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LONDON – The UK division of Joost, the online video-on-demand service launched by the duo behind Skype and Kazaa, has gone into liquidation.

LONDON – IPC’s music weekly NME has launched an iPhone app that enables music lovers to download exclusive photos of rock stars.

Michelin launched its first global advertising campaign last week to shine its headlights on Michelin’s USP high beams, illuminating the many benefits derived from its distinguishing characteristics. Its theme, “The right tire changes everything,” aims to drive this point home.

Michelin tires simultaneously deliver enhanced braking power, greater longevity, and superior fuel efficiency. The campaign illustrates by using the right tires, consumers can reduce fuel consumption, increase safety, and extend tread life.

The campaign features the iconic Michelin man, Bibendum, in an animated world, assisting troubled motorists and replacing their defective tires with Michelin tires, which he pulls from his body. I know what you’re thinking: Why can’t I get rid of the tires around my waist as easily as Bibendum? To answer that, you’ll have to take the advice of Esurance’s ad campaign, and “get animated.” Bibendum apparently has all the answers.

Created by TBWA, a New York-based agency that gained Michelin’s worldwide account last summer, Michelin’s campaign will appear across TV, print, and online outlets in the United States first, then in Europe and Asia in early 2010, and in Africa, the Middle East, India, and South America at a later date. The U.S. campaign features an enhanced digital strategy that introduces the official Michelin Man Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Visit michelinman.com/the-right-tire for more information.

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Advertising Agency: DDB, Milan, Italy
Creative Directors: Francesco Taddeucci, Luca Albanese
Art Director: Alessandro Campani
Copywriter: Stefano Guidi
Photographer: Stefano Morini
Published: October 2009

LONDON – Ofcom has no plans to launch an investigation into Dannii Minogue’s off-the-cuff remark about the sexuality of ‘X Factor’ contestant Danyl Johnson despite receiving 4,000 complaints.

Des superbes installations et peintures murales par l’artiste italien Esther Stocker. Un travail autour du minimalisme et de la géométrie en noir et blanc, avec ces sols, murs et plafonds remplis d’éléments graphiques en 2D et 3D. Plus d’images dans la suite.

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LONDON – Tesco is in talks with agencies ahead of a review of its £80 million UK media planning and buying account.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Interpublic Group of Cos. is about to pull the trigger on a merger of its agencies Lowe Worldwide and Deutsch that will do away with the Lowe brand in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.

Na comédia “Encontro de Casais” (Couples Retreat), que estreou semana passada nos EUA, quatro casais vão passar férias em um resort no Tahiti na tentativa de salvaram seus casamentos. No filme, escrito e interpretado por Jon Favreau (diretor de “Homem de Ferro”) e Vince Vaughn, o personagem Dave é um vendedor de games, mais especificamente da franquia “Guitar Hero”.

O que mais seria preciso para colocar na trama um grande product placement do jogo? Só o dinheiro da Activision, obviamente. E foi exatamente o que empresa fez após tomar conhecimento do roteiro.

Vaughn e Favreau escreveram uma cena específica para promover “Guitar Hero 5″, o último título da série. Nela, Dave aparece jogando “Guitar Hero” (e não o 5, mas o 3 ¬¬) no telão do resort os amigos e funcionários do local.

Segundo a Activision, a parceria com a Universal Pictures pretende mostrar a milionária franquia musical para não-gamers, além de fincar ainda mais os pés do produto no alicerce da cultura pop. E claro, também uma maneira de fazer frente ao concorrente “Rock Band”.

E já que Jon Favreau se disse fã de “Guitar Hero”, o sonho da Activision (que pode ser realizado com dinheiro) é que o Homem de Ferro (2) também dê uma jogadinha.

Apesar da bilheteria considerável no fim de semana de estreia (34 milhões de dólares), “Encontro de Casais” amarga apenas 15% de críticas positivas, segundo o RottenTomatoes. Assista a cena-merchandising de “Guitar Hero” abaixo:

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To demonstrate the ability of intense Clorets Eliminator to target and eliminate foodstuffs that create foul-smelling breath, we hung target posters of the offenders in supermarket aisles. The concentric circles naturally found in these foodstuffs created to perfect link to the traditional target.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Cape Town, South Africa
Executive Creative Director: Chris Gotz
Art Director: Mike Lees-Rolfe-Ginger
Copywriter: Peri van Papendorp