New York Council Speaker Keeps a Low Profile Everywhere but on Twitter

The Twitter feed of Melissa Mark-Viverito is an unfiltered, unruly stream of musings and irritations, and sometimes loopy observations.

    

5 changes to the media business since Twitter launched

Eight years ago when Twitter launched, citizen journalism was still in its infancy, last week robo-journalism was mooted as a very real prospect for algorithm based stories on earthquakes. The differences in the media business pre and post-Twitter are stark, Mindshare provides five more examples.

Direct Line appoints Saatchi & Saatchi to £45m ad account

Direct Line has appointed Saatchi & Saatchi to its £46 million ad account, ending its relationship with M&C Saatchi.

Leagas Delaney secures global Penfolds brief

Leagas Delaney has won the global creative account for Australian brand Penfolds, part of the Treasury Wine Estates stable, after a closed-door competitive pitch.

Pepsi Max makes commuters jump with alien invasions and tigers at London bus shelter

An alien space invasion, tigers running loose, a giant tentacle emerging from the depths of the underground and a giant robot destroying buildings with laser beams in its eyes: this bus stop has it all.

DLKW Lowe wins British Heart Foundation ad account

DLKW Lowe has picked up the advertising account for the British Heart Foundation following a competitive pitch.

‘Day of Reckoning’ Coming: Marketers Sound Off on Skyrocketing Sports Prices


The marketer’s panel came one day after a group of sports-rights-holders predicted fees will keep going up, up and up.

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber said his league’s poised to announce new TV deals that will boost MLS’s rights fees by 50% or more.

Tim Leiweke, CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment — which owns the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, NBA’s Toronto Raptors and MLS’s Toronto FC — said the most valuable programming continues to be “unpredictable live” events.

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Brands in Turkey fall silent on Twitter in wake of PM’s vow to ‘wipe out’ network

Brands operating in Turkey, including Coca-Cola, Samsung and Starbucks, have fallen silent on Twitter in the wake of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s vow to “wipe out” the social network.

Gottlieb and Unerman can shout all they want, but they are just noisy bystanders

Defining and managing the metrics that agencies and clients use to plan, buy and evaluate campaigns is frustrating, complicated, and time-consuming, and far too important to be left to the media people, says Brian Jacobs.

Campaign Viral Chart: Italian Down Syndrome baby video second most-shared

Coordown, an Italian organisation that represents people with Down Syndrome, was the second most-shared video in this week’s viral ad chart after it was shared 225,500 times.

Cancer Research UK receives £2m donations despite not starting #nomakeupselfie trend

Cancer Research UK has received more than £2m in donations in the past 48 hours through the #nomakeupselfie online trend, despite having nothing to do with the awareness campaign.

Seventh Generation Unleashes ‘Toxin Freedom Fighters’ on Rivals


Seventh Generation is taking on much of the consumer-products industry and Washington with little more than kids in their undies and hats made from colanders and aluminum foil otherwise known as the Toxin Freedom Fighters.

In an advocacy/marketing campaign breaking with a full-page ad in the Sunday New York Times, Seventh Generation and its youthful wards are aiming at tougher regulations on household chemicals. And in the process, it’s painting much of the consumer-products industry as purveyors of toxins.

Seventh Generation’s campaign is from Made Movement, Boulder, Colo., and also includes digital and social media, in hopes of collecting 100,000 signatures by Earth Day at FightToxins.com to support an overhaul of the 38-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act. A proposed update of the law, the Chemical Safety Improvement Act, was introduced last year with bipartisan support in the Senate. But it doesn’t go far enough in Seventh Generation’s opinion, though it does represent the first real chance for tougher regulations in decades as the company sees it.

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Gravity Sand Creatures

La photographe hollandaise Claire Droppert a fait la série « Gravity – Sand Creatures » dans laquelle elle capture des blocs de sable jetés et figés dans les airs pour en faire ressortir des formes animales. Une série qui fait appelle à notre imagination, à découvrir sur Fubiz dans la suit de l’article.

Chèvre.

Lièvre.

Essaim de guêpes.

Poisson.

Chenille.

Taureau.

Mouffette.

Claire Droppert’s portfolio.

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Phil Riley: digital switchover debate should be dropped for 10 years

Phil Riley, the chief executive of Orion Media, has said the debate around a radio digital switchover date should be dropped for at least ten years while the industry focuses on content and innovation.

Darth Vader convoca motoristas a sentirem a “força” da Nissan

Depois de fazer os stormtroopers sonharem no ano passado, a Nissan retomou o universo “Star Wars” em mais um comercial para o Juke. Desta vez, a estrela do filme criado pela TBWA\Hakuhodo é Darth Vader em pessoa, que convoca os motoristas a sentirem a “força” do veículo no Force Simulator, um simulador digital controlado pelos movimentos dos usuários, sem a necessidade de usar o teclado ou mouse.

E se você acha que a “força” do Juke está no motor, aí vem a surpresa: na verdade, se trata de uma nova cor, Midnight Purple – ou Roxo Meia-Noite, que muda de tonalidade de acordo com a iluminação e o ângulo de quem olha.

O filme, lançado em janeiro, tem produção da Pyramid Film Quadra e Birdman.

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Colin Gottlieb offers lessons from the top

Last week two of Manning Gottlieb OMD’s sparky graduates, Jessica Hughes and Freddie Counsell, bagged some time with Colin Gottlieb, founder of Manning Gottlieb Media and chief executive EMEA at Omnicom Media Group, they report back…

A Refreshingly Honest Look – A Peek at Modern Dating by Lipton Ice Tea Sparkling (SPONSORED) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Lipton Ice Tea Sparkling has created some refreshing videos bringing together the most awkward and relatable dating moments.

Now we know you’ve heard of Tinder, and you would be lying if you…

Unitel T+ Play (Score | Hi-Score): Lança Chamadas


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Claim: (Literal translation) Throw calls to your friends until your voice fails.

Advertising Agency:Ogilvy & Mather, Lisbon, Portugal
Art Director:Nuno Gomes
Copywriter:Diogo Abrantes
Production Company:Molotov Group Films
Director:Joao Marques
Creative Director:João Espírito Santo
Advertisers Supervisor:Marcelo Dolabella
Tv Producer:Paulo Carrapito

Homem comum “ganha” superpoderes de seu smartphone em filme da Orange

Hoje em dia, qualquer pessoa pode ter superpoderes, desde que tenha um smartphone com um bom 4G. Pelo menos é esse o ponto levantado pela operadora de celulares Orange, em “Wonderlove”.

O comercial criado pelo Publicis Conseil conta a história de um homem comum que, graças aos poderes de seu celular, ganha o coração da super-heroína, derrotando o super-herói (e também seus superpoderes) que também tentava conquistá-la.

Ao som de It Had to Be You, o filme produzido pela Prodigious foi muito bem executado, com efeitos especiais na medida certa. “Wonderlove” consegue ser engraçado e romântico ao mesmo tempo, com alguns momentos de pura canastrice, tanto do super-herói quanto do mocinho.

Abaixo, uma entrevista com o super-herói em que ele tenta convencer o público de que é melhor que o 4G.

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Vodafone Spotify’s music on your smartphone: Rap futuristico

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Advertising Agency:GreyUnited, Milan, Italy
Creative Director:Francesco Poletti, Serena Di Bruno
Copywriter:Chiara Monticelli
Additional Credits:Eccetera Audio Production, Jinglebell Communication.