London Live rapped for 30-minute, programme-style ads… with their own ad breaks

A pair of extended-length advertising programmes shown on local station London Live have been banned after the ads watchdog decided they were too difficult to distinguish from editorial content.

Plusnet radio ads banned for saying terms and conditions too quickly

Two radio ads by Plusnet have been banned after terms and conditions were read out too quickly to be understood.

Books of The Times: ‘The Answers’ Runs Down the Rabbit Hole of Love

Catherine Lacey’s second novel is a meditation on fame and art as well as affection.

At-Home Pastel Hair Dyes – 'Moody Girls' is a Range of Pastel-Hued Hair Dye for Lighter Hair Colors (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Los Angeles-based hair stylish Benjamin Mohapi has released a line of DIY pastel hair-dye called ‘Moody Girls.’

Anyone who has ever tried to bleach their own hair at home knows it is…

Youth Ambassadors: Welcome to My Neighborhood – The Good Man

Many Americans live privileged lives. They can’t relate to the horrors inner-city youth endure daily. To help America empathize, a children’s book was created using inner-city children’s real-life experiences of drug abuse, violence and hunger to create a children’s book. The book, “Welcome to My Neighborhood,” consisted of three illustrated bedtime stories “A Good Man,” “Dinner Time” and “My Older Brothers,” each telling a different child’s story — one of drug abuse, one of violence and one of hunger. Each horrific yet true story came to life using the child’s own words, but was put into a format everyone could relate to. It was a book written by children, yet not suitable for children. The book was distributed to key policymakers, funders and media outlets asking them to donate their time, money and power to help put an end to stories like these.

Welcome To My Neighborhood – The Good Man

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Youth Ambassadors: Welcome to My Neighborhood – My Big Brothers

Many Americans live privileged lives. They can’t relate to the horrors inner-city youth endure daily. To help America empathize, a children’s book was created using inner-city children’s real-life experiences of drug abuse, violence and hunger to create a children’s book. The book, “Welcome to My Neighborhood,” consisted of three illustrated bedtime stories “A Good Man,” “Dinner Time” and “My Older Brothers,” each telling a different child’s story — one of drug abuse, one of violence and one of hunger. Each horrific yet true story came to life using the child’s own words, but was put into a format everyone could relate to. It was a book written by children, yet not suitable for children. The book was distributed to key policymakers, funders and media outlets asking them to donate their time, money and power to help put an end to stories like these.

Welcome To My Neighborhood – My Big Brothers

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Youth Ambassadors: Welcome to My Neighborhood – DinnerTime

Many Americans live privileged lives. They can’t relate to the horrors inner-city youth endure daily. To help America empathize, a children’s book was created using inner-city children’s real-life experiences of drug abuse, violence and hunger to create a children’s book. The book, “Welcome to My Neighborhood,” consisted of three illustrated bedtime stories “A Good Man,” “Dinner Time” and “My Older Brothers,” each telling a different child’s story — one of drug abuse, one of violence and one of hunger. Each horrific yet true story came to life using the child’s own words, but was put into a format everyone could relate to. It was a book written by children, yet not suitable for children. The book was distributed to key policymakers, funders and media outlets asking them to donate their time, money and power to help put an end to stories like these.

Welcome To My Neighborhood – DinnerTime

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Youth Ambassadors: My Big Brothers

Many Americans live privileged lives. They can’t relate to the horrors inner-city youth endure daily. To help America empathize, a children’s book was created using inner-city children’s real-life experiences of drug abuse, violence and hunger to create a children’s book. The book, “Welcome to My Neighborhood,” consisted of three illustrated bedtime stories “A Good Man,” “Dinner Time” and “My Older Brothers,” each telling a different child’s story — one of drug abuse, one of violence and one of hunger. Each horrific yet true story came to life using the child’s own words, but was put into a format everyone could relate to. It was a book written by children, yet not suitable for children. The book was distributed to key policymakers, funders and media outlets asking them to donate their time, money and power to help put an end to stories like these.

