Government rejects MPs proposals for curbing alcohol marketing

LONDON – The government has rejected the health select committee’s recommendations on curbing alcohol promotion, but has launched a cross-departmental review on the potential harm of drinks marketing on children and young people.

Adidas launches follow up to House Party with Channel 4

LONDON – Adidas is to launch its new starred-studded ad featuring David Beckham, Snoop Dogg, Noel Gallagher and Agyness Deyn on Channel 4 this evening.

Did SXSW Really Suck This Year?

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It seems there’s a lot of negative reaction to this year’s SXSW.
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Ford Brings Theater to Argentina’s Countryside in Tales of Magic Realism


BUENOS AIRES (AdAge.com) — Tapping into Latin America's literary tradition of magic realism, Ford Motor Co. is bringing wondrous tales along with trucks to little-used theaters in rural Argentina. Ford and its agency JWT were inspired to write plays by the launch of the latest Ford Ranger compact pickup, because there wasn't much to say about the truck itself.

ISBA Conference: ITV is looking at pay TV, confirms Howell

LONDON – ITV, the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, is exploring possibilities surrounding pay-TV models, its managing director of brand and commercial Rupert Howell confirmed today.

Crozier to earn at least £3.2m over three years after Grade takes home £2.1m

LONDON – Adam Crozier, the new chief executive of ITV, will receive at least £3.2m over the next three years, while former executive chairman Michael Grade earned more than £2.1m last year.

Location-Based F**K?

Quem me conhece pessoalmente sabe da minha recente empolgação com uma rede social em particular, o Foursquare, já bastante comentado por aqui em ações interessantes e nas reuniões da equipe do B#9 no que diz respeito ao seu uso, como deixá-lo ainda melhor, etc.

Certa vez, lembro de comentarmos, em tom de piada, quem seria a primeira pessoa a dar um check-in em locais como prostíbulos, motéis, surubas, etc.

Como se pôde ver no próprio Foursquare, nossas dúvidas não demoraram muito para serem respondidas: eis as localidades de uma sauna na Rua Bela Cintra, um American Bar na Rua Augusta e um motel de São Paulo.

Para ajudar os nossos embaixadores do amor nas redes sociais, surgiu recentemente o I Just Made Love, um site (com seus devidos aplicativos para Android e iPhone) para você registrar via GPS o local onde você está e contar alguns detalhes sobre o sexo que você praticou ali:

Apesar do tema, o site é realmente muito bom, e pede localização até em sua versão online (acorda, Foursquare). Sei lá se eu lembraria de pegar meu celular após o coito para falar um pouco a respeito disso para o mundo, mas se tem gente que faz (ou finge fazer) isso, que mal tem, não é?

Os recentes lançamentos de sites como este, o ChatRoulette, o PornYourSelf e estas amostras retiradas do Foursquare estão aí para nos dizer alguma coisa: Internet is for porn. E o porn está virando 2.0 e Geosocial. =)


Dobrow Rolls His Eyes at New York Times’ Style Magazine


Has anyone besides the pricey-pants advertisers who keep it solvent taken a look at T: The New York Times Style Magazine lately? Perhaps at one point the mag was a smudgier, slightly more articulate Vogue, but it has long since passed Monocle on its way down the inadvertent-satire food chain. Basically, T has become Zoolander: The Magazine.

Nurses Are Not Sex Objects, Dammit!

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A bus company is pimping its Royal Hospital route using the headline, “Ooooh matron!” accompanied by an image of a woman wearing a nurses outfit easily classified as less utilitarian.
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Einstein Bros. Bagels Taps YR, Chicago, as Agency of Record


CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Einstein Bros. Bagels has hired Y&R, Chicago, as its agency of record following a review that included three other agencies. Media spending is estimated at $8 million to $10 million annually, which would be a significant jump for a company that spent less than $500,000 last year, according to Kantar Media.

Alex Bogusky Agrees to Facebook Fan Page ‘Ransom’ Demand

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Six months ago, two dudes from Twenty Three Engagement Marketing created a Facebook fan page using Alex Bogusky’s name.
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GGRP Sound: Cardboard Record Player

A record player created from a piece of corrugated cardboard that folds into an envelope. Once assembled, a record can be spun on the player with a pencil. The vibrations go trough the needle and are amplified in the cardboard material. The players were sent out to creative directors across North America as a creative demonstration of GGRP’s sound engineering capabilities.

Advertising Agency: Grey Canada, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Director: Geoff Dawson
Art Director: Andrew McKinley
Copywriter: Geoff Dawson
Illustrator: Andrew McKinley
Additional Credits: Dennis Isaacson
Published: March 2010


House-Controlling Apps – The Savant Home Automation System is Better Than a Butler (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Do you wish you could control every aspect of your house from one room? Have you ever even thought of such a thing? Well, in case you did have fantasies about regulating every facet of home life at the…

Minha mãe está no Facebook

Mom Facebook

Foi-se o tempo que o Facebook era um terreno livre, um santuário virtual, para se falar e compartilhar o que quiser. Agora você precisa tormar cuidado com o seu chefe, namorada e, principalmente, com a sua mãe.

Criado pelo grupo Back Of The Glass, o vídeo abaixo é um hino hair metal dedicado a todas aquelas coisas que a sua mãe não deveria ler sobre você no Facebook, e muito menos comentar no seu perfil, publicando fotos de quando você era criança e te convidando para o FarmVille e Mafia Wars.

Em pouco mais de um dia, já foram 205 mil views. E sua mãe também já te achou no Twitter.

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One Billion Bikini-Clad Babes Frightened by Bad Eyewear

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As we recover from our post-SXSW stupor, we’re playing catch up on the idiocy we’ve missed since partying ourselves into oblivion on sixth street.
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Rugged Recliners – The Quinze Milan Furniture Collection Features Some Camp-Ready Pieces (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I don’t think I’ve ever laid my eyes on a nicer piece of camping equipment than this couch. Of course, it’s not for outdoor use, but it sure looks like it belongs in the woods. Imagine having this baby…

Ícones patrocinados no Google Maps

Google Maps Sponsored Icons

Na Austrália, o Google anunciou um novo formato comercial dentro do Google Maps. São os ícones patrocinados.

Será possível destacar a localização de um estabelecimento no mapa, customizando o ícone padrão que sinaliza os pontos de interesse.

Empresas que tiverem a intenção de patrocinar os ícones, devem preencher esse formulário. Mas lembre-se, ainda é só na Austrália.

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Your Mom is on Facebook

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The horror!
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Aegis Names CEO, Reports Revenue Down 9.7% for ’09


LONDON (AdAge.com) — Aegis Group has announced a $268 million bond issue to raise money for acquisitions in the U.S. and China, and also promoted Jerry Buhlmann, CEO of Aegis Media EMEA (the region covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa), to CEO of Aegis Group, starting May 1. At its annual results meeting this morning, London-based Aegis announced a 9.7% fall in organic revenue, which excludes currency fluctuations, acquisitions and sales, to $2.06 billion in 2009.

Adidas Originals | The Street Where Originality Lives

Adidas Originals

A Adidas continua com a sua festa de pessoas famosas e descoladas, mas agora nas ruas. Tem de David Beckham a Snoop Dogg, de Fernando Verdasco a Noel Gallagher. É a sequência de “House Party”, de 2008.

Perceba que esse filme conta com diversas cenas utilizadas no comercial da linha “Star Wars”.

A criação é da Sid Lee.

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