Yahoo! wants to find the UK’s best branded app

LONDON – Yahoo! is launching a competition to find the UK’s best online apps, with the winning entry featuring on the portal’s homepage.

Asda Direct steps up competition with Argos and Tesco Direct

LONDON – Asda has announced that it has extended its in-store collection service to a 150 stores following a trial in its Keighley store in West Yorkshire.

Homeless charity Crisis hires The Gate to promote Urban Investors scheme

LONDON – Homelessness charity Crisis has appointed The Gate to create advertising for its Urban Investors project.

Emissora de banheiro

Os fãs da equipe de hóquei Toronto Maple Laefs que assistem uma partida em seu estádio, o Air Canada Centre, não perderam nenhum detalhe do jogo, nem mesmo se tivessem necessidade de urinar.
Eles devem agradecer a emissora de rádio AM640, que instalou junto aos mictórios dos banheiros do estádio, alguns pôsteres que reproduzem a transmissão ao vivo da partida, assim que sensores identificam a aproximação de uma pessoa.
A estratégia foi desenvolvida especialmente para a cadeia de rádio, e ficou a cargo da Saatchi & Saatchi Toronto. Veja um exemplo no vídeo.

New ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Offers More Than Sneak Peek


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Killing zombies from the comfort of your home has never been so easy. An online video-game trailer debuting Thursday for Capcom's "Resident Evil" franchise brings zombie-blasting right onto the web page.

Eddie Murphy’s Long-Term Effect on Ad Agency Diversity


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — How is Eddie Murphy playing a role in a new push to diversify ad agencies? Former agency account exec Lincoln Stephens is both an example and an evangelist of the "Boomerang" effect. A year ago Stephens abruptly quit his Chicago agency job, moved back to his hometown of Dallas and, on a shoestring budget, launched a program to recruit, train and motivate talented young African Americans for advertising agency jobs. Execs at The Richards Group, Imaginuity, Tracy Locke and other Dallas organizations volunteered to mentor participants in his first boot camp sessions.

Sextape about erectile dysfunction

Watch Dennis as he attempts to spice things up in the bedroom with his wife in this sextape…

IAB, Bain Create ‘Action Plan’ For Digital Media Sellers

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Interactive Advertising Bureau is pegging its members' future growth on the likes of Procter & Gamble, L'Oreal, Kraft and Pepsi. The problem? Most online media companies don't know how to sell to them.

CIG halts takeover bid for Centaur

LONDON – Critical Information Group, the media acquisitions company that counts Peter Bazalgette among its directors, has opted not to proceed with a takeover offer for Centaur.

Ultimo to run St Trinians instore competition

LONDON – Lingerie brand Ultimo has teamed up with Entertainment Film Distributors to launch an instore promotion around the upcoming film ‘St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold’.

Firefly Tonics to launch drink made by a consumer

LONDON – Firefly Tonics, the natural energy drink brand, is to launch its ‘Britannia’ variant, following a consumer competition to design a new drink.

Channel 4 News turns to crowdsourcing for new website

LONDON – Channel 4 is launching a website that aims to draw up a picture of who is connected to whom in British society, partly relying on crowdsourced information.

YouTube: don’t like video ads? Skip them

LONDON – YouTube is allowing consumers to skip through pre-rolls on the video-sharing site in an effort to improve the user experience and encourage brands to create better ads.

YouTube: don’t like video ads? Now you can skip them

LONDON – YouTube is allowing consumers to skip through pre-rolls on the video-sharing site in an effort to improve the user experience and encourage brands to create better ads.

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O2 targets gig-goers with digital experiential activity at Academy venues

LONDON – O2 is to remind gig-goers attending shows at the recently rebranded Academy venues just who the sponsor is, with the installation of Snapbooth screens.

Fulford to head planning team at I-Level

LONDON – I-Level has appointed Adam Fulford to the newly created role of head of planning.

Clarkson tops list of possible paid content earners

LONDON – Consumers say they are willing to pay small sums of cash for online articles, with columnist Jeremy Clarkson leading a list of potential earners if paid content takes off.

Ex-Blue Peter presenter launches computer for silver surfers

LONDON – Over-50 and “terrified” of going on the internet? Then help is at hand with the Valerie Singleton-backed launch of a new “simple to use” computer for the older market.

Breakthrough Breast Cancer appoints CMW

LONDON – Breakthrough Breast Cancer has hired CMW to handle its 2010 Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign.