DealBook: Charter and Comcast to End Fight Over Time Warner Cable

The arrangement with Comcast, which has agreed to acquire Time Warner Cable, would allow Charter Communications to become the country’s second-largest cable operator.



Norma: Pig

Colors of the imagination.

Advertising Agency: DDB, Colombia
Chief Creative Officers: Rodrigo Bolivar, Rodrigo Dávila
Creative Directors: Marco Muñoz, Daniel Calle, Viviana Rosero
Copywriter: Andrés Estrada
Art Director: Mauricio Cortés
Producer: Sandra Urrego
Executives: Hamilton Peña, Isabel Cristina Serna
Photographer: Augusto Cartagena

Norma: Bee

Colors of the imagination.

Advertising Agency: DDB, Colombia
Chief Creative Officers: Rodrigo Bolivar, Rodrigo Dávila
Creative Directors: Marco Muñoz, Daniel Calle, Viviana Rosero
Copywriter: Andrés Estrada
Art Director: Mauricio Cortés
Producer: Sandra Urrego
Executives: Hamilton Peña, Isabel Cristina Serna
Photographer: Augusto Cartagena

Norma: Cow

Colors of the imagination.

Advertising Agency: DDB, Colombia
Chief Creative Officers: Rodrigo Bolivar, Rodrigo Dávila
Creative Directors: Marco Muñoz, Daniel Calle, Viviana Rosero
Copywriter: Andrés Estrada
Art Director: Mauricio Cortés
Producer: Sandra Urrego
Executives: Hamilton Peña, Isabel Cristina Serna
Photographer: Augusto Cartagena

Fallsview Casino Resort: Passport, 3

Excitement worth getting a passport for.

Advertising Agency: Blammo, Toronto, Canada
Creative Director: Michael Murray
Art Director: Oliver Brooks
Copywriter: Mike Richardson
Photographer: Simon Tuckett
Published: April 2014

Fallsview Casino Resort: Passport, 2

Excitement worth getting a passport for.

Advertising Agency: Blammo, Toronto, Canada
Creative Director: Michael Murray
Art Director: Oliver Brooks
Copywriter: Mike Richardson
Photographer: Simon Tuckett
Published: April 2014

Fallsview Casino Resort: Passport, 1

Excitement worth getting a passport for.

These ads ran in American newspapers just across the border from Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Canada.

Advertising Agency: Blammo, Toronto, Canada
Creative Director: Michael Murray
Art Director: Oliver Brooks
Copywriter: Mike Richardson
Photographer: Simon Tuckett
Published: April 2014

Craig Ferguson to Leave CBS at End of Year

Mr. Ferguson, who was not chosen to succeed David Letterman on the “Late Show,” said he would step down as the host of the network’s 12:35 a.m. offering.



Advertising: Courting Video Advertisers With Infinite (and Growing) Air Time

The 2014 NewFronts, presentations for buyers of online advertising, offer an expanded calendar of events reflecting the rapid growth of the field.



Ratings Slip at MSNBC as Jet Coverage Lifts CNN

The decline in ratings for MSNBC has been tied to gains for CNN because of its extensive coverage of the missing Malaysian airliner.

Stephen Butler Named Chief Creative Officer at TBWA L.A.


Less than three weeks after Luis DeAnda was named TBWA/Chiat/Day’s president of the Los Angeles office, the shop has tapped a new creative officer: Stephen Butler.

Mr. Butler, 43, was one of three exec creative directors (the other two are Fabio Costa and Brent Anderson) overseeing creative at the agency after the departure of Chief Creative John Norman, who left for Translation in February.

Mr. DeAnda said that Mr. Butler’s appointment marks a “pivotal” moment as the shop seeks to stage a turnaround and regain footing as the creative powerhouse it once was.

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Zurich Home Insurance: The burglar, the flood and the fire

Advertising Agency: McCann, Lisbon, Portugal
Chief Creative Officer: José Marques
Art Director: Tiago Prandi
Copywriter: Tomás Pimenta da Gama
Photographer: Mauro Motty
Published: April 2014

Moe’s Southwest Grill: Home

Creative Directors: Brandon Friedman, Jon Gordon
Copywriter: Brandon Friedman
Art Director: Jon Gordon
Director: Carl Warner
Production Company: Loose Moose Productions
Editor: Eddie Kesler / Beast Atlanta
Color: Billy Gabor / CO3 Atlanta
VFX:/Finishing: Deron Hoffmeyer, Method Studios Atlanta
Music: Massive Music, NY
Sound Design: Gopal Swamy, Acoustech
Agency Producer: Sandy M. Tyler
Published: April 2014

Sculpturally Flapping Furniture – The Coffee Table by Sandro Lopez Looks Like It Will Take Flight (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The base of the Coffee Table by Sandro Lopez, a designer currently based in Milan, Italy, could be likened to the wings of a butterfly. Although it looks to be in mid-flap, the dynamics of the…

BuzzFeed: ‘Video is the Biggest Shift in Our Business’


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Owners to Invest $800 Million More in Shanghai Disneyland

Disney and Shanghai Shendi Group, a consortium of state-owned companies, had already committed to spend $4.7 billion on the theme park resort.



Yahoo Unveils Two Half-Hour Series to Compete for TV Ad Dollars


Yahoo wants TV ad dollars, whether they be spent on original programming or augmenting TV spots.

During its Digital Content NewFronts presentation on Monday night, Yahoo presented its plans to siphon some of the $68 billion advertisers are expected to spend on U.S. TV this year. Those plans include: TV-length shows, live programming and the ability to retarget TV viewers with ads on Yahoo sites.

Next year Yahoo will premiere two half-hour comedies that will mark the portal’s first foray into TV-style long form programming. “Other Space” will be an outer-space laffer created by “Bridesmaids” director-and-producer Paul Feig. And “Varsity Blues” producer Mike Tollin and “The Office” director Bryan Gordon have teamed on “Sin City Saints,” a work-comedy set in a fictional pro basketball team’s front office. Both shows will release all eight of their episodes at once, a la Netflix with “House of Cards.”

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Mass Produced Retreats (UPDATE) – The ‘Lou’ is the Latest Addition to the Hermit Houses (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Hermit Houses were designed by the duo behind the Cloud Collective, Daniël Venneman and Mark Van Der Net. Instead of focusing on building one incredibly intricate piece of architecture, the duo…

Suspended Transparent Pool Architecture

Les architectes de chez Wiel Arets Architects ont construit la « Jellyfish House » à Marbella sur la côte méditerranéenne espagnole. Cette maison possède une piscine suspendue et transparente qu’on peut admirer de l’intérieur et l’extérieur. On peut donc voir depuis la terrasse des gens de baigner au-dessus de nos têtes.

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Hip Industrial Waste Bags – Use2B Offers Urban Carriers Made from Used Materials (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Use2B is a company that does not like the thought of throwing away materials that could be used for another purpose than originally intended. To ease some anxiety felt by this constant abandonment…