Volkswagen promotes Commercials Vehicles through integrated campaign

LONDON – Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is launching an integrated advertising campaign to underline the car company’s position as a leading manufacturer of commercial vehicles.

Bad News Could Be the Best Thing for Millennials


Do you remember when, not long ago, volumes of articles, books and even conferences were springing up attempting to teach the "old-school" business community how to best manage our fragile self-esteem and fickle career decisions? I don't know about you, but it had me more than a little embarrassed. That's why I hope the current economy and accompanying hardships will do more than scare us. I hope they will knock a little sense into us too.

Flickr loves Twitter as photogs embrace the iPhone

LONDON – Photo sharing site Flickr has announced its service is now fully integrated with Twitter, while Apple’s iPhone is close to overtaking Canon as the most widely used camera device on the Flickr website.

SAAB: Sleep Attack

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Advertising Agency: Thename, Rome, Italy
Creative Directors: Luca Albanese, Francesco Taddeucci
Art Director: Emanuele Pulvirenti
Copywriter: Filippo Testa
Photographer: Marco Biondi

Want Some Piping Hot Snoop in Your Bowl?


Last Friday on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien," Snoop Dogg used the opportunity to pitch a co-branded deal with Campbell Soup Co. for "Chicken Noodle Snoop" … "Holla at me Campbell!"

DLKW wins Govt employment rights campaign

LONDON – The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (formerly BERR) has awarded Delaney Lund Knox Warren the creative duties for its employment rights campaign.

De Clerck Admonishes Advertisers to ‘Listen, Listen, Listen’

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One of the most interesting people I met at Cannes last week was Herve de Clerck, who runs Ad Forum and Act Responsible.

Revolution Forum: Bogus brands have no place on Twitter

LONDON: Advertisers who tweet on behalf of their celebrity brand-icons are ‘bogus’ and have no place on Twitter, according to Nike’s marketing boss.

Future of Broadcasting: Hulu makes UK ‘number one’ priority

LONDON – Hulu, the US online video giant backed by several Hollywood studios, has confirmed the service will launch in the UK soon, adding the UK is the company’s “number one” priority for international expansion.

Co-founder Chen departs YouTube

LONDON – YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has left the video-sharing site to undertake special projects at parent company Google.

Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge

Bel univers pleins de symboles et de couleurs pour le nouveau clip et single “Audacity of Huge”, extrait du prochain album de Simian Mobile Disco. En featuring avec Chris Keating et dirigé par Kate Moross & Jo Apps. A découvrir en HD dans la suite.



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Future of Broadcasting: ITV looks to micropayment funding models

LONDON – ITV is examining micropayment models as it looks for new revenue streams to offset the decline in its core advertising income.

The paintball machine gun

A new viral video with a huge paintball machine that is shooting on a boat… Advertiser: http://www.mooiuitzicht.com

Close the door to touch yourself with iPhone

A great interactive banner using an iPhone and promoting a song. please click here to access the banner and slide to unlock! Advertiser: iPhone Apple Created by Dave Minty

Children become authors via new Puffin website

LONDON – Puffin Books is encouraging children to create their own stories, comics, treasure maps and even pop-up books, which can be shared online with friends, or printed out.

Wallinger gathers multi-disciplined team to form planning consultancy

LONDON – John Wallinger, one of the DM industry’s best-known agency data planners, has launched The Associates of The Marketing Planning Practice, formed with consultants whose careers span agencies such as OgilvyOne, Joshua and Mindshare.

Vibe closes magazine and website

NEW YORK – American music and entertainment magazine Vibe, set-up by record producer Quincy Jones, is ceasing publication in print and on the web after 16 years as “the black version of Rolling Stone” although its founder is battling to keep it alive online.

Campaign video – Interview with Dave Droga

LONDON – The founder of Droga 5 took time out at Cannes Lions 2009 to talk to Campaign about his role as chairman of the Titanium and Integrated Awards jury.

Airey comtemplates new relationships with advertisers and rivals

LONDON – The economic downturn has forced Five to look at “recasting its relationship with advertisers”, and to contemplate “new and different sorts of partnerships” with rival broadcasters, according to chairman and chief executive Dawn Airey.

Twiggy signs as face of Olay

LONDON – Twiggy is set to star in a new ad campaign for Olay, nearly 25 years after the model was first signed as the face of the brand.