Dissecting GM, Facebook Poetry, Playing God with Sims 3

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– The Big Money conspiracy theorizes around GM’s post-bankruptcy ad.

Google Street View é usado para promover novo Fiat

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Dia 4 de julho, o novo modelo conversível do Fiat 500 começa a ser comercializado em algumas regiões, principalmente na Europa. E para promover, na França, o Fiat 500C, a Agence One decidiu utilizar a plataforma do Google Street View como melhor forma de adaptar o conceito de sua campanha “Happy Me“, na internet.

Utilizando o mouse, o usuário pode navegar (360º) por cidades, como: Paris, Londres, Milão, Turim, Nova Iorque e outras – como se estivesse dirigindo um Fiat 500C. Através das setas visíveis no software, ainda se pode conhecer detalhes de ruas e avenidas próximas ao Big Ben, Torre Eiffel e outros famosos pontos turísticos do mundo. Cool!

:: Fiat 500C | Happy Me

www.fiat500c.fr/explorer/

:: Via Buzz et cie.

Chiquita Smoothie Bejeweled Effectively Tanks Our Thursday

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Few things entice us as readily as a Bejeweled knockoff. We’ve lost whole days to this game; now, on account of Chiquita, we’ve lost our whole afternoon.

Music to Spend Your Severance to

Via Gawker, we bring you the musical stylings of L. McDuff: "The Day the Media Died."

iJustine Tells Us How to Eat A Carl’s Jr. Burger

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Working with YouTube, Justine Ezarik (iJustine) created a video for Carl’s Jr. in which she plays the duel role of Carl’s Jr. employee and customer.

Economist Group closes CFO Europe magazine

LONDON – The Economist Group has closed CFO Europe, its monthly magazine for chief financial officers.

Ikea’s In-store Opera Shows Drama of Home Assembly


LONDON (AdAge.com) — The assembly of flat-pack furniture is a common enough flash point for domestic dramas, but Ikea has taken the concept further by inviting an opera company to stage a full dramatic production at one of its London stores.

Michael Jordan Had a Guru. And that Guru’s Cashing Out.

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“Michael Jordan was the greatest player EVAR! But even he needed inspiration.”

‘Derangements of the Stomach and Bowels Are Promptly Relieved!’

James Lileks, out in Minneapolis, is scanning in some 1800s predecessors to the Star-Tribune. As always, the ads are fascinating.

Dan Black – Symphonies

Le chanteur Dan Black rend un bel hommage au cinéma dans son dernier clip : il se crée un film, en allant de générique en générique. Une idée produite et réalisée par Chic & Artistic. A découvrir en exclusivité dans la suite.



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Tattootorials – Karin Bakker’s ‘Tattoo’ Captures the Process of Getting Inked (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Karin Bakker’s ‘Tattoo’ pictorial gives viewers a glimpse into what getting a tattoo actually looks like. Sure, we’ve all seen the finished product, but unless you’ve watched a friend get inked or have…

Finding a Job, Brazilian Style


A put-upon massage therapist for models is the star of this tongue-in-cheek new viral video from Borghierh/Lowe for the web portal UOL. One blog put it second only to Susan Boyle in terms of ubiquity.

BBC Worldwide Channels acquires Jonathan Ross show

LONDON – BBC presenter Jonathan Ross is set to have his international profile raised after his Friday night… television show has been acquired by BBC Worldwide Channels, with a view to launching it across its international network.

Clear Channel creditors revolt against debt recovery plan

LONDON – Some of Clear Channel’s creditors are reportedly planning to turn down its proposed debt exchange, in order to push the company to default on its loans.

Dobrow Is Nesting, Turns to Home Mags for Help


I've got a new roommate and a new address. So now there's an an apartment to be filled and decorated within an inch of its being. Happily, the roommate has taste and class in abundance, which meant she'd take the lead on all purchases. But I still wanted to contribute, because I felt that my dogs-playing-poker decorative inclinations should be validated on a grander scale. O, sweet new preferred provider of printed-and-bound periodicals on the corner: Whatcha got for me?

Blossom Hill unveils Wimbledon sponsorship campaign

LONDON – Blossom Hill, the UK’s top-selling wine brand, is spending £750,000 to promote its sponsorship of Wimbledon 2009.

DMA confirms departure of former MD James Kelly

LONDON – The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) today confirmed that managing director James Kelly is to leave as a result of the association’s management restructure announced last month.

Tissue Tree Bears Silky Relief to Spontaneous Sneezers

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In time for allergy season — which not only stimulates sneezes but generates spontaneous instances of tear-duct leakage — Kleenex has erected a Tissue Tree, swathed in silk, no less, beside Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art.

Bartz dismisses Yahoo/Microsoft search tie-up

LONDON – Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz has distanced the company from speculation about a search partnership with Microsoft, insisting the company does not need to work with the software behemoth.

Utterly Butterly signs ITV prime-time sponsorship deal

LONDON – Utterly Butterly, the Dairy Crest-owned spread brand, is to sponsor ITV1’s ‘Do The Funniest’.