Destructive Commentary: ‘The Client is an Idiot’

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You’ve heard these all before, right?

My Favorite Part of Killed Ideas Is…

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Hmm. This is a tough one.

Coca-Cola | The? Sound of Flowers

Coke Festival Tour

Certamente você já teve ou conhece alguém que teve uma daquelas inconfundíveis Rock ‘n Flowers, mais um brinquedo (?) típico dos anos 1980 que virava atração na casa de quem tinha.

Um porrilhão de anos depois, essas florzinhas que dançam viraram protagonistas em um comercial da Coca-Cola na Espanha. O filme divulga a promoção Coca-Cola Festival Tour, que vai levar quatro pessoas e seus amigos para conferir cinco grandes festivais de música pela Europa.

| Dica de Ruben G.

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Multi-talented Iranian Women Tweet Election Chaos, Become Soulmates

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They tweet. They date. Yet another contextual fail.

Boots targets suncare campaign at children

LONDON – Boots has launched a campaign to educate children about the importance of staying safe in the sun.

Ad Student Competition at Cannes Comes Into Its Own


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Every year for the past four, digital agency AKQA has run a student-focused contest at the International Advertising Festival at Cannes whose winners have gone on to land jobs at top agencies such as R/GA, Tribal DDB and Farfar.

Emma Bunton fronts Heart campaign

LONDON – Emma Bunton will front a new campaign for Global Radio’s Heart network in the run up to the launch of its final nine stations on 22 June.

Telegraph aims to cash in on F1 fever with iPhone app

LONDON – Telegraph Media Group has created an F1 iPhone app in the lead up to next week’s British Grand Prix. But it faces competition from rivals including the BBC.

Spoof Nudetography – Sacha Baron Cohen in GQ Promotes ‘Bruno’ With Hilarious Spread (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sacha Baron Cohen, as his latest alias, Bruno, is doing his rounds as he promotes his upcoming film, and he’s not missing any stops. Bruno can be seen on the cover of the July 2009 issue of GQ, a popular…

IBM takes mobile apps and augmented reality to Wimbledon

LONDON – IBM plans to launch a range of mobile apps incorporating augmented reality and Twitter to the thousands of tennis fans heading to the All England Club for Wimbledon fortnight.

Bauer Media launches Car magazine in compact format

LONDON – Bauer Media is to launch a travel-sized issue of its motoring magazine, Car, as part of a wide-ranging promotion.

The Independent’s Preston to edit Radio Times

LONDON – BBC Magazines has appointed Ben Preston, executive editor at The Independent, as editor of its flagship Radio Times title.

The Independent’s Preston to edit Radio Times as Hudson departs

LONDON – BBC Magazines has appointed Ben Preston, executive editor at The Independent, as editor of its flagship Radio Times title.

How to Target the World’s ‘Alpha Consumers’: Women


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Women are arguably the world's most powerful consumers. So why do marketers still fall short in reaching them? Bridget Brennan, CEO of Female Factor and author of "Why She Buys" sat down with Ad Age recently to discuss the still-untapped marketing opportunity in targeting "the alpha consumers of planet Earth," as she calls them: women.

The first banner using the power of Twitter to choose your car

This amazing banner is picking for your the best Volkswagen car according to your Tweets. Try it! advertiser: Volkswagen

When PSAs Work: Autism Speaks


Suzanne and Bob Wright, co-founders of Autism Speaks, discuss how the nonprofit organization has benefited from its PSA campaign with BBDO and the Ad Council.

Last call for entries for 30 Under 30 competition

LONDON – The closing date for Media Week’s 30 Under 30 competition is approaching fast, with just five days to submit entries before the closing date of Monday, 22 June.

Ultimo-Clad Breasts No Match For Flesh Quaking Roller Coaster

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Some bra marketers, such as Wonderbra, love to tout the fact they help a woman look bigger than she really is. Others, such as Ultimo, are more practical and love to tout their product’s ability to control what they’ve already got.

Revolution’s brief history of MySpace

LONDON – MySpace announced today it’s shrinking its ‘bloated’ staff count by a third in the US, laying off over 400 employees with international cuts on the way. A move, MySpace said, that is necessary to get the company thinking like a plucky young start-up again, like it was back in 2003. Revolution tracks the social network’s fortunes with a brief history of MySpace.

Why Advertising Isn’t That Important to YouTube


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Google would like YouTube to become profitable — a tough task when it's providing free bandwidth and video storage for much of the world's videos, most of which have limited interest to advertisers. But providing all that bandwidth isn't as expensive and YouTube is far closer to break-even than previously thought, according to IT outsourcing firm RampRate.