Mar
11
Havas reports surge in profits as it watches Aegis
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Profits at Havas have surged ahead 81% to €83m (£63.4m), as the group continues to circle UK marketing services group Aegis.
Mar
11
Recovering Workaholics: Die
Posted in: Uncategorized
Advertising Agency: Gate, London, UK
Copywriter: Paul Alderman
Art Directors: Paul Alderman, Paul Anderson
Typographers: Paul Alderman, Jonathan Madden
Mar
11
Recovering Workaholics: Friend
Posted in: Uncategorized
Advertising Agency: Gate, London, UK
Copywriter: Paul Alderman
Art Directors: Paul Alderman, Paul Anderson
Typographers: Paul Alderman, Jonathan Madden
Mar
11
Recovering Workaholics: Time
Posted in: Uncategorized
Advertising Agency: Gate, London, UK
Copywriter: Paul Alderman
Art Directors: Paul Alderman, Paul Anderson
Typographers: Paul Alderman, Jonathan Madden
Mar
11
Chime profits up 25% with cheery outlook for 2008
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Chime Communications has reported a rise in pre-tax profits of 25% to £13.8m for 2007, and said that it sees no slowdown in growth for 2008.
Mar
11
Recovering Workaholics: Sabbatical
Posted in: Uncategorized
Advertising Agency: Gate, London, UK
Copywriter: Paul Alderman
Art Directors: Paul Alderman, Paul Anderson
Typographers: Paul Alderman, Jonathan Madden
Mar
11
FA Cup contender West Brom seeks sponsor to replace T-Mobile
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – FA Cup semi-finalists and Coca-Cola Championship promotion contender West Bromwich Albion is inviting offers to become the club’s new main sponsor from next season onwards.
Mar
11
M&S marketer exits following senior shake-up
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Marks & Spencer has overhauled its senior management line-up, resulting in the departure of marketing communications director, Jude Bridge.
Mar
11
PM calls for government message on drinks ads
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Gordon Brown is pushing for all TV and cinema ads for alcoholic drink brands to run with an end frame promoting responsible drinking, in a proposal that has prompted criticism from the drinks industry.
Mar
11
Royal Mail hands top role to Smith
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Royal Mail has promoted group strategy director, Alex Smith, to the role of strategy and commercial director.
Mar
11
Boots to develop No7 as global cosmetics brand
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Boots is drawing up a global promotional strategy intended to establish its No7 Protect & Perfect Beauty Serum as an internationally recognised brand.
Mar
11
McDonald’s faces ‘vouchers for kids’ allegations
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – McDonald’s has launched an investigation following claims that at least one of its outlets has been distributing cut-price vouchers for Big Macs to school pupils.
Mar
11
Brands to target social networking sites with new service
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Marketers are being encouraged to target consumers via social networks by signing up to Jam, an initiative developed by digital agency i-level.
Mar
11
Pizza Hut in casual dining shift
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Pizza Hut is to re-position itself away from fast food as part of rebranding plans for the end of this year.
Mar
11
Tang Wei ban scuppers Pond’s TVC
Posted in: UncategorizedSHANGHAI – Tang Wei, the actress famed for her debut role in Ang Lee’s controversial “Lust, Cautionâ€, has reportedly been banned by an increasingly watchful SARFT from mainland media – a decision which looks set to scupper her recent endorsement of Pond’s skin products.
Mar
11
Links for 2008-03-10 [del.icio.us]
Posted in: Uncategorized- Interactive Architecture dot Org » INTERArChTIVE commission call for entries
Seeking proposals for an interactive architecture commission, from architects and media arts practitioners. The commission will open and be exhibited during the UK Architecture 08 festival. INTERArChTIVE is aiming to support an innovative, collaborative p - Commentary: Gamers Get Their Kicks From Dying
Paper about the emotions of gamers as they play. "Gamers don’t like shooting their opponents, but they’re suffused with pleasure when they themselves are shot dead." - Simon Hattenstone on the weak appetite for war movies, especially the ones about Iraq | Features | guardian.co.uk Film
No one wants to know Brian De Palma, Nick Broomfield and Paul Haggis are desperate to tell the truth about what is going on in Iraq. But there seems little appetite for war films right now - We need money not art | aaajiao VS Régine Debatty
me talking about what looks like bioart (of course), miltos manetas (nice!) and boingboing. in chinese - Tokyo Cosplish school offers "cute English" – Yahoo! News UK
"I wanted to create a space for Otaku" Students at the school discuss their favourite comic books and films, and learn slang used in English online chatrooms and mobile phone messages, including popular abbreviations such as "GR8" ("great") and "B4" ("bef - Cornell Mushroom Blog » The Future of Fungal Freshness?
’ ‘Made in Transit’ is a supply chain concept in which the food grows on board a vehicle on the way to the supermarket, shifting the paradigm of packaging from preserving freshness to enabling growth, and shifting ‘best before’ to ‘ready by.
Mar
11
Hulu.com to Go Live This Week
Posted in: Uncategorized
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — News Corp. and NBC Universal plan to make Hulu.com, the online video-sharing site they have been testing for months, available to the general public as of March 12.
Mar
11
Clinton’s ‘3 AM’ Poster Girl is an Obama Supporter. Oops.
Posted in: Uncategorized
Over a week ago, Hillary Clinton launched this ad that starts, “It’s three AM and your children are safe and asleep. But there’s a phone in the White House and it’s ringing.” The ad asks who you want to pick up the phone and protect your kids — somebody with experience, or somebody without.
Mar
11
All About… Celebrity endorsements
Posted in: UncategorizedShelling out big bucks is no guarantee of success.
Mar
11
Draft Earns Facebook Pariah Status
Posted in: Uncategorized
Agency Spy (via George Parker) just clued us in on the newest of the Facebook hater groups, Fuck Howard Draft!
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