Thanks H&L: What Gives Regarding McDonald’s?

 

Ah, fuck it, you know what, let’s tell you that even though the agency now known as H&L Partners (formerly Hoffman Lewis) was not allowed to comment on the matter after 24 hours of inquiries, here you go regarding. We’ll be constructive on the matter but seriously, here’s what we were told regarding word that the agency picked up a little regional biz for the fast-food giant: “As soon as I can share publicly, I’ll let you know.” Yeah, that didn’t happen until  the local Biz Journals reported about the McDonald’s win in the B0ston-based area. You know, we don’t want to sound bitter, so we”ll leave it be, but the agency formerly known as Hoffman Lewis has taken over on the Mickey D’s biz from Arnold. Thank you, H&L, for your lack of feedback and complete incompetence.

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Hidden Gun Safe Couches – This Couch Safe Will Keep You and Your Property Protected (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This couch safe has been designed with ultimate safety in mind, and if you own this sofa you can feel a little bit more comfortable in your own home.

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Can Ben Affleck Beat Prior Box Office Numbers for Batman?


Less than a year ago, Gawker-owned blog i09 posted a photo of every Batman actor in history’s face morphed into a single Bruce Wayne. It was rather beautiful, but it’s going to have to go back to the drawing board with the announcement that Ben Affleck will succeed Christian Bale in the role of the caped crusader.

Mr. Affleck’s version of “Batman” will star opposite Henry Cavill as Superman in the sequel to this summer’s “Man of Steel.” When that film bows in July 2015, it’ll be the first time the two comic book characters have appeared in a movie together.

There will no doubt be curiosity around what Affleck can bring to the character. He’s best known for gripping Boston-based dramas; he had one attempt as a superhero with “Daredevil.” Does he have a shot at topping some of the previous “Batman” box office records with the superhuman power of Superman as a co-star?

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Written Room

L’artiste iranienne Parastou Forouhar, aujourd’hui vivant en Allemagne, crée des installations in situ, investissant l’espace d’inscriptions en Farsi. En s’appropriant murs et sols qu’elle orne de sa langue natale, l’artiste construit un pont entre les deux cultures qui l’habitent. Un magnifique projet à découvrir.

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Lowe Campbell Ewald for SXSW 2014: ‘We’re Moving to Detroit and So Should You’

After a change in leadership and rebrand earlier this summer, Lowe Campbell Ewald is putting their weight behind the bankrupt city they call home: Detroit. Creative Director Iain Lanivich says, “Does it bother us that Detroit went bankrupt? Not really. What matters is that it’s rich in creativity, innovation, and inspiration. So come join us…in defining the future of Detroit.” Next year, Campbell will move 600+ employees to Detroit, though it’s unclear where they’ll be moving from and what other incentives are involved (hopefully a free full body puffer coat for the Michigan winter, at least).

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Benefit: homens de verdade não fingem

Se você já leu ou assistiu a algum tutorial de maquiagem, já deve ter percebido que a mulherada tem uma obsessão declarada pelos chamados cílios de boneca. A maioria de nós quer ter cílios longos, volumosos e tão curvados quanto os de Betty Boop que, convenhamos, não é real. Sorte da indústria da beleza, que aproveita e até estimula esta ideia criando produtos capazes de entregar o efeito desejado de cílios falsos instantâneos. E é exatamente nesta “falsidade” que a marca de cosméticos Benefit resolveu mirar ao apresentar uma máscara que promete valorizar os cílios reais das mulheres, na campanha Real Men Don’t Fake.

Antes de apertar o play no vídeo acima, tente se lembrar de quantas vezes você já viu a mulher ser tratada como um objeto na publicidade de produtos de moda e beleza. Quantas vezes elas apareceram seminuas – quando não totalmente -, ou contracenando com homens prontos para consumi-las como se fossem um pedaço de carne? Você ficou incomodado? Agora inverta os papeis e coloque homens no lugar de mulheres e vice-versa.

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Preciso ser sincera e dizer que, na primeira vez em que assisti a este vídeo, achei simplesmente idiota. Afinal, que mulher em sã consciência usaria uma máscara para cílios guardada na cueca alheia, mesmo que fosse o pacote (hein, hein) de alguma celebridade (os famosos: quem?), como dizia a descrição. Mas isso foi até os segundos finais, quando apareceu a seguinte frase:

“Rir é o melhor cosmético”

E isso faz total sentido. Lá fui eu dar uma nova chance e tudo começou a ficar mais claro. Não é idiota, pelo contrário. A agência Portal A fez uma jogada inteligente ao inverter os papeis aos quais estamos acostumados. Só que, para que tudo isso fizesse sentido, apostou no humor ao comparar os cílios femininos ao genital masculino, que aparece diversas vezes em close. Afinal, tanto as mulheres quanto os homens parecem estar preocupados demais somente com o tamanho de seus “atributos”, o que realmente é uma grande piada.

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Uma olhada rápida nos comentários, entretanto, comprovou que a maioria está preocupada demais em levar tudo tão a sério, que preferiu ignorar a piada. Teve quem classificou o filme de horroroso, nojento, estúpido, sexista, perda de tempo, querendo criar uma controvérsia… Mas o que vale, realmente, é que por mais tosco que tenha sido o tratamento dado, ele está conseguindo chamar a atenção. Algumas pessoas vão parar e pensar a respeito, outras não.

Uma boa máscara para cílios pode até ajudar a “abrir o olhar”, como costuma-se dizer. Mas no final fica a reflexão de que nenhum padrão de beleza deve ser levado tão a sério a ponto de nos cegar para o que realmente importa.

