Hasta La Creative!

LONDON – 100 people from across Europe will compete in a 24-hour silent disco tonight, as part of a campaign to promote the new Samsung BEAT DJ mobile phone.

LONDON – Gordon Brown’s use of YouTube to unveil policy initiatives has been criticised by a House of Lords report into the Parliamentary Standards Bill.

LONDON – Twitter should win the Nobel Peace Prize for the role it played during recent civil unrest in Iran, according to a former US national security adviser.

LONDON – HSBC has appointed Brendan Cook to a new role overseeing all marketing across the bank’s Personal Finance division.

LONDON – The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been criticised by politicians and a consumer watchdog in a torrid week for the regulator.

Coup de cœur pour le style très graphique et le bel univers de l’artiste Gary Fernández, avec une mise à jour de ses travaux sur son portfolio en ligne. Actuellement en exposition à Shanghai.

LONDON – The collapse of recruitment ad agency Barkers and its sister company, HR communications firm TCS, has sent shockwaves through the recruitment ad industry, with one observer likening it to “MediaCom going bust in the display area”.

LONDON – IPC, the UK magazine publisher, is launching a new cookery title, Dinner Tonight, in a bid to establish itself in the home-cooking field against rivals such as BBC Magazines and H Bauer.

LONDON – SunTalk, the News International-owned online-only radio station, has expanded its remit to include Spain, as the brand looks to tap into the large number of holidaymakers and expats living in the country.

LONDON – Optical retailer Specsavers has become the first sponsor of Sky’s on-screen tracking system, Hawk-Eye, used by cricket commentators to analyse the action in greater depth.