Youth Ambassadors: The Good Man

Many Americans live privileged lives. They can’t relate to the horrors inner-city youth endure daily. To help America empathize, a children’s book was created using inner-city children’s real-life experiences of drug abuse, violence and hunger to create a children’s book. The book, “Welcome to My Neighborhood,” consisted of three illustrated bedtime stories “A Good Man,” “Dinner Time” and “My Older Brothers,” each telling a different child’s story — one of drug abuse, one of violence and one of hunger. Each horrific yet true story came to life using the child’s own words, but was put into a format everyone could relate to. It was a book written by children, yet not suitable for children. The book was distributed to key policymakers, funders and media outlets asking them to donate their time, money and power to help put an end to stories like these.

Peerless Hospital: The Thread

Viltar: Penguin

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Viasat: We believe in inspiration!

There is only one like you in the whole world. Your world is shaped by your own decisions. Decisions taken and deferred. What would you do if you were the last person on earth and the obstacles that you built in your mind no longer exist. If you could live the way you want. Would you see the fear in his eyes without being frightened. Would not be silent saying that in fact you think and feel. Would do even if others say that there is no point in this. Would burn for your ideas and dreams, if you’re the only soldier in the battle. It all starts with you and your inspiration. To make dreams come true and the whole world yours. Viasat – we believe in inspiration.

VIASAT – we believe in inspiration! #tribeWork

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Dallas Pets Alive: Lola the Mutt

Meet Lola The Mutt, the first mutt that trains you before having a dog

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Coca-Cola: Festival Bottle

Watch the Newest Ads on TV From Toyota, Little Caesars, Smirnoff and More


Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversion analytics from 10 million smart TVs. The New Releases here ran on TV for the first time over the long Memorial Day holiday weekend. The Most Engaging ads are ranked by digital activity (including online views and social shares) over the past week.

Among the new releases, Chrissy Teigen helps Smirnoff keep it real — by making fun of other vodka brands’ marketing. A little boy has his dreams of changing “the history of pizza forever” shattered by Little Caesars. And Toyota offers up a modern-day Cinderella tale that takes place, in part, in a C-HR.

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Kings Island: Mystic Timbers at Kings Island

Mystic Timbers at Kings Island

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KFC: The story of why KFC’s so Finger Lickin’ Good

The story of why KFC’s so Finger Lickin’ Good

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Everlast: Invisible Athlete

INVISIBLE ATHLETE

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NSPCC: Share Aware

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VB&P Design Veteran Blake Bäkken Joins mono in San Francisco

Minneapolis-based indie agency mono has added some new talent to its San Francisco expansion office by hiring designer Blake Bäkken as a “senior-level” creative.

He joins mono after serving as design director at New York’s “visual identity and packaging design agency” Turner Duckworth and ACD at Siegel+Gale. But Bäkken is very familiar with the Bay Area agency scene after spending more than 13 years at Venables Bell & Partners.

During that extended tenure, he was VB&P’s first design director, overseeing its design department and co-founding strategic and experiential division VBP Orange back in 2012.

“Optimism, honesty and chemistry drew me back westward,” said Bäkken of his decision to return to San Francisco after approximately 18 months away. “This move is the culmination of my experiences in branding firms, design studios and ad agencies and I’m both humbled and honored to join the mono team.”

mono opened its second office less than two years ago to serve West Coast clients like Google, naming agency veterans Jeffrey Gorder (new business), Jane Delworth (group account director) and Paula Biondich (creative director) as co-managing partners.

The latter two executives currently run the office, which recently won a review for Stanford Health Care in its biggest new business win to date. The larger organization’s latest win was Lowe’s Hotels, which came right after the introduction of monoONE, its new one-year client contract model.

San Francisco managing creative director Paula Maki cited the new creative’s “passion for craft and experience both at agencies and design shops” in explaining the hire, adding, “He brings an intensity to visual storytelling that’s a perfect complement to mono’s strategic, design-driven ethos.”