McDonald’s coffee: Swing

McDonald's coffee: Swing

Advertising Agency: DDB, Sweden
Copywriter: Magnus Jakobsson
art director: Fredrik Simonsson
Creative Director: Andreas Dahlqvist

McDonald’s coffee: Space

McDonald's coffee: Space

Advertising Agency: DDB, Sweden
Copywriter: Magnus Jakobsson
art director: Fredrik Simonsson
Creative Director: Andreas Dahlqvist

McDonald’s coffee: Beard

McDonald's coffee: Beard

Advertising Agency: DDB, Sweden
Copywriter: Magnus Jakobsson
art director: Fredrik Simonsson
Creative Director: Andreas Dahlqvist

Peugeot: Show off

Peugeot: Show off

Advertising Agency: BETC Eurorscg, Paris, France
Creative Director: Rémi Babinet
Art Director: Raphaël Halin
Copywriter: Benjamin Sanial
Published: April 2008

Peugeot: Too much

Peugeot: Too much

Advertising Agency: BETC Eurorscg, Paris, France
Creative Director: Rémi Babinet
Art Director: Raphaël Halin
Copywriter: Benjamin Sanial
Published: April 2008

Peugeot: Bling

Peugeot: Bling

Advertising Agency: BETC Eurorscg, Paris, France
Creative Director: Rémi Babinet
Art Director: Raphaël Halin
Copywriter: Benjamin Sanial
Published: April 2008

Peugeot: Me

Peugeot: Me

Advertising Agency: BETC Eurorscg, Paris, France
Creative Director: Rémi Babinet
Art Director: Raphaël Halin
Copywriter: Benjamin Sanial
Published: April 2008

Sunn: Serious stuff

Sunn: Serious stuff

Advertising Agency: La chose, France
Creative Director: Pascal Grégoire
Art Director: Mathieu Dubray
Copywriter: Tanguy Gallis
Photographer: Marc Paeps

Google still interested in Yahoo! as Microsoft steps up interest

LONDON – Google has said it is still interested in a tie-up with rival Yahoo! in the internet search market following news of the resumption of talks between Yahoo! and Microsoft.

Cocaine at centre of government’s Frank anti-drugs drive

LONDON – The government is to focus on showing 15- to 18-year-olds the ugly consequences behind the glamour of cocaine, the price of which is at an all-time low, in the next phase of its Frank drugs awareness campaign.

WPP appoints Boone as CEO of Dell agency Da Vinci

LONDON – WPP Group has appointed Torrence Boone as chief executive of Project Da Vinci, its new global agency set up to handle the worldwide Dell account.

Bell’s axes eight-year-old blend in £4m relaunch

LONDON – Diageo is relaunching Bell’s as part of a £4m strategy that will ditch the whisky’s ‘Aged 8 years’ positioning and introduce the brand’s founder, Arthur Bell, as a brand icon.

Birds Eye set to promote frozen products as low-waste foods

LONDON – Birds Eye is to become one of the first UK brands to launch a marketing strategy targeting the growing number of consumers concerned about food waste.

Home Office to fund immigration police TV series

LONDON – The Home Office is seeking to reassure members of the public that it has a grip on illegal immigration by funding a TV documentary series on Sky.

Burger King launches a burger for six to share

LONDON – Burger King is rolling out what it claims to be the first burger made for sharing across its three biggest European territories, in an attempt to take on the pizza market.

Instant messaging drops as users turn to social networks

LONDON – The growth of social networks means people are spending significantly less time using instant messaging services such as MSN Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger.

Search comes into focus for GroupM with 24/7 moves

LONDON – GroupM is moving to become a leading search player by taking ownership of 24/7 Real Media’s search functions and appointing the search outfit’s chief, Ed Stevenson, as GroupM search operations director.

C4 and Five up shares as multichannel dips

LONDON – Multichannel TV’s share of commercial impacts fell slightly between March and April, although the sector’s share of impacts is still higher than in April last year.

Radio spend up in Q1 but future looks grim

LONDON – Radio ad spend in Q1 was at its highest for three years, according to RadioCentre data.
However, at least one major radio group will suffer a double-digit year-on-year decline in ad revenue in April, with second-quarter ad spend expected to be down by as much as 3%.

Mars and MySpace launch radio show

LONDON – Confectionery giant Mars and MySpace, the News Corporation-owned social network, are combining to launch Mars Planets Radio.