Painkiller ads superimposed on live Israeli Champions League action

LONDON – The Israeli agency Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R superimposed ads for Optalgin painkillers over the action during last night’s live Uefa Champions League final on Israeli TV.

Eat the road Jack!

A relly cool advertising campaign for Nissan in 3 print ads. This earth is sliced as a piece of cake you want to eat! Her is a nice serie of campaigns for Nissan: City danger for the nissan qashqai car Flying car Space Car recollection Car labyrinth Mond@y > crocodile < mond@y Key art t-rex [...]

WPP shareholders urged to reject bonus scheme

LONDON – A corporate governance body has called on WPP shareholders to reject the company’s proposed bonus scheme, which could see its chief executive, Sir Martin Sorrell, earn £60 million over the next five years.

Book publisher creates films and podcasts for novel push

LONDON – Hodder & Stoughton is promoting the new David Nicholls novel ‘One Day’ with a series of viral videos and downloadable podcasts which form a “web story”.

Alan Davies promoted to chief strategy officer at LBi

LONDON – Digital marketing agency LBi has promoted Alan Davies, group strategy director, to the executive management team as chief strategy officer.

Nude Skincare launches e-commerce site

LONDON – Natural skincare range Nude, founded by Bryan Meehan, the eco-entrepreneur behind Fresh & Wild, and backed by Ali Hewson, wife of U2 front man Bono, has launched a new e-commerce website.

Yahoo continues talks with Microsoft to sell part of the company

LONDON – Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz has said the company is still talking with Microsoft over a possible deal to sell part of the company, although she insisted that a deal is not close.

Leggy Tourist Editorials – Terry Richardson Takes (Vogue) Paris by Storm (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The new June/July 2009 issue of Vogue Paris is packed with goodies. In addition to the romantic Bruce Weber and sinister Steven Meisel editorials, Terry Richardson injects the issue with a sense of movement…

Reckitt Benckiser reviews global media ahead of digital expansion

LONDON – Reckitt Benckiser, owner of brands Vanish, Veet, Clearasil and Dettol, has called a review of its global media planning and buying arrangements, estimated at £800m.

LG Electronics uses experiential roadshow to demystify TV buying

LONDON – LG Electronics is trying to demystify the process of buying a TV with a UK tour aimed at educating consumers.

Global announces multimillion-pound sponsorship of The Big Top 40 Show

LONDON – Global Radio is to offer a multimillion-pound sponsorship of commercial radio’s new weekly chart show, The Big Top 40 Show, which will include what Global claims is the first advertising opportunity on Apple’s iTunes audio store.

Champions League final watched by 7.9m

LONDON – ITV1’s coverage of Manchester United’s 2-0 defeat by Barcelona in last night’s Champions League final drew 7.9m viewers, according to unofficial overnight figures.

TfL to back Bebo’s new Sofia’s Diary series

LONDON – Bebo’s online drama, Sofia’s Diary, is returning for a third season and will be sponsored solely by Transport for London.

Modern Warfare 2 Worldwide Reveal Trailer (Official HD)


Supermarket discounts jump to nearly a third of all sales

LONDON – Supermarkets continue to lure shoppers with discount offers, according to data released by market research company Nielsen.

MPG wins £6m Admiral Group business

LONDON – Admiral Group, the insurance company behind Admiral, Bell Direct, Diamond, and Elephant.co.uk, has awarded its £6m media business to Havas Media’s MPG after a three-way pitch against MediaCom North and Feather Brooksbank.

Morrisons gains ground in supermarket battle; Tesco loses share

LONDON – Morrisons has clocked up year-on-year growth of 7.9% in the three months to 17 May, taking its market share up to 11.6% compared to 11.4% last year.

Yahoo! chief wants ‘boatloads of money’ for search deal

NEW YORK – Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz has revealed that the internet firm is still talking to software giant Microsoft about a partnership around search, but stressed she would hold out for a good deal.

Chair Alphabet

Par le designer Eric Ku cette “One and Three Chair” est une redefinition du concept de la chaise utilisant un alphabet typographique. Chaque lettre permet d’assembler et de construire la chaise. Une idée fortement inspiré par l’artiste contemporain et américain Joseph Kosuth.



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Telegraph Media Group creates new reader insight unit to develop revenues

LONDON – The Telegraph Media Group (TMG), publishers of The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, is creating a new research department to study reader behaviour and explore new revenue opportunities. The group is hailing the new Research, Insight & Strategy Hub as “an innovative move away from the traditional newspaper research department”.