Twitter acquires mobile ad specialist MoPub for $350m

Twitter acquires mobile ad specialist MoPub for $350m

Twitter has acquired the mobile-focused ad exchange, MoPub, for a reported $350m (£223m). MoPub’s technology lets mobile application publishers manage their inventory and optimize multiple sources of advertising — direct ads, house ads, ad network, and real-time bidding through the MoPub Marketplace — in a single product. The deal represents the micro-blogging site’s largest acquisition […]

Burberry launches TV and Instagram push for new fragrance

Burberry is supporting its new men’s fragrance, Brit Rhythm, with a global music-focused ad campaign staring the These New Puritans front man George Barnett and incorporating a TV spot, as well as crowd-sourced images. The campaign runs across TV and social, and will culminate with three gigs in late October. It was made in-house under […]

Nissan launches ad to promote Versa Note

Nissan has launched a new US ad to showcase how its new Versa Note hatchback can open the door to adventure. The ad, created by TBWA\Chiat\Day, transports viewers to different locations as a camera travels through the boot of a Versa Note and out into the car to show numerous adventures it can allow drivers […]

Lynx launches campaign starring Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook, the model and TV presenter, has starred in two Turkish ads as part of a campaign to promote Unilever-owned Lynx’s Apollo fragrance. The first ad is set in a space ship and starts with Brook waking up before dousing herself in Lynx, known as Axe outside the UK. She sets course for Istanbul, […]

Facebook critics slam Nike’s Tiger Woods ad

Facebook critics slam Nike’s Tiger Woods ad

Nike’s new ad celebrating Tiger Woods’ return to the top of the world’s golf rankings has been criticised for glossing over the athlete’s public fall from grace by using the slogan, “Winning takes care of everything”. Woods returned to the golfing top spot on Monday 25 March after winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational tournament. To […]

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