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Yellow Pages Rebrand, will they make a comeback?

Chances are, if you grew up in the 1980's and 90's, you're well aware of the Yellow Pages. For those of you too young to remember a time when it took 10 minutes to log onto the internet; the Yellow Pages was a vast tome, delivered free to each...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Rubicon Project claim Quantcast's top honours

Leading advertising automation company Rubicon Project, was recently named as the number 1 ad platform in the world by Quantcast, the audience measurement company that draws its statistics from more than half a billion people worldwide. Quantcast...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Pizza Hut attempt to “Reinvent the Pizza”

Far from simply unveiling a couple of new flavours and a slight revamp of the old logo, Pizza Hut has been given a complete face-lift with ten new flavours of crust, five new ingredients, four new “Drizzles”, eleven new recipes and the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Deja Vu as Yahoo take on AOL with new $640 million acquisition

It would appear that Yahoo are looking to beat AOL at their own game (welcome back to the late 90's!) with the $640 million acquisition of programmatic video-advertising platform BrightRoll. The deal, which is expected to close early next year, seeks...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Carat strike gold with £550 million Government account

The Dentsu Aegis Network's Carat agency has officially snatched the £550 million UK Government buying account from GroupM, the media-buying division of WPP, after GroupM filed a claim at the high court in London to challenge the decision. The...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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X marks the spot for Motorola and DigitasLBi

The Publicis Groupe owned global marketing and technology company DigitasLBi, has recently been named in the Media Plan of the Year competition, with their work for the Motorola Moto X smartphone earning them pride of place in the “Campaign...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Manchester United goes anime like Kill Bill

The Manchester United stars Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Angel di Maria have transformed into Anime characters for a new campaign. The “Hungry To Win” campaign for global marketing partner, Nissin Foods, aims to deepen the club's...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Three BIG appointments at Executive Channel International

In a bid to restructure the Australian agency Executive Channel, executive chairman Bruce Fink has announced the company's new board of directors, which includes Kim Wiliams, the former boss of News Corp, who has joined the company, which specialises...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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How to spot a bad recruiter

Recruiters aren't all bad. There is an unfortunate stigma that has stuck the recruitment industry which have developed from agencies that are poorly run who bombard candidates and clients with irrelevant jobs and pointless calls. There are however...

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Pizza Hut's had an eventful week!

It's been quite a busy week for the world's most beloved pizza chain, in both some good ways and some bad. Firstly, a new Global CEO was named at the beginning of the week in the shape of David Gibbs, who will assume the role on the 1st of January...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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AdWorld Roundup: Hires & Promotions

Healy takes Rosetta The biggest promotion news in ad land yesterday arrived in the shape of Eric Healy, who was named CEO of Rosetta, the customer engagement agency owned by the Publicis Groupe. Healy, who has been promoted from Managing Partner of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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What do copywriters say about copywriting? And are they right?

A copywriting pal of mine has drawn my attention to a collection of quotes about, well, copywriting. I'm always delighted when these things crop up, because I feel sure blog posts on design and art direction outnumber pieces on copy by about a...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Havas to predict the future of TV analytics

Yesterday i.Predictus, the demand-side television analytics platform, announced a trial relationship with Havas Edge, the largest vertically integrated full-service direct response agency in the world. The trial will last for three month, over which...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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JWT London make new hires and prepare for Christmas

JWT London recently unveiled its news Debenhams campaign for the 2014 Christmas season. Dubbed “Found It,” the multi-channel campaign will run across all touch points, with a much heavier marketing push than in previous years. As well as...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Ogloovy and the Generation O Revolution

The latest in a series of recent acquisitions made by WPP; it was announced yesterday that Gloo Digital Design, one of the largest digital agencies in South Africa, as been acquired by the advertising giants through Ogilvy & Mather South Africa. The...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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McDonald's preach lovin' over hatin'

McDonald's are thought to be switching up the ubiquitous “I'm Lovin' It” theme, which has been the cornerstone of their marketing strategy since 2003. The new twist on the 11-year-old theme is thought to be the equation “Lovin' >...

