STOP PRESS – Canadian loyalty group buys Carlson Marketing for US$175 million

LONDON – Carlson Marketing, the global loyalty marketing agency, has been bought by Canadian loyalty company Groupe Aeroplan for US$175.3m (Canadian: $188m), it was announced this afternoon.

BSI Group hires former Yell marketer Ann Francke to strategy role

LONDON – BSI Group, the standards and certification body, has hired former Yell marketer Ann Francke to the position of managing director of global customer and product strategy.

Key recruits join WFCA media arm

WFCA, the full-service marketing agency, has recruited former Initiative strategist Chris Wright and former Sky Media controller Martin Dewhirst to its media department.

How You Can Redefine Your Agency in a Single Moment


Game-changers don't just materialize out of thin air. You can't will them to happen. I suspect they happen like a lot of events in life: You pick a destination and then work your butt off. There's risk too. Losing a key client can be a game-changer. Too much success too quickly has crushed plenty of good agencies. An exciting game-changer for one person can be a game-changing nightmare for someone else.

Candle Gets An Erection in Celebration of Viagra’s Tenth Birthday

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OK. If you can. Picture yourself in front of a fire. On the floor. With your lover. In the seventies.

Dreamers Project

Un projet photographique réalisé à l’université Wiesbaden. Intitulé “Gravity”, ce shooting se base sur la notion de gravité dans les médias visuels. Un travail de fin d’études réussi par les étudiants Mohammed Amine Nasseri, Natalie Borger, Magda Klukowski et Elisabet Frau-Trullén.



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Jailhouse Photo Essays – Cade Martin Photography Offers Stunning Visuals (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When you are an internationally known photographer like Cade Martin, who has worked for Cadillac, UCLA and the Discovery Channel, it is safe to assume that your own work is pretty impressive. The Cade…

Trivial Pursuit launches battle of the sexes

LONDON – Women who have long argued they are smarter than the men in their lives can now prove it, thanks to Hasbro’s worldwide contest to determine which is the smarter sex.

Independent News & Media wins first battle against O’Brien

LONDON – Independent News & Media has won the first of several upcoming battles with rebel shareholder Denis O’Brien – after his plan to remove the company’s chairman was rebuffed by shareholders.

Mainstream Cross-Dressing – Bodysuits, Football Uniforms for Women and Thongs for Men (THTV)

(TrendHunter.com) Bodysuits, Football Uniforms for Women and Thongs for Men: Today we hunt Mainstream Cross-Dressing.

10 The BabooshkaBoutique capitalizes on the current mens-sized trends we’ve all be seeing with their…

The Top 10 Advertising Agencies in Canada

Canada's Marketing magazine, one of Ad Age's international partners, has unveiled its top ten list of ad agencies for 2009. Honorees include creative, media, digital and experiential shops.

Bing launches travel promotion with Thomas Cook

LONDON – Microsoft has launched an online competition with Thomas Cook to support its search engine Bing.

Newspaper first to go live with public Google Wave

LONDON – Following the hype around the launch of Google Wave, German newspaper Welt Kompakt has become one of the first to launch a public Wave, helping readers interact with the title.

Papercraft Self Portrait


Para comemorar o Halloween, Eric Testroete fez uma cabeça gigante dele mesmo, em papel, usando 3DS Max 2009, Mudbox 2010, Photoshop CS3 e Pepakura.

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Marca de detergente “lava” fotografias comprometedoras dos clientes no Facebook

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A empresa fabricante de detergentes Wisk quer aumentar sua presença na rede, e uma de suas primeiras iniciativas é dirigida aos usuários do Facebook. Através de um novo aplicativo, chamado Wisk-it, ela oferece aos membros desta rede social a possibilidade de excluir as fotografias não desejadas mediante avisos aos responsáveis por indexar essas imagens.

Na área de informações do novo aplicativo, se especifica que suas funções serão: encontrar imagens “marcadas” e “não marcadas” de outros usuários e, uma vez localizadas, solicitar sua eliminação aos proprietários. No entanto, o Facebook deixa claro que não se trata de uma iniciativa desenvolvida por seus programadores. (Whooper Sacrifice feelings).

A agência encarregada pela criação desta campanha online é a TracyLocke.

:: Com fonte do NYT.

Champions Font


Os estúdios Fontsmith e Radiant Studios apresentam a nova fonte e logo da Champions League.

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Metro Short Film Festival

Découverte de la campagne pour le festival de court métrage organisé par le métro espagnol. Une idée basée sur 3 symboles du cinéma, et imaginée par l’agence Bassat Ogilvy and Mather basée à Barcelone. Le tout sur des photographies de Garrigosa Studio.



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Bigmouthmedia names new chief executive

LONDON – Bigmouthmedia has named former Nokia vice president, Mark Bole, as group chief executive.

Robbie Williams album to debut on Spotify

LONDON – Spotify has scored a coup by winning the right to unveil Robbie Williams’ new album ‘Reality Killed the Video Star’ this Friday, ahead of its official launch next week.

Lennox among finalists for Young Communications Entrepreneur Award

LONDON – Amy Lennox, one of the founding partners of media planning agency Trinity Communications, is among the finalists for the British Council’s inaugural Young Communications Entrepreneur Award.