Mar
17
Travel website WAYN.com puts up £100m for-sale sign
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Social media travel website Where are you now?, valued at around £100m, is considering a sale after receiving several approaches.
Mar
17
Gasser Wurstel – Winston/Jr. (2008) Print (Italy)
Posted in: UncategorizedPhotographer Winkler +Noah recently completed a campaign for Gasser Wurstel. Working with Art Director Cristina Baccelli and Copywriter Sara Ermoli of TBWA Italy, they created this “smoking man” campaign (no, sadly it doesn’t have that fella from the X-Files in it).
Mar
17
Mobile web use reaches tipping point
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Mobile internet use in Europe is set to surge over the next five years, as 3G-enabled phones and increased consumer interest fuel growth.
Mar
17
Centaur Media prepares for strategic review
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Centaur Media, the publisher of The Lawyer and Mortgage Strategy, is recruiting a corporate adviser to carry out a strategic review that could lead to a change of ownership.
Mar
17
Delia Smith and IPC link up for promo
Posted in: UncategorizedIPC and Random House have entered into a commercial tie-up to promote monthly glossy Woman & Home and Delia Smith’s new book, How to Cheat at Cooking.
Mar
17
Carat raises UK adspend growth estimate
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Media agency Carat is optimistic in its outlook for UK adspend, raising its 2008 growth forecast from 5.9% to 6.4%, but is now more pessimistic about worldwide growth.
Mar
17
Capital director branches out on his own
Posted in: UncategorizedFormer Capital Manning Selvage & Lee director Peter Curtain has launched his own agency.
Mar
17
Airey makes another US hire for ITV production division
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – ITV has hired another big name in US television, Fox Broadcasting’s Lee Bartlett, to be chief operating officer of its production division ITV Global Content.
Mar
17
iris appoints for pan-Euro focus
Posted in: Uncategorizediris PR has poached Visit London’s European PR Manager to develop it pan-European expertise.
Mar
17
London body snares BBC corporate chief
Posted in: UncategorizedThe BBC’s head of corporate affairs is to take the top lobbying role at a body representing big businesses in London.
Mar
17
Kirk McPherson to leave MindShare
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Kirk McPherson, the worldwide new business director of MindShare, is to leave the agency.
Mar
17
Golin Harris links with Packer Forbes to expand healthcare offering
Posted in: UncategorizedConsumer agency Golin Harris is making a move into the healthcare market with an alliance with specialist healthcare shop Packer Forbes.
Mar
17
British consumers vote on top 10 Irish brands
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Guinness, Baileys, Westlife and U2 are the British public’s favourite Irish brands, according to a survey.
Mar
17
Pepsi social networking initiative links fans to footballers
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Pepsi has become the latest major brand to embrace social networking with the launch of a multimillion-pound promotion featuring David Beckham, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, Cesc Fabregas, Lionel Messi and Frank Lampard.
Mar
17
Student ad wins Patricia Cornwell novel competition
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – A 20-year-old student has won a competition to design a TV ad for Patricia Cornwell’s latest thriller.
Mar
17
Top 25 Things that are Green – Happy St Patrick’s Day!
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(TrendHunter.com) In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Trend Hunter brings you the Top 25 Things that are Green, Irish, or related to Beer. As the Irish say, “Erin Go Bragh.” (Ireland Forever)
Enviro-Tips from the Green Team – Will Ferrell For the Environment (VIDEO) This clip is an environmental spoof by comic act…
Mar
17
Links for 2008-03-16 [del.icio.us]
Posted in: Uncategorized- Fertilizing dandelions with blood on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
yeah! images of our panel at the New Museum - Yan Pei-Ming, Luca Vitone and Victor Man / e-flux
GAMeC presents the first solo exhibition in an Italian museum dedicated to Yan Pei-Ming. 20 large format works – oils and many watercolours, an exhibition created around a theme selected by the artist and the curator organized into four sections: Self-por
Mar
17
Crystal Ball 2.0
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We asked the bloggers on the Power 150 blog-ranking index to tell us what technology marketers should be paying most attention to in 2008. Here's what they said.
Mar
17
GM Roars Forward Into Digital Ad Channels
Posted in: UncategorizedThe country's third-largest advertiser is getting ready to shift fully half of its $3 billion budget into digital and one-to-one marketing within the next three years. And as GM goes, so goes the entire automotive industry — the leading advertising category that pumped some $9.42 billion into the ad economy last year.
Mar
17
As Marketers Shift to Digital, Big 4 Keep Pace
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