OK, seriously. Just what is it about beer that is supposed to make life perfect? How did beer, swill such as Miller Lite no less, become the answer to all of life’s ills?
Transvestites don’t get too much airtime in advertising, but DDB has launched a campaign in Europe for Philips’s Satinelle Ice Epilator (a hair-removal device) that stars an L.A.-based transvestite dancer named Karis. DDB’s Neil Dawson says it’s no cheap stunt. Men, he claims, have a notoriously low threshold for pain; thus, a man who needs smooth legs is the perfect test model for an epilator that promises a less painful hair-removal experience.
—Posted by Tim Nudd
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Next month’s Vanity Fair features “provocative” photos, taken by Annie Leibovitz, of Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus.
LONDON – Everton Football Club is sending a promotional DVD and DVD player to CEOs in a bid to find a naming rights sponsor for a new stadium it hopes to open in 2010.
LONDON – Home improvement firm Everest is mounting its first national TV advertising campaign in 22 years.
LONDON – The Co-operative Group is backing England Netball in its bid to get netball recognised as an Olympic sport in time for the 2016 games.
LONDON – Lowe London has promoted George Prest and Tom Hudson to creative directors.
LONDON – Microsoft’s deadline for Yahoo to respond to its $44.6bn (£22.4bn) takeover offer has expired, with the software giant now considering whether to launch a hostile takeover bid.
Not satisfied with passive advertising anymore, Rolling Stone and Men’s Health magazines will be offering some interactivity with their ad space.
What they want people to do is take a cell phone picture of a print ad in their magazine, send it to a special number and the readers will receive an offer or reward in return.
Eric Karjaluoto of Ideas on Ideas interviewed Kevin “Lovemarks” Roberts, a.k.a. Saatchi Kevin, Worldwide CEO of Saatchi.
I like his answer to the following question, even though I don’t believe Roberts is a soothsayer.
Eric: With the rapid changes occurring in today’s media space, do you believe there will be room for traditional agencies in ten years time?
Kevin: No. “Traditional†anything will be under threat. Progressive ideas-driven, consumer-focused digital communication agencies will thrive.
LONDON – Coldplay will become the latest band to release music as a free download when they launch their latest single via Coldplay.com.
LONDON – Ofcom has ruled that a popular show on Discovery’s Real Time channel broadcast last year breached its ban on promotional references to sponsors.
LONDON – Zattoo, the online video service that streams TV channels from around the world, has secured the rights to carry all five UK terrestrial channels online, via its media player.
From The Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Historic Quebec City hopes to take down a modern roadside decoration – the ubiquitous billboard.
The 400-year-old city is proposing a bylaw to wipe out large ad panels across much of the Quebec capital region in the next five years.
Serge Viau, the city’s assistant director general, says billboards mask Quebec City’s European architecture and stunning views.
“With the goal of cleaning up the urban landscape in mind, we decided to make the signs disappear,” Viau said of proposed changes to the city’s urban plan.
I defy the Quebecers to say this view is not stunning
People move to the city for the urban landscape, next thing you know, Quebec City will be getting rid of their strip clubs.
Also remember, if you’re going to have a billboard, the French part must be predominant if you’re also going to have your signs in English…silly separatists
Technorati Tags: billboards, Quebec, civil action
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