London's top creatives share their summer reading

As summer ends, Campaign asked some of the industry leading creatives what books fed their imagination over the holidays.

Justin King: 'There was a naughty boy in me'

Justin King, Sainsbury’s former chief executive, was made an honorary Fellow by The Marketing Society last night. In his acceptance speech, King said he always valued marketing although didn’t consider himself a “marketer”.

Guinness Africa launches 'made of black' campaign with Kanye West ad

Guinness Africa has released a commercial that builds on the brand’s “made of more” strapline, called “made of black”.

Post Apocalyptic Landscapes of Famous Places

Imaginer certains des endroits les plus connus au monde abandonnés et réinvestis par la nature dans un monde post-apocalyptique, c’est ce qu’ont proposé récemment des artistes faisant partis de l’équipe du studio Naughty Dog ayant développée The Last of Us, jeu vidéo se déroulant dans un monde touchée par l’infection et la zombification des humains.

TalkTalk targets greater brand personality with 'ambitious' X Factor campaign

TalkTalk has updated its branding to inject more personality, as it reveals it will roll out a new “ambitious” twist on its X Factor TV indents this Saturday.

GSK refreshes corporate sites in wider brand refocus

GlaxoSmithKline is giving its corporate sites a makeover, in what it views as a key step towards bolstering the company’s image globally.

Twitter launches learning hub for agencies

Twitter has launched an online learning hub for agencies to help them maximise their marketing on the platform.

Pernod Ricard set to replace CMO Martin Riley

Pernod Ricard CMO Martin Riley will retire in December, with the drinks company set to replace him with current South Africa managing director Conor McQuaid.

STV pre-tax profit climbs 36% to £8.4m

STV, the channel-three licensee in Scotland, has reported pre-tax profit of £8.4 million in the first half of 2014, up 35.5 per cent year on year.

Hottest virals: Kia's hamsters return with some hot lady friends, plus Nike and Sony

The latest virals from Kia, Nike and Sony.

Domaine Lepovo Wine Identity

Le designer Petar Pavlov a imaginé cette superbe identité pour le vin macédonien Domaine Lepovo. Représentant l’aspect naturel et soigné de la création de ce breuvage, toute la déclinaison de ce produit, d’une grande élégance, se dévoile dans une série d’images dans la suite.

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Google's Ad Boss on Overseeing YouTube Sales and Glass Ads


Google has gone through a lot of executive changes this year. Last month, the company’s chief business officer Nikesh Arora announced he was leaving. And in February longtime ad boss Susan Wojcicki left that post to replace YouTube chief Salar Kamangar as the CEO of the Google-owned video service.

Ms. Wojcicki’s appointment overshadowed another leadership shift. A year after being charged with running Google’s advertising and commerce organization alongside Ms. Wojcicki, Google Senior VP-Advertising and Commerce Sridhar Ramaswamy had taken full responsibility for the division that accounted for more than 91% of the company’s $55 billion in revenue last year.

The 11-year Google vet, who started in 2003 as an engineer on Google’s search-ads team, now oversees search, display, video, analytics, shopping, payments and travel product lines. He discussed his new role in an interview below.

Continue reading at AdAge.com

U.S. Captive’s Mother Issues Plea to ISIS

The mother of Steven Sotloff, a freelance journalist being held by ISIS, broke her silence to appeal directly to the group’s leader in a video obtained by The New York Times.

Disruptions: Ferguson Reveals a Twitter Loop

Twitter ensured that the events in Ferguson, Mo., led to a debate about police violence and race in America. But it was also responsible for creating and perpetuating numerous falsehoods.

Powerhouse on the Field Looks to Have a Similar Presence on TV

The new SEC Network will broadcast 45 football games, as well as basketball games and Olympic sports, to more than 62 million households nationwide.



Elizabeth M. Fowler, Financial Reporter for The Times, Dies at 95

Ms. Fowler was one of the first women to cover Wall Street for a daily newspaper.



Sete anos depois, David Chase revela que fim levou Tony Soprano

Em junho de 2007, foi ao ar nos Estados Unidos o último episódio de Família Soprano. A partir daqui, a leitura deste post corre por sua conta e risco de encontrar spoilers pelo caminho, especialmente se você não assistiu à série.

A última sequência mostra Tony Soprano em um restaurante, acompanhado por Carmela e A.J., aguardando a chegada de Meadow, que está do lado de fora tentando estacionar o carro. Enquanto isso, o lugar está cheio de figuras suspeitas, criando um clima duvidoso, de que algo está prestes a acontecer. O que vem a seguir, então, é o som de alguém abrindo a porta do restaurante,  a câmera fechando em Tony e a tela ficando escura. Segundos depois, começam a rolar os créditos, deixando uma pergunta sem resposta: afinal, Tony Soprano morreu naquela noite?

Ao longo dos últimos sete anos, David Chase – o criador da série – se negou a responder esta pergunta, inclusive ficando bastante incomodado com a obsessão das pessoas em colocarem um ponto final, como se isso fosse mais importante do que a história em si, construída ao longo de seis temporadas, 86 episódios.

Até que, recentemente, em um bate-papo com a jornalista Martha P. Nochimson, ela arriscou um “Tony morreu?”A resposta veio, lacônica, após mais uma reação irritada de Chase. “Não. Ele não morreu”.

A história toda foi publicada por Martha hoje, no site Vox, que traz uma belíssima análise da obra e estilo de David Chase. A íntegra, em inglês, você confere aqui.

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California Agrees on Deal to Expand Film and TV Incentive to $330 Million a Year

The state hopes to win back film production, which dropped by about half in the last 15 years, as a result of incentives from the national government and other states.



Twitter Opens Online 'Flight School' For Agencies


Twitter is launching a training program for agencies to make sure that they — along with their clients’ dollars — stick around.

The social-media platform’s online program is called Flight School and aims to familiarize shops with the service and help them keep abreast of new features. Twitter quietly tested the program with three partners — Starcom MediaVest Group, MEC and Omnicom Group — in addition to a dozen smaller agencies. It now plans to open it up to any interested shops.

“The way that we think about Twitter,” said Christine Cuoco, Twitter’s head of agency strategy, “is how it’s most valuable to an agency and their clients when it’s integrated across entire marketing strategies.”

Continue reading at AdAge.com

Bank of Melbourne: Magical Penguin Money Box

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Melbourne, Australia
Executive Creative Director: Brendon Guthrie
Art Director: Kieran Moroney
Producer: Garett Mayow
Executive Agency Producer: Luke Coulson
Group Account Director: Ebony Moore
Sound Design: Sound Lounge
Agency Producer: Jennie McCartney
Composer: Simon Watt
Production Company: XYZ Studios
Director: Stephen Watkins
Production Company Art Director: Cedric Austria
Lead Animator: Richard Osellame
Dolby Mix: Soundfirm
Animators: Marco Palmieri, Luke Richardson, Brian Doecke