LONDON – Interpublic Group, the holding company that owns Lowe, McCann Erickson, Universal McCann and Initiative, has recorded a net loss of $70.3 million for the first quarter.
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Advertising Agency: Y&R, Johannesburg, South Africa
Chief Creative Officer: Michael Blore
Executive Creative Director: Liam Wielopolski
Art Directors: Alison Stansfield, Mbuso Ndlovu
Copywriters: Ian Franks, Sebastian Schneider
LONDON – Holiday Inn, the InterContinental Hotels Group-owned hotel chain, is returning to UK television advertising after eight years as part of a £65m global campaign to relaunch the brand.
(TrendHunter.com) David Morales Colón must have really, really loved riding motorcycles. His wake featured his casually dressed corpse sitting on top of his motorcycle. Cool.
Body viewings are usually somber occasions.…
LONDON – Best Buy has opened an advertising war with Currys ahead of the opening of its first UK store tomorrow (30 April), with a national press ad advising consumers to ‘demand’ Currys’ lowest price.
LONDON – Starcom MediaVest Group has integrated its investment teams and appointed the group TV trading director, John Davidson, to a new role overseeing all trading.
LONDON – JWT London is launching a technology business called JWT Experience, which will work on developing effective communications across technology platforms for brands.
LONDON – Breast Cancer Campaign, the UK breast cancer research charity, is looking for an agency to handle its consolidated advertising business.
LONDON – Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s ‘bigot’ gaffe dominates the national headlines today, alongside a raft of freebies on offer to readers.
LONDON – Mailroom and logistics solutions supplier Neopost has appointed data company Market Location to provide ongoing analysis for its customer acquisition programme.
LONDON – Iris has poached LBi’s director of strategy and planning, Christian Purser, to head its digital planning team.
LONDON – Frosty Jack’s Cider has appointed Chick Smith Trott to handle its integrated advertising account, following a pitch against TBWA\Manchester and Driven.
LONDON – Lord’s, the London cricket ground owned by the Marylebone Cricket Club, has appointed Amp London to its advertising business.
LONDON – The BBC is to use its website and Facebook fan page to augment its coverage of the final televised election debate between prime ministerial hopefuls Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg tonight.
LONDON – The owners of Absolute Radio have settled an 18-month legal dispute with the owner of the Swedish vodka brand Absolut, which sued the radio station for infringement of copyright.
LONDON – Ginsters, the brand famous for its pies and Cornish pasties, is set to appoint Grey London to handle its £2 million advertising account.
LONDON – The release of ‘Date Night’ helped mental health charity Time To Change’s cinema campaign deliver 650,023 impacts last weekend, according to estimated figures from Digital Cinema Media.
LONDON – Center Parcs is looking for an agency to handle its £2 million advertising account.
Amnesty International supporters have used the power of words to demand freedom and justice for countless human rights defenders around the world. Our words are proof that when you stand up for human rights, you never stand alone.
Production Company (Animation): Curious Pictures
Director: Rohitash Rao
Director of Photography: David Griffiths
Producer: Pamela Mahan
Voice over: Nazanin Boniadi
Music: Elias Arts
Production Company (Introduction): Pictures in a Row
Director: Peter Lang
Producer: Andrew Halpern
Spokesperson: Morgan Freeman
LONDON – Jaguar Land Rover has appointed Work Club to handle a global digital brief to promote one of the company’s marques.
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