Channel 4 incorporate Google+ Hangouts into interactive show Bedtime Live
Channel 4 series Bedtime Live has announced it has incorporated Google+ Hangouts into its multiplatform experience to offer full interactivity with the show, including the ability to video call live...
View Article“This move is disappointing”: Diageo reacts to George Osborne’s budget...
Diageo, the drinks company which owns brands including Johnnie Walker, Buchanan's and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, and Guinness, has reacted to the Chancellor of the...
View ArticleNUJ votes for BBC strike over ‘Delivering Quality First’ programme
BBC Easter schedules will be disrupted as the National Union of Journalists has voted for strike action over compulsory redundancies, excessive workloads and bullying and harassment. The joint strike...
View ArticleTheDogsDoodahs.com unveils new ad with Space City
Online card challenger brand TheDogsDoodahs.com has unveiled a new ten second ad with Space City. The advert will be broadcast regionally through March and April, with the company expecting to...
View Article“I stole $2.5 million. Today it would be more like $20 million”: Infamous...
Frank Abagnail, an ex-conman who now works for the FBI, has warned people of how easy it can be to steal an identity using social media sites, such as Facebook. Abagnail became well known after Steven...
View ArticleKiss FM unveils exclusive partnership with Thorpe Park
Kiss FM has today announced a partnership with Thorpe Park, inviting listeners to ‘Brave It Backwards’ on The Swarm ride. The campaign will involve promotional activity running throughout the...
View ArticleYahoo! planning to bid for a 75% stake in Daily Motion
Yahoo! could soon have a controlling stake in online video service Daily Motion, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The report states that Yahoo! could bid for as much as 75 per cent...
View ArticleThe Drum daily jobs round-up: Heineken, BskyB, Camelot UK, Envoy...
Heineken has several brand manager job opportunities available at the company. Applicants for the position should already have big brand experience, preferably in FMCG and demonstrable agency...
View ArticleEE, O2 and Vodafone CEOs position Weve as brands’ answer to “true” mobile...
Brands can look to mobile marketing and wallet joint venture Weve as the future of “true” mobile interoperability, according to the CEOs of the biggest UK mobile operators and Weve shareholders EE, O2...
View ArticleSmartphone addiction on the rise with one in ten now reliant on their handset
One in ten people have claimed they are now addicted to their smartphone. A study of 2,000 US college students revealed that 10 per cent would say that have a full-blown addiction to their handsets,...
View ArticleTeachers issued guide to deal with 'sexting' in schools issue
UK teachers are to be issued with a guide to help them deal with the issue of 'sexting' among teenagers. A report from the NSPCC last year revealed that two in five pupils were found to have been...
View ArticleNEXT posts 15% rise in online and catalogue sales with profits exceeding £300m
High street retailer NEXT has saw sales via its online and catalogue business, NEXT Directory, increase by 9.5 per cent for the year ending January 2013. According to NEXT's latest financial results...
View ArticleFrozen food brand Big Al's unveils rebrand and new packaging with Leahy Brand...
Irish Frozen food brand Big Al's has unveiled a new brand positioning, complete with a new logo and new packaging, with Leahy Brand Design. The brand looks to capitalise on its 'from farm to fork' 100...
View ArticleNew York Times warns new regulations could ‘stifle’ British media
The New York Times has suggested in an editorial that the new draft press regulations could ‘chill free speech and threaten the survival of small publishers and Internet sites.’ The editorial warns...
View ArticleTrinity Mirror prepares PaperPay launch and introduces product placement...
As it gears up to release its new payment strategy with PaperPay, Trinity Mirror is also set to introduce product placement into its news and features across its various news titles. The publisher...
View ArticleBritish Press creative challenge: entries remind us that newspapers can be a...
We asked our readers in the creative community to take on one of the toughest briefs imaginable: to design a support campaign for the beleaguered British Press. It is no mean feat, given the...
View ArticleAmigos tequila flavoured beer announced as sponsor of new ITV show Plebs
Amigos, the tequila flavoured beer, has been announced as the sponsor of ITV2’s new prime time series, Plebs. The series follows three desperate young men from the suburbs as they try to hold down...
View Articleam-webdesign accused of office picture thievery on Twitter
A self-described ‘award winning creative digital design agency’ has been labelled ‘charlatans’ on Twitter after apparently passing off pictures of other design studios and work as its own....
View ArticleYouTube hits billion unique monthly users milestone
YouTube has announced that it now has over a billion unique users every single month. The platform, which is eight years old (while Twitter celebrates its seventh birthday today) unveiled the stat in...
View ArticleThe Mary Rose Trust works with TDA on new website to encourage fundraising
The Mary Rose Trust has engaged direct marketing agency TDA to build a website encouraging people to support the conservation of Henry VIII’s flagship the Mary Rose. TDA has been briefed to create a...
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