Hasta La Creative!

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — For the last 53 years, Advertising Age has tracked the spending and calculated the rankings of the nation's 100 largest advertisers. Over the years, that annual Ad Age DataCenter report has become a much-anticipated barometer of the overall health of the ad industry itself. In this video interview, Ad Age's director of data analytics, Brad Johnson, interprets the key points and implications of this year's findings.

LONDON – The Official UK Charts Company is considering incorporating streaming from ad-funded music sites such as Spotify and We7 in its calculation of the Top 40 music chart.

“Stubborn smells change your food. Clean your oven with Fornet.”

Advertising Agency: Publicis, Milan, Italy
Creative Directors: Luca Scotto di Carlo, Vincenzo Gasbarro
Art Director: Alessandro Candito
Copywriter: Paolo Bartalucci
Photographer: Davide Bellocchio
Released: March 2009

“And the smell goes back to hell.”

Advertising Agency: Publicis, Milan, Italy
Creative Directors: Luca Scotto di Carlo, Vincenzo Gasbarro
Art Director: Stefano Fontana
Copywriter: Sara Pollini
Illustrator: Thomas Lavezzari
Photographer: Marco Craig
Post production: Marco Vagnetti
Published: April 2009

LONDON – Coca-Cola has unveiled what it claims is the world’s biggest recycled artwork in order to mark Recycle Week, which runs 22-28 June.

LONDON – ‘Big Brother’ has suffered another drop in ratings with its key Friday night eviction programme down to 2.2m from 2.7m last week.

NEW YORK – The Washington Post has angered print edition subscribers by publishing a two-part in-depth report on a local murder online only.

NEW YORK – Young job seekers are turning to micro-blogging site Twitter to search for jobs, using services such as Tweet My Jobs and Twitter Job Search.

LONDON – In this new section P&I outlines all of the latest promotional offers to appear in the national press.

LONDON – London’s 95.8 Capital FM has teamed up with Royal Mail to support its ‘Simply Drop’ campaign.