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Harley-Davidson bikers unite under Utah desert ‘super moon’

A secret shoot under the June “super moon” in the southern Utah desert was carried out to unveil the designs and technology used in the eight new motorcycles from Harley-Davidson’s Project Rushmore range.

Edinburgh TV Festival: Let viewers binge on TV shows, says Kevin Spacey

TV executives should let viewers “binge” on TV series because the “water cooler moment” has vanished, according to the actor, director and screenwriter Kevin Spacey in his MacTaggart lecture last night.

Dacia uses Gareth Bale’s Real Madrid transfer saga to push value message

Dacia is attempting to tap into the excitement around football’s transfer window with a Twitter campaign focusing on the affordability of its models.

Audi launches user-generated 3D microsite

Audi Germany has today launched a real-time interactive microsite that turns user-generated content on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram into a 3D visualization of the latest Audi R8.

The Times combined readership up 8%

The Times’ combined digital and print readership grew by almost eight per cent between February 2012 and April 2013, despite its print readership declining by two per cent, according to figures commissioned by its publisher News UK.

Real-Time Ad Spending Growing Faster Than Expected


Real time, automated digital ad buying is growing so fast, even the forecasts can’t keep up.

Revising its forecast up from earlier this year, eMarketer released a new report today predicting advertisers would spend more on real-time bidded (RTB) advertising in 2013 than originally estimated. The report put the total U.S. RTB spending in 2013 at $3.34 billion, up from the $3.32 billion eMarketer predicted in June. If the growth matches eMarketer’s expectations, RTB spending in the U.S. will increase by 73.9% over last year.

“The growth of ads bought using real-time bidding comes as more advertisers familiarize themselves with complex automated buying ecosystem, and seek to reach audiences through a more targeted, and — in some cases — cost-effective process,” said eMarketer in a statement accompanying the revised forecast.

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Airbnb to create short film made up entirely of fans’ Vines

Accommodation marketplace Airbnb.com is using Twitter to create a short film made up entirely of Vine videos shot by its followers.

Griffith Stepping Down as Head of UX at Proximity

Sources familiar with the matter confirm that Denis Griffith, who’s spent the last 18 months as head of user experience/experience CD at Atmosphere Proximity/BBDO, is parting ways with the agency. No word yet on his last day or if there are plans to replace, but from what we hear, Griffith is heading to Rupert Murdoch‘s turf to serve as VP of product and experience at News Corp (still awaiting confirmation on this). Prior to BBDO NY, Griffith spent a year as head of the UX department at Euro RSCG Life, which is now known as Havas Life, of course.

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Is Sears Holdings’ Loyalty Program Helping or Hurting It?


Sears Holdings says its Shop Your Way rewards program is working — very well in fact — but it hasn’t been enough to push the retailer into the black.

During the second quarter, the retailer, which operates Sears and Kmart, continued to offer traditional promotional discounts and spend on advertising, getting plenty of exposure from the popular, “Ship My Pants” and “Big Gas Savings” ads. It also took a hit as more Shop Your Way members redeemed points. The retailer reported a $194 million loss during the second quarter as same-store sales fell 1.5%.

Sears Holdings spokesman Chris Brathwaite said, over time, points and other Shop Your Way promotions will replace some traditional advertising programs. He declined to provide a specific time frame.

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Havas Media wins $150m Emirates’ global media account

Havas Media has won Emirates’ global media planning and buying account following a hotly contested review.

Al Jazeera America Makes Debut With Few National Advertisers


In its first days on the air, Al Jazeera America’s short commercial window has been dominated by promotions for the network itself and some direct-response ads. There are only a few national brands, including Gillette and ThermoSpas, that have bought time on the new cable news network.

Al Jazeera America has said it is strategically offering a reduced commercial load, with just about six minutes of commercials an hour. This compares with about 15 minutes on competitive networks. CEO Ehab Al Shihabi said the network wanted to keep the focus on unbiased, fact-based journalism and not clutter up the news with advertising.

While this may be true, it doesn’t look like top marketers are clamoring to be on the network, either. During the 3 p.m. hour Thursday, ads for ThermoSpas hot tubs, the Christopher Reeve Foundation and Gillette’s Fusion ProGlide razors and shave gel were placed between promos for Al Jazeera America programming.

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In Wake of Privacy Laws, Kids’ Sites See Ad Revenue Plummet


Changes to the children’s privacy-protection law are keeping kids’ site publishers awake at night. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act changes went into effect July 1, and since then some mom-and-pop sites providing games and educational resources say their ad revenue has tanked. The rule limits the ability of such sites to track children under age 13, thus preventing them from running behaviorally-targeted ads.

“I’m just like sitting on pins and needles,” said Judy Miller, founder of Apples4TheTeacher, a site featuring thousands of pages of educational resources for teachers and kids. Because it caters to teachers but also attracts children, the former elementary school teacher is unsure how the law affects her site.

“The law is so subjective for what is a kids’ site and what is a mixed site, it just has thrown me into a tailspin,” said Ms. Miller, who recently decided to spend several thousand dollars to have her site audited by privacy-services firm Truste in the hopes of determining how to handle the COPPA changes.

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Multi-platform ABCs: Sun bows out of open web with 31.7m browsers

News UK’s The Sun newsbrand ended its time as a free online news service with a 7.36% rise in monthly unique browsers, to 31,781,861, in July.

RKCR/Y&R wins VisitBritain advertising

Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R has won the creative advertising account for VisitBritain, the official tourism body of the UK.