Mars Kicks Off International Media Buying Review


Mars has begun a media buying review in the U.K., China, India, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Southeast Asia, according to executives familiar with the situation.

A spokesman at Mars in the U.K. referred inquiries to headquarters in the U.S., where a spokesman did not immediately respond to a voicemail and email seeking comment.

The company, which owns brands including M&M’s, Snickers, Twix, Dolmio, Uncle Ben’s and Pedigree, splits out its media planning and buying operations.

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Donald Trump Is Miss Congeniality on The New Yorker's New Cover


Donald Trump is once again The New Yorker’s coverboy — or girl … or something. In a Barry Blitt illustration for the magazine’s Oct. 10 issue, which hits newsstands next week, a plump, tearful Trump is shown walking down a runway, a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a “Miss Congeniality” sash across his ample bosom. (Previously, Blitt depicted Trump bellyflopping into the GOP pool for the July 27, 2015 New Yorker cover.)

Franoise Mouly, The New Yorker’s art editor, offers background on the new cover in a “Culture Desk” note posted at newyorker.com:

“She was the worst we ever had, the worst, the absolute worst, she was impossible,” Donald Trump told Fox News the morning after his debate with Hillary Clinton, defending his treatment of Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe whom he called “Miss Piggy,” when she gained weight after the pageant, and “Miss Housekeeping,” in apparent reference to her heritage. Watching the debate, the artist Barry Blitt recognized a significant moment in the Presidential campaign. Of all Trump’s dangerous beliefs, Blitt said, his misogyny “might just be his Achilles’ heel.”

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Moonves Weighs Risk to Legacy Amid Talk of CBS-Viacom Merger


CBS Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves laid low all summer, watching as the family that controls his company fought with the leadership of their other media giant, Viacom.

Mr. Moonves can shun the spotlight no more. The Redstones prevailed, ousting management at faltering Viacom last month, and are now pushing the companies to recombine. Shari Redstone, who has assumed her father Sumner’s leadership of the family business, told Viacom and CBS she would like Mr. Moonves to run the show, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified discussing private conversations.

A recombination could produce cost savings and help the companies contend with a changing media industry, National Amusements, the Redstone family holding company, said in a statement Thursday formally asking the companies to consider a merger. As the controlling shareholder of both CBS and Viacom, National Amusements won’t weigh a takeover by a third party or any deal that would require it to give up power, it said.

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Clinton Campaign Reveals (No Kidding) 'Squad Goals'


“Hillary is a badass,” TV auteur Shonda Rhimes told the women’s caucus at the Democratic National Convention in July. “Hillary gets it done. Hillary is squad goals, people.”

A new short (2:41) video released today on Hillary Clinton’s official YouTube channel expands on those sentiments. Initially released with the title “Squad Goals” (a term more associated with Hollywood types and millennials than 68-year-old politicians) and then quickly retitled “They’re with her. Are you?,” the video shows members of Clinton’s “squad” — Barack and Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — hitting the campaign trail and speaking about their choice for president.

Intercut with their passionate endorsements are shots of adoring crowds and Clinton herself exhibiting a certain unmistakable swagger and woman-of-the-people accessibility (e.g., she’s shown taking a selfie with a fan). Underscoring it all: a propulsive, guitar-driven soundtrack. The video closes with an on-screen message in red, white and blue typography: “Barack & Michelle & Joe & Bernie & Elizabeth & You?”

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Insights From Some of the Industry's Mad Men and Women


During an Advertising Week session on Thursday called Mad (Wo)Men Live, industry leaders from DDB Worldwide, CP+B, Horizon Media and Canvas Worldwide took the stage to share their insights and visions on the industry.

Check out some of these industry veterans’ thoughts on leadership, diversity and the state of the advertising industry below.

Lori Senecal, Global CEO, CP+B: Creating a succession or series of high-impact moments that live up to a brand’s promise ends up being more engaging for consumers and gets around that clutter issue.

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In an Industry First, ESPN Lands a Major Agency to Pay for Out-of-Home Viewing


It may not be as memorable a milestone as Ohio State establishing itself as the inaugural national champion of the College Football Playoff era or Golden State’s unprecedented 24-0 run at the start of the 2015-16 NBA season, but in becoming the first network to successfully negotiate deals that include an out-of-home TV audience, ESPN’s ad sales team this summer accomplished a feat that no group in the history of the medium had ever managed to pull off.

