If Harry Potter Got Swine Flu, Would Twitter Self-Destruct?


What did the Twitterverse care about this week? For starters, President Barack Obama, thanks to the buzz surrounding his prime-time press conference. At his peak, on Tuesday, there were 32,554 posts that included Obama in them — enough to just barely squeak past a certain boy wizard.

Golden Wonder to take on Pot Noodle with ‘The Nation’s Noodle’

LONDON – Golden Wonder, which launched Pot Noodle in 1977, hopes to cause a stir in the instant hot snacks market with the launch of ‘Golden Wonder: The Nation’s Noodle’

Project Canvas given regulatory timetable for 2010 launch

LONDON – Project Canvas, the proposed open web-TV joint venture between the BBC, ITV and BT, has set out a regulatory timetable for its planned launch in 2010, which includes a wider industry consultation and views on additional information published today.

Agency Creates a Winter Classic


The nonprofit Aurora Ice Association has finished its first season of skating in the black, thanks to the efforts of ad agency Cenergy, East Aurora, N.Y. Seeing the need for an outdoor ice arena, Cenergy principal John Cimperman and his suburban Buffalo, N.Y., agency decided to resurrect the NHL's 2008 Winter Classic rink, site of the Jan. 1, 2008, Winter Classic, the first outdoor regular-season NHL game in the U.S.

British Gas signs six-month sponsorship with Absolute’s Christian O’Connell show

LONDON – British Gas has signed a six-figure deal to sponsor the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio from Monday (27 July) for the next six months.

IN&M gains further extension to meet bond repayment

LONDON – Independent News & Media, publisher of The Independent and Independent on Sunday, has confirmed it has extended its financial standstill agreement to 27 August.

New time slot for The Bill gives ITV1 4.5m viewers

LONDON – ‘The Bill’ drew 4.5m viewers in its new 9pm slot last night, but BBC One’s police drama ‘New Tricks’ took pole position for a second week in a row with a 6.8m viewers.

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Sobre portfolio de l’Allemand Gunther Philipp qui travaille depuis le début des années 90 en tant que photographe indépendant dans son propre studio. De nombreux clients et travaux commissionnés sont à découvrir dans la suite.



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Mobile search revenue to boom until 2013

LONDON – Ad revenue from mobile search is expected to increase over 125 per cent every year until 2013, latest research shows.

w00t!media wins Buzz Media ad sales account

LONDON – Buzz Media, publisher of a number of pop culture websites, has appointed online advertising sales house w00t!media to exclusively handle UK online sales for its portfolio of properties.

How an Argentine Soccer Club Beat Hooligans and Won Brands


Tiro Federal has beat he influence of violent hooligans and attracted fans and brands by focusing on a customer experience at its stadium.

Twitter 101


O Twitter 101 é um guia oficial do Twitter para explicar e ensinar práticas de uso corporativo da ferramenta. Inclui dicas, cases, etc.

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GM moves retail ad accounts into McCann Birmingham

LONDON – General Motors has consolidated its £30m UK retail advertising account into McCann Birmingham.

Twitter clears house as thousands of accounts deleted overnight

LONDON – Twitter users are crying foul after the website’s security forces stepped in today to cull thousands of spammer accounts, causing near across-the-board drops in follower counts.

Verizon Dumb Dad (And Others) Celebrated

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Oh this one’s near and dear to our hearts. Dumb Dads in Advertising.

Nascar Handpicks 28 Websites to Cover Races


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — As if falling TV ratings and the decline of live attendance at the tracks weren't enough to worry Nascar execs, the auto racing league faces another problem this season: diminishing numbers of journalists covering the sport. In response, Nascar has created the Citizen Journalist Media Corps, a group of 28 websites and blogs the racing league approved earlier this month to start receiving media credentials to cover the sport's races.

Comic-Con 2009: Disney lança ARG para “Tron 2? recriando Flynn’s Arcade no mundo real

Tron Legacy

Como se esperava, a Disney deu início ontem ao ARG de “Tron 2″ (que oficialmente ganhou o título de “Tron Legacy”), durante a Comic-Con 2009. Como conta Alex Billington, editor do FirstShowing, o painel sobre o filme não trouxe muita novidade, o que os produtores fizeram foi apenas repetir o teaser que já tinha sido revelado no ano passado. Só que no fim da apresentação, foi mostrada uma estranha cena em que a Flynn’s Arcade aparece fechada, com os fliperamas cheios de pó. Vasculhando o local, Sean Flynn, interpretado pelo ator Garrett Hedlund, encontra a velha máquina Tron nos fundos da loja.

Ao final do painel, cerca de 500 pessoas saíram da Comic-Con e resolveram seguir as pistas deixadas pela campanha viral na última semana. O endereço era a esquina da Cul de Sac com a J Streets em San Diego, distante apenas algumas quadras do evento, e o horário marcado era 21h30.

Cada pessoa recebeu um pacote contendo instruções, uma lanterna azul e uma ficha da Flynn’s Arcade. Era o equipamento necessário para descobrir as coordenadas de mais um local secreto. Diversos posters com a frase “Flynn’s Live” foram espalhados pelos arredores, e os participantes deveriam utilizar a laterna azul para encontrar códigos nesses cartazes.

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A caçada pelos posters revelaria seis coordenadas, que levavam ao destino final: a grande reinauguração da Flynn’s Arcade. A Disney reconstruiu, no mundo real, o fliperama de “Tron”. Quem encontrou o local pode tirar fotos e jogar nas máquinas presentes na história do filme.

Foi então que algumas pessoas da organização começaram a sugerir aos presentes que jogassem “Space Paranoids”, justamente o fliperama que Flynn está jogando no início do filme original. A cada vez que se terminava uma fase, um código aparecia na tela. Para o que servia, ninguém sabia ainda, mas deveria ser anotado.

Passado algum tempo, as luzes do local começaram a piscar até que tudo apagou. Alguns fliperamas no fundo acenderam de repente, revelando uma passagem secreta. Lá dentro, ao som da trilha sonora do Daft Punk que estará no filme, encontraram a nova Lightcycle, em tamanho real. Ao saírem de lá, os participantes ainda ganharam um poster e uma camiseta com a inscrição “Flynn’s Lives”.

Quanto aos códigos encontrados em “Space Paranoids”, eles estão relacionados com a URL flynnlives.com/derez/. Ainda falta um para completar a sequência, e o que acontece depois ainda ninguém sabe.

Pelo visto, o ARG deve continuar por um bom tempo, e olha que a previsão de estréia de “Tron Legacy” é apenas em algum dia de 2011. Como você já deve imaginar, além da grande produção por trás disso, a experiência para os fãs deve ser inesquecível. Alguma dúvida do quanto isso é capaz de construir e colar na cabeças desses influenciadores?

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Assista abaixo o teaser apresentado na Comic-Con, e liberado no site para download depois que todos os códigos foram reunidos. Dica do @juanhb.

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Role Reversal Photography – Kristina Sinutko’s ‘Objectifying Men’ Turns the Tables on Relationships (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Kristina Sinutko’s ‘Objectifying Men’ is a series of tableaus that reverse common relationship roles. Rather than objectifying women, as we see frequently in the media, these images objectify men instead.…

Communisis ‘could be subject of takeover bid’ in wake of profits warning

LONDON – Print manager Webmart is seeking partners to launch a potential takeover bid for DM services group Communisis, Marketing Direct’s sister title Print Week has learned.

TomTom promotes Alain Pakiry to top consumer marketing role

LONDON – TomTom has named Alain Pakiry as senior vice president marketing of its consumer business unit. Alex Batchelor recently left TomTom as executive vice-president of marketing.