newspapers have already lost so many opportunities. Now publishers are re-evaluating whether there is a way to save their business model now that their monopolies have been lost.

Philippa Brown and Nick Waters named as UK judges on Cannes Media Lions jury

LONDON – The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has named its 31-strong Media Lions jury with Omnicom Media Group’s Philippa Brown and Mindshare’s Nick Waters representing the UK.

Maximuscle signs British Lions partnership

LONDON – Maximuscle has signed up as the official sports food and drink supplier to the British and Irish Lions for their 2009 tour to South Africa.

From The Hoop

Après Gary Movie et Yankee Gal, voici un nouveau film d’animation 3D de l’école Supinfocom : une libre adaptation de la vie d’un grand joueur de streetball New-Yorkais qui sombra dans la drogue.



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Par 3 étudiants de Supinfocom Arles : Anthony Arnoux, Remi Dessinges et Guillaume Fesquet.

Microsoft attack ad criticised by Apple Mac bloggers

LONDON – Microsoft has launched another US ad attacking Apple Macs, featuring a student trying to find the best value computer for $1,500.

YouGov profits plummet to £363,000

LONDON – YouGov’s pre-tax profits have slumped from £3m to £363,000 for the six months to January 31 after the group’s costs grew more than its revenues.

Viennapaint

Superbe studio de post-production et de retouche numérique Vienna Paint basé en Autriche, et composé d’une dizaine d’artistes. Des photographies et montages 3D pour des sociétés comme BMW, Smirnoff ou Siemens. Galerie complète disponible dans la suite.



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FX UK hires Quiet Storm

LONDON – TV channel FX UK has appointed Quiet Storm to handle its advertising account.

Postopolis, Day 2

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Second day of the blogathon in Los Angeles. I’ve lost my notes and my memory is not that great. Still, here’s for you a couple of architecture wonders, a strange floating landscape that makes pollution glow, and a project to turn America into a commune continue

ADivertido | The Best Ad Agency Website 2009

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O que adianta uma agência de publicidade querer vender boas soluções online, se o seu próprio site não for digno de uma presença diferenciada e atrativa, na web?! Todos nós sabemos que um website é a identidade, ou melhor, o cartão de visita virtual de uma empresa.

Foi pensando nessa busca por quem está conseguindo se destacar, que eu resolvi formular um mini concurso colaborativo, que batizei de “The Best Ad Agency Website“. Aqui, você, leitor(a) do ADivertido, poderá indicar qual é o melhor site de agência de publicidade do Brasil e do Mundo, na sua opinião.

Caso você queira participar, será necessário enviar, por e-mail, o endereço do site de uma agência brasileira, e o endereço do site de uma agência estrangeira, ambos que você considere os “the best of“.

Além do seu simples voto/indicação, gostaria que você mandasse uma pequena “defesa” que define o(s) porquê(s) dessa sua escolha.

Participe! Envie um e-mail para: adivertido@gmail.com e aguarde o resultado ;-)

Guten Touch, instalación interactiva

“Designed for the Red Bull Music Academy 08, Guten Touch is an interactive art installation that involves people into a natural relationship with technology.”

I totaly love this and it goes so well with Sigur Rós music!

Press Gazette to close after more than 40 years

LONDON – Wilmington, the business media company, is closing Press Gazette, the monthly trade magazine for journalists, and will stop providing news content on its website.

Press Gazette to close after 40 years

LONDON – Press Gazette, the monthly trade magazine for journalists, is to close after more than 40 years.

Probing Religious Minds for Branding Secrets


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — In an admittedly controversial undertaking, Martin Lindstrom's consumer brain-scanning project has probed the "branding" secrets of Christianity. The findings were a major part of his recent Buyology Symposium in New York. There, he presented data correlations between 12 cult-like brands, including Harley Davidson and Ferrari, and the emotional drivers of the world's largest religion.

Drummond Madell hires ex-Evo CEO as partner

LONDON – Former Evo CEO Nick Johnson has joined research specialist Drummond Madell as partner.

Hotspot Shield: Destroyer of Google, Yahoo and NBC?

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Consider, for a moment, what would happen if the identities, geographies and surfing histories of a large number of internet users suddenly became invisible.

Quiet Storm appointed to FX Channel roster

LONDON – TV channel FX UK has appointed Quiet Storm to its advertising roster, it announced today.

Orange looks to pick up Project Kangaroo technology

LONDON – Mobile phone operator Orange is looking at buying the technology developed for Project Kangaroo, the proposed online TV venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide that was blocked by the Competition Commission, according to reports.