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Teams are promoting themselves more creatively through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, but struggling N.F.L. squads have learned that criticism from the disgruntled comes with the territory.
In a news conference at its headquarters, the company revealed plans for a redesigned ESPN.com, an app-based children’s learning service, and sales of its films on Vudu.
Sylvia Nasar, a journalism professor, claimed that Columbia’s journalism school had mishandled funds generated by an endowment from the Knight Foundation.
Twitter said a New York Times article reporting apparent special treatment of football players by the local police had been mistakenly flagged as spam by an outside organization.
Facebook is becoming even more pay-to-play for brands.
Facebook announced Friday afternoon that it would begin curtailing the reach of brands’ unpaid, or organic, posts that the social network’s algorithms consider “overly promotional.”
The change will not apply to all of a brands’ posts, just the less creative ones that fit certain criteria, like pushing people to buy a product, install an app or enter a contest or sweepstakes. Also under fire: posts that are just repurposed ads.
Palestine flickers into existence again.
2000–2011: Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile and Guyana gave the green light to Palestinian sovereignty. Norway called the “general delegation” from Palestine a “diplomatic delegation.” Norway’s foreign minister — the first such voice in the EU — announced that “Palestinians have a right to go to the UN.”
In 2012, the UN General Assembly upgraded the Palestinian status to “a non–member observer state.”
While the Israeli government has been warding off the inevitable with pleas of “wait until we reach a peace settlement,” global onlookers have felt the trickles of a skeptical impatience set in.Two sieges and a democratic election later, a pattern of disproportionate civilian loss has emerged, shadowing all advances in Palestinian state–dom.
Fast–forward to 2014: Hamas and Fatah form a coalition to represent a unified Palestinian front at potential “peace talks.” Israel’s efforts at “peace” result in over a thousand Gazan deaths, widespread anti–protest crackdowns on Israelis for peace and the annexation of a further 950 acres of the West Bank.
The world says enough.
THEN THE UK PARLIAMENT VOTES IN FAVOR OF A PALESTINIAN STATE
Sweden becomes the first major European state to recognize Palestine. The UK Commons vote on a symbolic pledge to recognize Palestine.
And now… this. 660 Israeli public figures call on Denmark to recognize Palestine.
At the bitter edge of hope’s flight, Palestine flickers into existence again.
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ZenithOptimedia won bragging rights for the year with a victory Thursday night at the third annual Ad Age MediaBuzz championship, which pitted the best teams from 10 media agencies across New York and Chicago against each other in a test of trivia on advertising, media and pop culture. The event capped a series of contests at media agencies’ own offices throughout the summer and fall.
How would you have done? Test yourself with this selection of questions from the finale, which was hosted by Jon Gabrus, star of TruTV’s “HairJacked.” Winners took home GoPro cameras provided by sponsors About.com and TruTv. Answers at the bottom of the page.
1. The horror movie “Ouija” ran the very first paid ad on which app this fall?
Anheuser Busch InBev is prepping a line extension for Bud Light called Mixx Tail that appears to continue the brewer’s recent innovation strategy of blurring the lines between cocktails and beer.
A-B InBev filed a recent trademark application for the product which lists it as a flavored beer. The company on Friday confirmed the launch to Ad Age but did not provide other details, only saying that it would debut this spring.
One of the brewer’s distributors recently tweeted about the launch, saying the product would come in flavors such as Hurricane, Firewalker and Long Island Ice Tea.
The company said it was responding to feedback from its users, who are complaining about too many promotional posts.
This week, Creative Circle has several openings available. The company is looking for a copywriter, an account coordinator, a project manager and an account executive with social media experience. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on Mediabistro.
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Integrated production company ACNE has signed internationally awarded comedy director Tim Hamilton. Hamilton is best known for his dry, irreverent sense of humor as exemplified in some of the popular films he has helmed and co-wrote, including Truth in Advertising, a Cannes International Film Festival selection, and its sequel The Reel Truth, which was commissioned by Saatchi & Saatchi London for the Cannes Lions.
À la manière de Tomas Januska, la photographe allemande Julia Christe a réussi à capturer les postures amusantes de chiens en plein saut. Avec une vision décalée, l’artiste met en scène une dizaine de chiens différents, petits et grands, imposants, élancés ou très poilus. Une série étonnante à découvrir dans la suite.
Rob Feakins, President and CCO of New York’s Publicis Kaplan Thaler, will be leaving the agency next month.
Various sources told us that Feakins made the announcement in an all-agency meeting this afternoon, and a spokesperson for PKT has confirmed that he plans to step down. Here’s the official statement:
Feakins joined Publicis New York in 2006 as President/CCO after six years at Kirshenbaum, Bond + Partners. He retained that position after the New York office merged with Kaplan Thaler in 2012.
A reader tells us that Feakins will remain with PKT until mid-December and that there has been no news of a search for someone to fill his role.
The agency also has yet to comment on rumored changes regarding its name and location.
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La marque anglaise John Lewis, connue pour ses très beaux spots de Noël chaque année, a sorti sa toute nouvelle pub « Monty The Penguin » réalisée par Dougal Wilson. On y voit l’amitié d’un petit garçon avec son pingouin de compagnie qui devient quelque peu mélancolique quand il voit des couples dans la rue. A découvrir dans la suite en vidéo.
After winning the Turkish Airlines business last September, CP+B’s “Selfie Shootout” spot for the brand, starring Lionel Messi and Kobe Bryant, went viral, eventually reaching over 138 million views to become the most watched ad of the year on YouTube. CP+B brought back Messi again this year for the follow-up effort, this time pairing him with fellow soccer star Didier Drogba for the third and final spot in a series that began with the 2012 “Legends on Board” spot from Turkish agency Alametifarika, also starring Messi and Bryant.
In the new spot, called “Epic Food,” Drogba travels to different locations around the world for exotic meals (showcasing all the places Turkish Airlines flies to). At each restaurant he visits, however, he finds a photo of Messi, who has already been there. This only strengthens his resolve to find a place Messi has yet to visit, upping the ante with places farther and farther off the beaten path. If you enjoyed the previous spots in the series, chances are you’ll like this one as well. If not, “Epic Food” doesn’t change the formula up enough to change your mind. The spot will be hard pressed to outdo last year’s “Selfie Shootout,” this time without Bryant along for the ride, but should go viral even if it doesn’t reach quite the same level of success.
The 60-second spot is supported by an initiative calling on viewers to upload their own epic travel photos through EpicFoodMap.com with a competition offering a chance to win a trip to the locations featured in the commercial. Drogba and Messia will be kicking it off themselves, on November 18th, with their favorite foods. (more…)
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Everything in this story is actually, honestly true.
Onion Inc., owner of the satirical news site the Onion and the entertainment site the A.V. Club, has hired a financial adviser for a possible sale, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The company, which calls itself “America’s Finest News Source,” is working with the investment bank GCA Savvian, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private.
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