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Interactive video ads are going mobile

Recently, Channel 4 Sales partnered with Innovid to launch a selection of interactive video ads (or iVODs) for its 4oD (4 On Demand) apps on iOS mobiles and tablets, becoming the first broadcaster to do so. This means that from this point onwards,...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Finally, the first Living Wage employer in Ad-Land

The UK branch of the Ogilvy & Mather Group recently became the first major, global advertising giant to instigate a Living Wage policy amongst its employees. Becoming a living wage employer means that a company will pay all of their employees a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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“Dangerous” dancing Ad banned by ASA

A recent TV spot for the new Toyota Yaris has been pulled from the airwaves (and the internet) indefinitely after the watchdogs at the Advertising Standards Authority (AVA) deemed that the spot, in which drivers are seen 'dancing' behind the wheel to...

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Matomy scores Europe's leading mobile ad platform

The Matomy Media Group furthers its strategic digital advancement by announcement the acquisition of MobFox, Europe's leading mobile programmatic advertising platform. The acquisition follows the group's strategic partnership with the Publicis...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Ogilvy lose Creative Director after 15 years

Abhijit 'Kinu' Avasthi, the national creative director of Ogilvy India, has decided to leave the agency after serving there for 15 years, in what is probably the most high profile creative exit of the year so far. Avasthi, who was handed the national...

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CDW help us “Get IT” with the help of a basketball legend

CDW, the Fortune 500 technology solutions company, recently launched the latest version of their successful “People Who Get IT” campaign, debuting the new spot, featuring NBA hall of fame player Charles Barkley, last night during ESPN's Monday...

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Industry

Adam & Eve DDB dominate the IPA Effectiveness Awards

At the IPA Effectiveness Awards ceremony last night, which was held at the London Hilton on Park Lane, the big winner was Adam & Eve DDB's Foster's “Good Call” campaign, which has become synonymous with Channel 4 comedy over the last...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Is Texas the next creative hub?

Saatchi & Saatchi LA agency is following Toyota, its sole client, to Texas. Toyota announced in April that is would be shifting its sales and marketing headquarters from Torrance, California to the Dallas suburb of Plano. The Publicis Groupe agency...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Why are ads for video games so dishonest?

I don't know about you, but I don't play video games. I'd argue that they're a bit childish, but I like plenty of childish things: Bagpuss, Thunderbirds, The Muppets - I think they're all terrific, so that's not the problem. No, I think it's a...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Karmarama bail on BBC creative review

Karmarama dropped out of the statutory review yesterday for the BBC's creative account, which is looking more lucrative than ever before following the recent ambitious BBC Music ad (created by Karmarama) featuring a host of celebrated artists...

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Crimson Hexagon expands to WeWork's new South Bank location

The social media monitoring and analysis software company Crimson Hexagon, recently opened its new European headquarters on London's South Bank within the “WeWork London” workspace. The new office is home to a team that's expected to...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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McCann's Nestle account gains new global ECD

It was announced yesterday that Adrian Botan has been promoted to the role of global executive creative director for the McCann Worldgroup's Nestle account. Botan will join fellow global executive creative directors James Dawson-Hollis, Bill Wright...

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VivaKi sponsor original AOL On Network shows

VivaKi has been announced as the exclusive advertising partner of four new AOL Originals shows that will be available exclusively through the AOL On network in the UK and across AOL owned publishers and sites such as The Huffington Post, Engadget and...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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What the UX? If 'user experience' is so important, why is it so bad?

Remember what a pain using a website used to be? Leaving aside the time it took for a page to load, which was often sufficiently long to allow a quick city break, it wasn't unusual to find the navigation wrongly linked, or the image files so large...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Fake TV show by fake agency are being sold worldwide

TBWA Helsinki has teamed up with Fremantle Media, the producers of hit American reality shows such as “American Idol” and “The X Factor” to produce ad campaigns for the Finnish ad agency sitcom “Buy This!”...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Twitter help Sky 'Amplify' online content and sponsorship fusion

Sky has become the latest brand to sign up to Twitter's 'Amplify' video advertising platform in an effort to integrate its content and sponsorships online. The Amplify platform first launched in May 2013 and now has more than 70 partners (including...

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McDonald's unveil the final phase of their “My Burger” experiment

To celebrate the climax of their “My Burger” campaign, McDonald's and Leo Burnett have unveiled a new TV ad, which will showcase the five winning burgers from the fast-food restaurant chain's ambitious crowdsourcing campaign. Each of the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns

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