Mars Moves Global Creative Duties for Twix to TBWA From SapientNitro


Jonathan Burley quits Leo Burnett to join CHI & Partners

LONDON – CHI & Partners has hired Jonathan Burley, the executive creative director of Leo Burnett, as its new executive creative director.

Creepy Tobacco Dudes Kicks Bunny Out of His Home

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Well here’s a new way to convince people to stop smoking.
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Bmi to re-introduce British Midland branding

LONDON – Lufthansa-owned airline bmi is to begin using its former brand name British Midland International as part of a wider relaunch of the business.

Patrons Handed $73,000 Bar Tab, Think Twice About Driving Home

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Trying to convince people about the perils of drunk driving has always been a challenge.
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British Prime Minister Criticizes Newspaper Pay Walls


LONDON (AdAge.com) — British Prime Minster Gordon Brown has stood up to Rupert Murdoch in an attack on one of Mr. Murdoch's priorities: pay walls for news websites. "I don't think you are going to be able to put things behind pay walls in the way that people think," Mr. Brown said.

Chinese Consumers Protest KFC Promotion Fiasco


SHANGHAI (AdAge.com) — An April sales promotion involving coupons downloaded from China's largest e-commerce site has left KFC scrambling to recover from a PR fiasco after consumers tried to redeem versions of the coupon copied by other sites.

Books are dead and boring viral video

A simple viral video about the future of publishing and the books.

The video is using a simple trick creating a reversible speech.

If you read it from top to bottom it will say the opposite as from bottom to top.

This is the same concept as for the election speech in South[…]

Manet’s Barmaid + Samsung 3D LED TV = Ginormous Breasts

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So how do you promote 3D television technology? With huge breasts of course.
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A snake swallowing its own tail / Bus Répétita!

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THE ORIGINAL?
Copenhaguen Zoo Ambient – 2009
Source : Adsoftheworld, Fubiz,
Agency : Bates & Werksette (Denmark)
LESS ORIGINAL :
Le Choc des Titans / Clash of the Titans – Ambient – 2010
Source : via Paper-Plane
Agency : Unknown, please help! (Paris, France)
Une idée qui revient en boucle… et ce n’est pas “cracher son venin” que d’affirmer qu’il ne peut s’agir que d’un plagiat, tant l’originale a circulée sur le web. Où alors il en va de cette idée comme de baucoup d’autres, il s’agît d’un “serpent de mer” (Définition : “un sujet qui revient régulièrement dans l’actualité”)… ou plutôt (comme le dit @p8perplane sur son blog) du serpent qui se mord la queue!

Ramsey takes MD role at digital agency 20:20

LONDON – Matt Ramsey, InboxDMG’s managing director, has been appointed to head the Digital Marketing Group’s new digital agency, 20:20.

Nipple Slips, Cinnabon Destresses Tax Payers

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For those who love to spot nipple slips in YouTube videos, here’s one for you from Forrest Bob Underwear.
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ITV and Facebook compete with ‘rate the TV debate’ real-time polling

LONDON – ITV and Facebook will be vying for the attention of the online audience watching ITV’s coverage of the first live televised General Election debate tomorrow night, with both attempting to gauge people’s response to what they see on TV.

Rugby Promo Disguised as PSA

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Covent Garden London, 50 undercover actors, 7 hidden cameras, 3 bananas. 1 song, 1 club, 1 cause.
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Schoolgirl Stockings – ‘Dancer in the Dream’ in Vogue China May 2010 is Quite Pretty (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Famous supermodel Natalia Vodianova looks as fabulous as ever in this relaxed and simple shoot inside Vogue China May 2010. Entitled ‘Dancer in the Dream’ this spread features the stunning Russian beauty…

BSkyB expands the reach of Sky Player

LONDON – BSkyB has signed a deal with a third manufacturer to offer its internet TV service Sky Player through integrated set-top boxes this summer.

Sky accuses Ofcom of misguided market distortion

LONDON – Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, threatens to rip the value out of content creation and manipulate and distort the UK’s TV marketplace, according to Sky’s chief executive Jeremy Darroch today.

Sky accuses Ofcom of market distortion for its own ends

Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, threatens to rip the value out of content creation and manipulate and distort the UK’s TV marketplace, according to Sky’s chief executive Jeremy Darroch today.

BBC says 6 Music will not rebrand as BBC Radio 2 Extra

LONDON – The BBC has moved to quash reports that the threatened digital station BBC 6 Music could be rebranded as BBC Radio 2 Extra.

Help Clean Up New York



The Advertising Club of Young Professionals will be continuing its networking and outreach efforts at the annual New York Cares Hands On Day on April 24. That Saturday, the group will join 5,000 New York Cares volunteers to give the city a spring "greening."