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The Week in Tech

Nvidia enter the console wars Whilst Sony's Playstation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One might be sitting pretty as the best selling games consoles on the market, there is always room for a little healthy competition. Nintendo's Wii U arguably fulfils a...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Hires of the Week: Part 2

OgilvyOne London OgilvyOne has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of four additional managing partners; Anya King, Mel Stanley, Tracey Barber and Aaron Goldring, with all promotions effective immediately. OgilvyOne CEO Sam Williams...

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The Power Of Crowdsourcing

The Internet is a prime place to gather people together. Sometimes you don’t necessarily need a group of trolls coming together to slam the Yeezy Boost, or unendingly comment on the blue-black-gold-white dress debate. You might wonder why these...

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BetVictor and VCCP diversify their mascot

BetVictor has really doubled (or tripled even) down on its loony mascot Maurice in a trio of new spots by VCCP, which feature the zany character played by Paul 'Denis Pennis' Kaye in a variety of guises, each one obsessed with getting the best odds...

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Publicis make an Epic acquisition

Last week, the Publicis Groupe made yet another acquisition in South Africa in the form of Epic Communications, the country’s leading independent integrated strategic communications agency. The acquisition follows those of BrandsRock (Saatchi &...

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Clear Channel to go digital with Amscreen

Amscreen, the largest digital signage company in Europe, has announced a strategic partnership with outdoor media agency Clear Channel UK, which will see a new range of sun-light visible digital outdoor screens deployed across the UK. The idea behind...

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If PR didn't exist, would we bother to invent it?

A few years ago, the politician and journalist Matthew Parris made a film for Channel 4’s ‘Without Walls’ strand, in which he declared public relations to be an utterly pointless industry, without merit or use. He was forced to eat...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Hires of the Week: Part 2

McCann NY McCann New York chief strategy officer Steve Zaroff, has been promoted to the additional post of managing director, effective immediately. Zaroff joined McCann as CSO in 2012 to oversee the strategic direction of the agency's clients, and...

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Hires of the Week: Part 1

Quite a few important new hires and promotions this week, so we'll be splitting the usual weekly article into two (still rather hefty) halves. Enjoy! Ogilvy & Mather New York Ogilvy & Mather New York announced this week that Corinna Falusi has been...

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Leo Burnett announce new top dog in China

It was announced yesterday by Leo Burnett Asia Pacific CEO Jarek Ziebinski, that Danny Mok has been appointed as CEO of Leo Burnett China, effective as of today (February 10). Mok will report directly to Ziebinski, and will be responsible for the...

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Business Roundup

JWT - US Marine Corps Following a government-mandated request for proposal, the United States Marine Corps has renewed its advertising contract with JWT Atlanta, a relationship that has now lasted 67 years. Since its last review in 2007, J. Walter...

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Google lets users design their own phones

Internet kingpins Google recently unveiled a new prototype for their modular smartphone, which will allow users to swap out components and essentially design their own phones. The phone will work in a similar manner to a desktop gaming PC, only it...

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Havas acquire award-winning German agency

It was announced recently that The Havas Group has acquired the award-winning German agency, Bird & Schulte Advertising, a leading health and wellness communications agency which offers a full spectrum of services including advertising, digital...

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Could you fit a city in a suitcase?

In a stunning new animated short from Jelly London's A+C Studios for the travel management organisation Key Travel, an entire city comes to life inside a suitcase. The work, which was created with design communications agency Stream, aims to...

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Alt-rockers and whisky makers collaborate on a new kind of novel

Gloomy alternative rockers, Wild Beasts, have teamed up with Jameson Irish Whisky and animator, Mattis Dovier to create a unique GIF-Novel. With digital design courtesy of M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, the online novel is part of The Jameson...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Fighting Ebola with satellite TV and stencils

SES, the global satellite company that reaches between 4 and 5 million households in English-speaking Africa, recently launched a bespoke TV channel focused on educating West Africans about Ebola. The “Fight Ebola” channel will be...