As it promised on the eve of its May upfront presentation in New York, ESPN took out-of-home deliveries to market during the summer bazaar, and one major agency holding company agreed to play ball. In a time when traditional TV deliveries are eroding faster than Peyton Manning’s QB rating during his last year as a pro, the agencies’ willingness to recognize out-of-home viewership as a valid source of GRPs marks a significant leap forward.

The out-of-home deals were confirmed by Eric Johnson, ESPN’s exec-VP of global multimedia sales, and the top buyer at the holding company, who spoke to Ad Age on condition of anonymity.

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Dove: Real Beauty Beats


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Dove proves that real beauty touches the heart. Campaign monitors men’s heart rates while they describe female beauty. Dove is known worldwide for promoting ‘real beauty’ in campaigns that highlight the importance of women’s self-esteem. With this motto, the project Real Beauty Beats was designed by the creative studio Black Ship for Dove Portugal. 

Carried out for the first time with men only, this new experiment shows their reactions when describing different women’s beauty projected on a screen. Filmed in an apparently abandoned warehouse, the mysterious environment is reinforced by the fact that participants’ heart rates are monitored in real time. 

Models are in the first sequence of projected pictures, generating only superficial praise related to their physical characteristics. In the second sequence, images of special women are unexpectedly shown to the participants, such as a partner or a family member. From this point on, emotion takes over the experiment. 

Memories and feelings like love, affection, gratitude and admiration come associated with the descriptions. At this moment, the considerable increase in heart rate leaves no doubt – real beauty, literally, touches the heart. 

In addition to inspire people all over the world, the project intends to promote Dove Beleza Real (dovebelezareal.pt) digital platform, whose primary aim is to encourage women everywhere develop a positive relationship with the way they look, helping them raise their self-esteem and realize their full potential.

Advertising Agency:Blackship, Portugal
Creative Director:Henrique Neves
Art Director:Daniel Neves, Luis Stone
Copywriter:Henrique Neves
Project Director:Frederico Ferreira
Casting Director:Joana Pote
Director Of Photography:Carlos Cipriano, Duarte Domingues 
Post Production:BAMP
Sound:Sound Station
Assistants:Ricardo Jesus, Marco Bento, Adriana Carvalho

Smart: Shock


Film
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Advertising Agency:BBDO, Berlin, Germany
Music Company:Mokoh Music
Chief Creative Officer:Wolfgang Schneider
Creative Managing Director:Ton Hollander
Executive Creative Director:Michael Schachtner
Creative Directors:David Missing, Ricardo Wolff
Copywriters:David Missing, Ricardo Wolff
Art Director:Angelo Maia
Group Account Director:Jan Hendrik Oelckers
Account Director:Joris Jonker
Account Manager:Lindsay Joensson
Agency Producer:Silke Rochow
Chief Production Officer:Steffen Gentis
Producer:Tobias Steinhauser, Eva Klaiber
Composers:Stephan Moritz, Jonas Knopf
Audio Engineer:Andre Koenig
Director:Calle Astrand
Director Of Photography:Thomas Kuerzel
Editor:Alexander Jurkat
Visual Effects Editor:Gunar Laube
Make-Up Artist:Oona Napier
Setting:Berta Gómez
Casting:Casting co

Bissú Cosméticos: Iliana


Online
Bissú Cosméticos

Advertising Agency:FCB, Mexico City, Mexico
Creative EVP:Humberto Polar
creative direction:Ana Noriega, Úrsula de la Sotta.
Art Direction:Edgar Rodriguez
Copywriter:Ana Noriega
Production:Julio López, Héctor Méndez
Account team:Jimena Macías, Victoria Boisbouvier
Planning:Rocío Fernández
Production House:Postal Films
Direction:Norman Christianson
Executive Production:Lulú de la Chica y Omar Uscanga
Photography:José Luis Castañon, Norman Christianson
Edition:Eduardo Garcia
Art:Mónica Chirinos
Postproduction:By Numbers
Audio Studio:Bestia Estudio
Sound Engineer:Juan Carlos Prieto

French Federation of Cardiology: Unexpected casting

Different actors audition at a casting for which they don’t know the purpose. They are asked to improvise emotions on the spot. Their interpretation, sincere and spontaneous, seems to satisfy the Casting Director who is directing them, all bar the last scene.
And you, what would you have done ?
#CastingDeFemmes

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