Facebook faces official complaint
May 31, 2008
Catchy headline eh? Well it appears that Facebook might be in for some rough water.. from what our sources have stated this is not expected to be a one time event, but the start of a trend.
Students at the University of Ottawa have filed an official complaint against Facebook, accusing the social networking website of violating Canada’s privacy laws, Radio-Canada reported Saturday.
The flip side to this is that no company archives size without these types of issues popping up.
Glory Foods selects Engauge – because they bought an SEO firm
May 30, 2008
Now this is classic.. it appears that Engauge landed the account because it purchased an SEO firm and other online assets. This has been a trend that hasn’t been spoke about much.. until now.
Engauge replaces Columbus-based RMD Advertising, an agency that focuses on food and manufacturing clients but with 12 employees is smaller than Engauge, which has roughly 300 workers in five offices. Engauge was created when TenUnited of Columbus was bought last year by New York-based Halyard Capital, which merged it with Direct Impact LLC of Austin, Texas. Since then, Engauge in January acquired Columbus digital technology firm StreamRight, and in April it bought Spunlogic, an Atlanta-based online advertiser.
‘Wii fit girl’ not done by advertising agency
May 30, 2008
Some research into the much publicized ‘Wii fit girl’ yeilds that this wasn’t done by an ad agency.. in fact it it has been called ‘too clever to be done by an agency’ … comical.
What about a marketing agency?
Again I am sorry to disappoint you but the answer is no. However, if they were clever enough, they would have. Especially since they are now trying to claim the product is for adults (check out that article about that young girl crying to her parents that Wii Fit told her she was overweight). I can’t tell you how many blog posts and comments I’ve read that this video convinced them to buy Wii Fit.
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Indusblue lands CBC
May 30, 2008
It’s amazing how the Canadians get it… but the US lags in resources spent on InterActive Marketing.
Indusblue has been named an interactive web development preferred supplier for the CBC’s website, building on an established, award-winning relationship.
Under the terms of this two-year deal, the Toronto-based interactive advertising agency will work with the any number of CBC departments including sports, news, entertainment, media and sales, to create new online environments.
“This agreement is a great vote of confidence for our agency,” said Darren Pereira, Indusblue co-founder and new business director, in a release. “The noteworthy successes of our previous projects with the CBC have showcased the value of Indusblue’s strategic interactive approach and our ability to create high-impact, online content. This new, expanded relationship makes us a closer partner with CBC and we can’t wait to create other interactive experiences that truly excite, engage, educate and entertain visitors to CBC.ca.”
MediaDefender – Accused to launching DoS attacks on legitimate company sites
May 29, 2008
Now this is hot… Media Defender the company that clients have included Sony, Universal Music, and the central industry groups for both music and movies – the RIAA and MPAA. According to an article by Ars Technica, the company uses “its array of 2,000 servers and a 9GBps dedicated connection to propagate fake files and launch denial of service attacks against distributors.” decided over the weekend to launch an attack against Revision3 … you have to read that article. it’s amazing BS.. they should be shut down… hacking is a crime…
Fox News says Rachael Ray is a terrorist – Dunkin’ Donuts agrees
May 29, 2008
Does Dunkin’ Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.
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Some observers, including ultra-conservative Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin, were so incensed by the ad that there was even talk of a Dunkin’ Donuts boycott.
‘‘The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad,’’ Malkin yowls in her syndicated column.
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‘Trouble with Tribbles’ director dies – Namesake of Tribble Agency
May 29, 2008
Joseph Pevney, the director who brought to screen including the famous “Star Trek” episode “The Trouble With Tribbles,” has died. He was 96.
The ‘Trouble with Tribbles’ episode was the namesake for the Tribble Advertising Agency. We were greatly saddened to hear about his death. From our initial press release we credited that specific episode for the start of our site. He was our inspiration.
This was a great loss to us, and to the world. Joseph Pevney, your name will live on with the work you have done and with what you inspired.
Pevney also helmed multiple episodes of noted television series, including Bonanza, Star Trek, The Paper Chase, and Trapper John, M.D.. He was tied with Marc Daniels for directing the most Star Trek episodes, including the fan favorites, “Arena”, “The City on the Edge of Forever”, “Amok Time”, and “The Trouble with Tribbles”.
Joseph Pevney was born September 15, 1911 and died May 18, 2008
Foxnews launches new Commerical – We’ll do it live.
May 29, 2008
Great Stuff going on at Foxnews – we knew this came out a few weeks ago, however we felt that it was well worth it for the replay.
We’ll do it live.
Dominos Pizza invades Saudi Arabia via their new advertising agency
May 29, 2008
Saudi-based advertising agency 3 Points has announced that the agency has won the contract to become Dominos Pizza’s advertising agency of record in the Middle East. The company launched the ‘roll it and eat it in Italian’ campaign as a beginning of their campaign.
McCann Erickson lands InterContinental Hotels Group
May 28, 2008
MANCHESTER advertising agency McCann Erickson has checked-in to a £10m account with the InterContinental Hotels Group. Media buying and planning will continue to be handled by the international agency, Carat. — story developing.
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