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A Cute £1 Mil for this Christmas Ad

Whilst the United Biscuits-owned McVitie's brand hasn't attempted to compete in the highly competitive Christmas ad race for over three decades, the recent launch of its £12 million master brand strategy, which saw the biscuit makers claim 30%...

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A full tank of petrol for £2.80?

The UK arm of Kia Motors has teamed up with VCCPme to create a unique interactive publicity stunt to promote the first, fully electric Kia car; the Kia Soul EV. The stunt works on the campaign tagline, “The Power To Surprise,” and took...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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How a skip enhanced an urban environment

New York architect, John Locke, has transformed a local dumpster (“Skip” in British parlance) into an inflatable art installation as part of an urban invention project dubbed, “Inflato Dumpster.” Whilst the name might be a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Ralph Appelbaum Associates take to the skies

Ralph Appelbaum Associates, the largest museum exhibition design firm in the world, recently lent their expertise to the Royal Air Force Museum in London. The new permanent exhibition will look at the planes used during the First World War, and will...

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Detekt: Amnesty International uncovers government malware

Amnesty International, the human rights charity, recently unveiled a new tool that will allow users to detect government surveillance. The “Detekt” tool, which can be downloaded for free via a bespoke website, detects most well known...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Europcar adopt a fresh digital Persona

The car rental firm, Europcar, recently announced that it would be shifting its digital advertising strategy, beginning with a campaign that uses Affectv's Persona Discovery Platform. Affectv is a digital advertising agency that calls itself an...

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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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AdWorld Roundup: Accounts

Shop Direct Takes The Cake Shop Direct, the owner of digital retail brands such as Very and Littlewood's, recently named the Cake group as its retained PR agency following a competitive pitch. Lee Publicity will contain to be kept on retainer as...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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'Mythbusting' what you know about work health and safety

Later today, a campaign will be launched in London at the House of Commons to attempt to cull the number of deaths related to occupational cancer. The campaign, organised by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (the IOSH), which is the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Fair game? The ugly world of trolling

By virtue of the fact that you're reading this blog, you almost certainly know what trolling is. For those of you that don't, it's when people with absolutely no penis (and whatever the female equivalent is) leave nasty comments on blogs, online...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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The Doctor Who theme – from then until now...

Apart from the Scottish yes/no question, there is one thing that sticks in my mind as being the biggest argument to be heard around the office water cooler over the past year or so. “Who will be the next Doctor Who?” (which could actually...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Moves and hires at Saatchi, M&C, Anomaly and Mediacom

Saatchi & Saatchi London announced yesterday that former Nike UK brand communications director Adam Collins, and Mother's Will Nicholls have been hired as managing partners at the agency. Both Collins and Nicholls will report to chief operating...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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UOB cut ties with Leo Burnett Singapore

It's been announced today that the United Overseas Bank, one of the largest financial services groups in Southeast Asia, has severed its ties with the Publicis Groupe agency Leo Burnett Singapore, who were formerly the banking organisations agency of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Interview with duet #4 TEN Collection Photographer, Christophe Huet

We recently spoke to Christope Huet, the digital artist behind the fourth PSD, in series 3, of the TEN Collection (a collaboration project with 5 photographers, and 5 designers, from 10 different countries). Fotolia: Christophe, we’ve been...

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JWT scores global brand campaign brief from Tata Sons

Tata Sons Limited, the principal investment holding company of the Tata Group, recently appointed JWT as the creative agency for its global brand campaign. The three core messages that the agency, which is the world’s best-known marketing...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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AMV BBDO help Uncle Ben's launch their own online cooking show

As part of the PR surrounding the launch of Uncle Ben's new “Ben's Beginners” campaign, which is encouraging kids to get involved in the kitchen, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has launched a new two-minute online film called “Where's the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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My afternoon with the Twitter conspiracists.

It all started innocently enough. Somebody I follow on Twitter, re-tweeted a post from somebody I don’t. The post suggested there had been severe wrongdoing in the Thatcher government of the 1980s, including the deeds of Mrs. Thatcher herself,...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw

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