AOP Summit 2009: maximising ad revenue and effectiveness

AOP SUMMIT – Publishers and media agencies must work more closely together to derive increased revenue from digital activity, delegates at the Association of Online Publishers 3C Summit were told today.

Outback Detergent + Infomercial = Subaru Promotion

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So…to sell cars you…promote a detergent?

PG to Launch Custom Beauty Magazine Rouge in U.S.



BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) — Procter & Gamble Co. is enlisting help from mommy bloggers as it makes over its custom-published quarterly Rouge beauty magazine from Canada for a full-scale U.S. launch expected to reach 11 million households in the two countries by next year.

Conservative government would force supermarkets to raise price of strong lager

LONDON – A Conservative government would increase the price of strong lager and alcopops and ban supermarkets from using alcohol as a loss leader.

World’s Worst ‘Viral’ Makes Debut

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OMFG. This has to be the worst “viral” ever created.

BBC receives 426 complaints about Strictly dancer

LONDON – The BBC has received 426 complaints about the racist remark made off-air by a ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ performer in the three days since the story broke.

Tattooed Beauty Queens – Alternative Miss World Fancy Chance Shows Why It’s Good to Be on the Fringe (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Beauty pagents were never my thing (with all of the manners, poise and feathered hair). I just couldn’t win one. But it seems all may not be lost for me, as illustrated by Alternative Miss World Fancy…

Conservative government likely to make cuts at COI

LONDON – A Conservative government would place the Ofcom and the COI under intense scrutiny under tough new proposals aimed at cutting Whitehall costs.

Google offers a lesson in browsing to promote Chrome

LONDON – Google has gone back to basics, launching a website and YouTube video to explain to the masses exactly what a browser is.

TBWA\Media Arts, Rapp and Wolff Olins win Skype global advertising

LONDON – Skype, the internet-based telecommunications company, has appointed TBWA\Media Arts London, Rapp and Wolff Olins to handle its £60 million global advertising account.

Dogs Are Pretty Smart But They Do Need Help With Birth Control

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Here’s an approach to doggy family planning we haven’t seen before.

Why Global CMOs Face Greater Challenges Than Traditional Marketers


Levi's Jaime Szulc and others in the global chief marketing spot have a challenging job. The global CMO must build long-term global marketing capability by driving a single global strategy, forcing organizational alignment, clarifying roles and responsibilities, safeguarding the consistency of the brand and accelerating speed to market, while building brand and marketing expertise across geographies.

Skype prepares for UK brand assault with agency hires

LONDON – Skype is set to unleash its largest UK branding drive to date following the appointment a trio of agencies – Wolff Olins, TBWA\ and Rapp.

Saudi Fuel’s “Fill It” prizes

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Advertising Agency: Pi Adv, Riyadh
Creative Director: Nader Adeeb
Art Director: Anas El Khateb
Copywriter: Taiseer Al Mofarej
Illustrator: Zuhair
Photographer: Mahmoud ElTawel

Via [AdsoftheWorld]

Beastiality, SM, Fetishes Encourage Open Mind For Film Festival

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You know those ratings that precede every movie you see in the theater? Well, the Vancouver International Film Festival has a new one.

Teachers Get ‘A Day Made Better’



One thousand teachers across the U.S. were honored Oct. 6 in the third annual A Day Made Better. OfficeMax, working with the nonprofit organization Adopt-a-Classroom, distributed $1 million in classroom supplies.

Fubiz Broadcast #49

Nouvelle sélection musicale, cette fois-ci du groupe Donovan à l’occasion de leur maxi Chord prévu pour le 12 octobre. Actuellement en première partie de la tournée de Vitalic, voici le 49ème numéro du Fubiz Broadcast toujours disponible en streaming et téléchargement dans la suite.

Fubiz Broadcast 49



Playlist FB49A emporter ici

  • Siriusmo – Let me in
  • Fake Blood – Fix your accent
  • Wolfgang Gartner – Fire power
  • Calvin Harris – The rain
  • Simian Mobile Disco – Synthesise
  • Zombie Nation – Mystery meat affair (Shadow dancer remix)
  • Donovan – Yo !
  • The Rapture – People don’t dance no more (Simian mobile disco remix)
  • Maluca – El tigeraso
  • Soulwax – Krack (Donovan -kicky- edit)
  • Donovan – Bang

Sélectionné par Donovan. Durée Totale : 33:20
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(TrendHunter.com) If you’re in the market for a Pikachu feminine pad, a roll of knitted toilet paper, a Frida Kahlo uterus pillow, or a piece of corn poo soap, Regretsy is your Mecca. Regretsy is a cheeky site looks and…

The Art of the Spectacular Fail


Our industry is one of the most self-congratulatory industries short of Hollywood. There are award shows for every success in our industry, every market, every town, for every pixel that was ever touched by a creative person. There are top 10 lists, charts and metrics galore that illustrate just what a big deal our agency's creations are. Yet maybe we should be celebrating failures instead.

Done in by a Van Damme Claim: U.K. Bans Vitaminwater Ads


LONDON (AdAge.com) — Coca-Cola Great Britain's poster campaign for Glaceau Vitaminwater has been banned in the U.K. because they make misleading claims about the drink's health benefits, according to regulatory agency Advertising Standards Authority, which reviewed complaints against the ads.