James Kirkham: Snapchat is now the dominant platform for reportage whether that be funny or chaotic it is always relevant

Once again, the disruption of sports media is paving the way to the changing face of cultural communications. On Tuesday night, West Ham United fans got over excited and ended up throwing bottles at the Manchester United team bus as it arrived at Upton Park. Idiotic and predictable, but not a huge news story. However, […]

Domino’s Launches the Latest Greatness Campaign Created by Iris

Domino’s Launches the Latest Greatness Campaign Created by Iris

Domino’s is all about Greatness, and now the UK’s favourite pizza brand is getting even closer to how its pizzas made people feel, with a new campaign from iris that shines a light on the great, mouth-boggling taste of a Domino’s pizza. The integrated campaign, born out social research, rides the wave of the nations fascination […]

Facebook launches full screen vertical Canvas ads to boost mobile creativity

Facebook launches full screen vertical Canvas ads to boost mobile creativity

Facebook has launched its Canvas ads worldwide, allowing advertisers to effectively take over a mobile device’s screen with immersive creative that loads almost instantaneously when someone taps on the news feed. The ad format supports a mix of features including slideshows, descriptions, videos and a scrollable, interactive interface, that effectively create a mini website designed […]

Gatorade quick off the ball with Super Bowl celebration

Gatorade quick off the ball with Super Bowl celebration

Sports drink brand Gatorade has published a YouTube short celebrating the achievement of Super Bowl hero Peyton Manning conceived by TBWA\Chiat\Day LA. Lauding Manning as the ‘Greatest Cowboy’ the 30” piece incorporates a series of snapshots from the field of play showing the Bronco’s star, nicknamed the Sheriff, in action – all set to the […]

Real Madrid Partners with Snapchat for El Clásico

Real Madrid Partners with Snapchat for El Clásico

Real Madrid is one of the most popular football team in the world, with 85m fans on Facebook and 17.5m followers on Twitter, so a partnership based around its biggest match of the year is a massive win for Snapchat, who hosted one of its Live Stories based around the side’s clash with F.C. Barcelona […]

‘Spectre’ promo hits Snapchat for 24 Hours at midnight on October 25

‘Spectre’ promo hits Snapchat for 24 Hours at midnight on October 25

A first-of-its-kind, 24-hour Snapchat channel devoted entirely to the new James Bond entry Spectre went live at midnight on October 25, giving worldwide markets access to behind-the-scenes content, cast messages, photos like those above and more throughout Monday, October 26. The Spectre Edition Discover Channel is the social media platform’s first Discover channel created specifically […]

Condé Nast Partners with Snapchat

Condé Nast Partners with Snapchat

Condé Nast and Snapchat have announced a new partnership aimed at giving consumers exclusive access to seven of the publisher’s tentpole events, beginning with Teen Vogue’s Young Hollywood party. The partnership will make use of Snapchat’s Live Story feature and will provide users with behind the scenes footage from exclusive events by collating Snapchats by […]

The Co-operative Electrical set to use Snapchat for marketing to students

The Co-operative Electrical set to use Snapchat for marketing to students

The Co-operative Electrical has become the first major UK retailer to use picture-chatting app Snapchat for marketing, as part of a campaign designed for students. Created by Holler, the ‘Snaptop’ campaign offers students £30 off their online price on its full range of laptops, which includes free delivery and an allocated 60-minute delivery slot. The […]