Nissan launches Juke Nismo in driving game Asphalt 7: Heat
Nissan has launched its new car, the Juke Nismo, in driving game Asphalt 7: Heat, in advance of it going on sale in the real world in early 2013. The mobile driving game for iOS and Android devices,...
View ArticleBargain Booze to unveil £1 million TV and radio ad campaign this week
Off licence and convenience stores chain Bargain Booze is to launch a £1 million TV and radio campaign this week. The two-week multi-channel national TV and radio campaign created by McCann Manchester...
View ArticleYahoo! launches new version of Yahoo! Mail
Yahoo! has launched an updated version of its Yahoo! Mail, which has been redesigned to include an upgraded Webmail experience, new native apps for iPhone/iPod touch and Windows 8, and an upgraded...
View Article50 Shades of Grey, Alton Towers and The London Olympics top the Facebook...
Last year the Royal Wedding topped the list of what people were talking about on Facebook. This year, based on the conversations of the 30 million Brits using Facebook, the focus was on the X Factor’s...
View ArticleThe Tree Council launch campaign developed by MARC&ANNA
The Tree Council, a small charity which facilitates the planting of trees through grants, campaigns and their Tree Wardens, has launched a campaign developed by creative agency Marc&Anna. The...
View Article65% of smartphone owners will pay more attention to an ad on a news site if...
Mobile ad network Mojiva has published a new report on ‘The State of Mobile News Consumption’, which aimed to determine how smartphone and tablet users in the United States and the United Kingdom...
View ArticleAngus Stickler resigns from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Angus Stickler has resigned from his position of chief reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) following the Newsnight report which falsely accused Lord McAlpine of being a paedophile...
View ArticleWPP could pull all Channel 4 advertising from January 2013
Reports have surfaced that Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP could make the decision to pull all its ads from Channel 4 if it cannot improve the terms of its £200 million a year deal. Group M, the media buying...
View ArticleHomeless charity SHOC unveils new website built by Creative Jar
SHOC (Slough Homeless Our Concern) has revealed its new website built by digital agency, and charity partner, Creative Jar. The website is a refresh on the existing SHOC brand and has allowed the...
View ArticleGoogle Creative Lab's creative director Steve Vranakis relives his walk of...
Behind the windows of this very special Drum adVENT Calendar you’ll find a different member of the creative industry venting their feelings on a Christmas ad, or ads, they love or loathe. Today it’s...
View ArticleMen & Motors library of content to be distributed digitally following One...
Lifestyle television channel Men & Motors entire library of rights from Granada Television and ITV Digital Channels has been acquired by One Media. The acquisition will include all rights to the...
View ArticleCulture Secretary Maria Miller accused of expenses fiddle
The Telegraph has published allegations that Culture Secretary Maria Miller has been less than scrupulous in her handling of her expenses – after establishing that her parents lived in her taxpayer...
View ArticlePippa Middleton belatedly responds to book deal critics
Pippa Middleton has launched a belated defence of her £400k advance from publisher Penguin to write a book describing British celebrations after critics ridiculed her efforts as a succession of...
View ArticleUK newspaper advertising faces up to dismal 2013 prospects
Britain’s embattled newspaper industry will be dealt a further whammy in the New Year with the latest bleak forecast indicating that national titles expected to notch up a further 9% decline. The...
View ArticleChina surprises with relaxation of censorship restrictions
China’s notoriously restrictive internet has today become just a little freer after government censors abruptly loosened their control of sensitive search terms such as Communist party leaders, even...
View ArticleFour in five FTSE 100 companies found to be neglecting LinkedIn
A new report into the embrace of LinkedIn by Britain’s biggest companies has found that just 20% actively maintain their company page, despite 96% of FTSE 100 firms having some form of presence on the...
View ArticleTalkTalk appoints Affiliate Window to lead performance marketing as it begins...
TalkTalk has appointed Affiliate Window to lead its performance marketing as it expands into the pay-monthly mobile market with the launch of TalkTalk Mobile. The service will offer a range of...
View ArticleBritain ranks as the worst for complaining about weather on Twitter
It may come as no surprise, but Britain ranks as the worst in the world for complaining about the weather on Twitter, with a fifth of all weather discussions on the social media site originating in...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel ad banned for sexualising a child
The Advertising Standards Authority has moved to ban an American Apparel advert which ‘appeared to sexualise a child’ – just days after a similar advert fell foul of the watchdog for the same reasons....
View ArticleBrent Hoberman joins the board of Shazam as an independent board member
Media engagement company Shazam has announced that UK entrepreneur Brent Hoberman has joined the Shazam board as an independent board member. Hoberman will bring his experience of working with...
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