Government warned of public backlash to digital radio switchover

LONDON – The Government must take action to prevent a major negative public reaction to the digital radio switchover, according to the Lords Communications Committee.

UK Police banned TVC: The policing pledge

This TV ad for the UK police has been banned from TV for being deceitful by The Advertising Standards Authority.

Advertiser: UK Police

Rentyhorn, making the legacy of colonialism visible

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Artist Sascha Huber symbolically renames “Rentyhorn” a mountain currently named Agassizhorn, after Swiss natural scientist Louis Agassiz. Renty was a slave from the Congo whose picture Agassiz had taken in the United States in the 1850s as a proof of the inferiority of the black race. The performance is part of a campaign that attempts to make the legacy of colonialism visible continue

Social media shapes first digital election

Social media has given voters more power to influence politicians’ messages than ever before – creating a headache for the creative and media agencies working on the election campaigns. Stephen Armstrong reports

Sexy calendar 2010 Pirelli making of video

Pirelli is using sexy babes to promote their brand every year.

Here is the making of their erotic and sexy calendar for 2010.

Advertiser: Pirelli

Mais milagres do Photoshop CS5. É sério. Ou não.

Há alguns dias, a Adobe demonstrou a função Content-Aware Fill do Photoshop CS5, o que deixou muita gente impressionada, além de colocar o vídeo entre o mais assistidos da semana na internet.

Matt Hopkins teve oportunidade de fazer mais testes com o software, e mostra no vídeo abaixo mais alguns milagres. Assista e me diga se esse não é o Photoshop que todos estavámos esperando.

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The Cost of ‘Lost’? ABC Asks $900,000 for Finale


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — So much for "Keep it simple, stupid." ABC's "Lost" may have shed millions of viewers as the show grew increasingly complex, but the remaining fans are so intense that marketers are spending big to appear in the program's on-air farewell. The cost of a 30-second ad in the final episode of the series is coming in around a whopping $900,000, according to media buyers.

Web’s Big Boost to Magazines? Selling Print Subscriptions

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The magazine business is getting lots of attention for its push to build digital editions for the iPad and other shiny electronic devices. But magazines' biggest digital success right now may lie in a very different arena: selling print subscriptions through the web.

IPad Out to Prove Itself as Gaming Platform, but Will Users Play Along?

YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) — It's been called a giant iPod Touch, an evolved e-reader, a third computing device and even "the most important thing I've ever done" by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. One thing Apple's iPad — out Tuesday — hasn't been called? Great for gaming.

Memo to Marketers: It’s Your Fault if Your Shops Flounder

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — To put this simply, if marketers are counting on their agencies to lead them into a world of changing consumer behaviors and media habits, they should think again.

JWT’s Power Duo Mum on Future Plans


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Rosemarie Ryan and Ty Montague — JWT North America's outgoing leaders — are mum about plans for their new venture, but industry executives say their shop will be touted as more of a marketing consultancy than a traditional ad agency.

Preparing Us All for the Next 80 Years


As Ad Age celebrates 80 years, I'm reminded of a question people often asked at the end of 2007 when I became publisher and Ad Age was just a spry 77: What did I want to accomplish in the next five years?

Mooncup Makes Sure Your Lady Parts Are Feeling the Love


How are you feeling about your vagina these days? We ask not without reason. LoveYourVagina.com is the website of a British product called Mooncup, which is a silicone receptacle designed to replace tampons and sanitary pad. These folks don't want you to be vaginally satisfied. They want amor.

The Most Influential Brands of 2090

Apparently "Media Guy" Grandpa Simon wrote a lot of so-called listicles. So when Ad Age asked me to come up with a list of some of the most influential brands of 2090 — and to look back at where they were 80 years ago (if they were even around back then) — I jumped at the chance.

Covering the Mad Men: Advertising Age at 40


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Back when Don Draper was swilling Scotch in his corner office, debating how to solve Lucky Strike's marketing conundrums, Ad Age was all over in the industry. And it was no young pub — in 1970 the publication was already 40 years old.

Hulu’s a Towering Success — Just Not Financially

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Hulu is everyone's favorite provider of TV on the web, but it's facing an ideological battle over its future. On one side are its network backers, which would like Hulu to become a paid service. On the other is the advertising community, which would like to keep Hulu free as a test-bed for new targeted-ad formats that can't be skipped.

ChatRoulette Piano 2

Merton, o piano-guy do ChatRoulette, está de volta em sua segunda sessão de improvisos.

Já são mais de 400 mil views em menos de 48 horas, e sim, você deveria assinar o canal do cara no YouTube.

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The Wall Street Journal Joins Newspaper Battle at Starbucks

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The newspaper battle that recently began inside Starbucks has welcomed another contestant: The Wall Street Journal is going on sale in 450 of the coffee chain's stores in New York City and nearby parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. The move comes two weeks after USA Today joined The New York Times in Starbucks stores around the country and less than a month before The Journal introduces a New York edition.

Top 50 Trends of the Week (Mar 22) – From Summertime Inktography to Romantic Floral Fashions (COUNTDOWN)

(TrendHunter.com) For the week of March 22nd, these are the Top 50 trends, which include Summertime Inktography, Crowded Housetography and Untouched Beautography. The rankings are based on hundreds of thousands of views…

Documenting Poor Parenting – This Evidence of Parenting Fails Ensures I Will Never Reproduce (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I am sure we have all had those moments in our childhood where we vaguely remember the brutal mistakes our parents made. Thankfully, most of those are not documented forever, unlike these parenting fails.…