Jan
09
Claydon Heeley poaches Taylor from Craik Jones
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Below-the-line agency Claydon Heeley has poached Caroline Taylor, a planner at Craik Jones, as its new planning director.
Jan
09
Retail agency Creo acquires Pos firm Lauren Group
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Retail marketing agency Creo, which launched 10 months ago, has bought a company that specialises in making point-of-sale materials, the Lauren Group.
Jan
09
European Commission forces iTunes to lower UK prices
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – UK music fans will pay less for iTunes downloads within six months, after the European Commission ruled it was unlawful for Apple to charge more in Britain than it does in Europe.
Jan
09
Mistresses pulls in viewers for BBC
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – BBC One’s racy new drama ‘Mistresses’ pulled in 4.9m viewers last night, beating Taggart’ on ITV1 to win the 9pm primetime slot. Five also put in a strong performance with the new series of ‘CSI’, according to the unofficial TV overnight figures.
Jan
09
OMD takes part of Europe in Visa global win
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Mediaedge:cia is expected to lose the non-EU portion of Visa’s European media account to OMD, which was yesterday awarded the bulk of Visa’s $500m (£265m) global media business.
Jan
09
Sarkozy plans to scrap advertising on French public television
Posted in: UncategorizedPARIS – French public television will have all advertising removed and commercial television networks could see their ad revenue taxed, according to plans unveiled by President Nicolas Sarkozy this week.
Jan
09
Iceland denies Katona has been axed
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Iceland has denied rumours that former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona has been dropped, saying that she is still under contract as the spokesperson of its advertising.
Jan
09
Real Homes magazine gets a makeover
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Real Homes magazine has been redesigned with a new cover and logo in the last of a series of design changes implemented by Michelle Ogundehin, who joined the title as editor-in-chief last summer.
Jan
09
Astroturfing will bite you in the ass, and get a mention in the New York Times.
Posted in: UncategorizedWe’ve done this before (remember the hidden [in plain sight]Â persuaders debate?). You all know that creating fake identities on boards and chatting up your product will bite you in the ass sooner or later. But it all depends on the community you are trying to pimp your stuff on. Metafilter is self-policing community (that I’ve always hoped Adland could emulate), where members thought a question posted to Ask Metafilter just didn’t look right….
Jan
09
Bannerblog Was Down
Posted in: Uncategorized
Britney Spears locked herself in out server room and started causing havoc. So the site was down for 12 hrs today. We apologize for the inconvenience.
You’ll need to clear your cache and reload if it’s looking a little funny still. We have moved it over to a new (Britney Proof) host. Those in Australia will notice a significant speed increase in page loads.
Jan
09
Listerine: Coffee
Posted in: Uncategorized
Advertising Agency: JWT San Juan, Puerto Rico
Creative Director: Jaime Rosado
Art Director: Johanna Santiago
Copywriter: Miguel Fernández
Published: December 2007
Jan
09
Listerine: Ashtray
Posted in: Uncategorized
Advertising Agency: JWT San Juan, Puerto Rico
Creative Director: Jaime Rosado
Art Director: Johanna Santiago
Copywriter: Miguel Fernández
Published: December 2007
Jan
09
Listerine: Garlic
Posted in: Uncategorized
Advertising Agency: JWT San Juan, Puerto Rico
Creative Director: Jaime Rosado
Art Director: Johanna Santiago
Copywriter: Miguel Fernández
Published: December 2007
Jan
09
Listerine: Fish
Posted in: Uncategorized
Advertising Agency: JWT San Juan, Puerto Rico
Creative Director: Jaime Rosado
Art Director: Johanna Santiago
Copywriter: Miguel Fernández
Published: December 2007
Jan
09
BBH launches online version of ‘Lynx effect’
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Lynx has unveiled the first ongoing digital expression of its renowned ‘Lynx Effect’ slogan.
Jan
09
Scottish Government drives road safety message online
Posted in: UncategorizedEDINBURGH – Mediacom Scotland is working with Massive to launch to the UK’s first Xbox Live campaign using IP targeting for the Scottish Government.
Jan
09
Major global brands trial InSkin video ads
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Kia Motors has become the first advertiser to run a new Flash ‘skin’ ad format, to be used on Dennis Publishing’s Autoexpress.co.uk.
Jan
09
Oscars to air despite cancellation of Globes
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – US broadcaster ABC will not be offering Oscar advertisers refunds for lower-than-expected ratings, as it is confident the awards ceremony will air, despite the continuing screenwriters’ strike.
Jan
09
OMD retains bulk of £330m Visa global media account
Posted in: UncategorizedSAN FRANCISCO – After a lengthy review, OMD has retained media duties for Visa in Asia-Pacific and the US.
Jan
09
City Republic: the race for GCap and bad news for M&S
Posted in: UncategorizedWith GCap’s share price almost doubling, Stephen Foster looks at Global’s attempts to acquire it and examines the drop in sales at Marks & Spencer amid trouble on the high street.
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