Paywalls Boost Some Newspaper Circulations

Paywalls Boost Some Newspaper Circulations

Once the preserve of a select few major metro dailies, digital paywalls have been implemented aggressively by publishers over the last year, helping boost daily circulation figures at a range of publications Yet progress was uneven at best, with many newspapers still suffering substantial declines — especially at the regional level, notes the Alliance for […]

Discovery Networks Launches TLC In The UK

Discovery Networks Launches TLC In The UK

Discovery Networks is launching its TLC channel in the UK, and has positioned and branded a revised version tailored for the UK market. TLC is currently broadcast in 150 countries and is viewed by over 300m households in the US, and across western and Eastern Europe according to The Discovery Channel. Design work has been […]

Magazine Ad Pages Slip, Celeb Titles Hit Hard

Magazine Ad Pages Slip, Celeb Titles Hit Hard

Print advertising is dwindling at consumer magazines. The Publishers Information Bureau released figures showing total magazine ad pages fell 4.9% from 33,673 in the first quarter of 2012 to 32,023 in the first quarter of 2013. Of 213 titles tracked by the PIB, 107 (50%) experienced ad page declines in the first quarter of 2013 […]

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 […]

Marketo Delivers Industry’s First Integrated Social Marketing Application

Marketo Delivers Industry’s First Integrated Social Marketing Application

Marketo, the provider of a leading cloud-based marketing software platform, today announced the availability of its new social marketing application, featuring the industry’s tightest integration between social, email, mobile, and web channels. Built upon Marketo’s comprehensive marketing platform and unified customer database, this new application for the first time transforms social marketing from being an […]

KLM: The Must See Social Map

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched KLM Must See Map, a social media campaign which enables tourists to create a personalised city map – with the bonus of a high quality printed version being posted out to participants for free. Each map can be populated by tips from friends offering sage advice on the best […]

The Sun launches sing-along ad campaign

The Sun along with Grey London and WPP’s Team News agency group, are asking you to sing your January Blues away, in their latest multichannel ad campaign.

The Sun have launched a new ad campaign, which they hope will help the nation through, what they believe is the “the most depressing” month of the year. The Sun’s marketing director Rob Painter said, “There’s no better barometer of the nation’s mood than The Sun, and we know that the start of the year […]

MEC India wins Britannia

MEC India wins Britannia

MUMBAI — Following a multi-agency pitch, MEC India has bagged the media mandate for Britannia Industries Limited. With a heritage of 120 years, Britannia is one of India’s leading food companies and has an extensive presence in biscuits, dairy and bakery products. In a leading survey recently, Britannia was voted India’s second most trusted brand. MEC […]

Lloyds launches largest interactive outdoor campaign

Lloyds launches largest interactive outdoor campaign

Lloyds are executing the largest ever Out of Home interactive 6s campaign to inform consumers about the smart features they can add to their personal current account. The campaign, planned and bought by Kinetic in partnership with MEC, launched on the 26th November. The aim of the interactive element is to get people familiar with […]

Marmite launches interactive photo booth

Marmite launches interactive photo booth

and gives Oxford Street shoppers golden moment of fame In the second phase of Marmite’s unique dynamic Christmas lights on Oxford Street, Kinetic and its creative division Fuel have worked with Mindshare, Grand Visual, DDB and Clear Channel to deliver the first interactive digital bus shelter outside Selfridge’s to enable shoppers to interact directly with the festive […]