YouTube takes over KitKat wrappers, Verizon buys AOL, Thetrainline.com, Jon Wilkins, 'ride me all day' complaints, CHECT, Microsoft

View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Latest news YouTube takes over KitKat wrappers by Gurjit Degun, 12 May 2015, 12:01AM KitKat, the Nestlé confectionery brand, is encouraging consumers to take a YouTube break in its biggest ever redesign. Verizon buys AOL for $4.4bn by Maisie McCabe, 12 May 2015, 11:27AM Verizon Communications, the US telecoms giant, has agreed to buy AOL in a deal expected to be worth $4.4 billion (£2.8 billion). It's still The Sun wot won it by Jon Wilkins, 11 May 2015, 02:34PM Karmarama's Jon Wilkins argues that despite the promises of social media, it was traditional media that still had the biggest influence on the outcome of the General Election. Dozens of complaints made over 'ride me all day' bus ad by Omar Oakes, 12 May 2015, 09:11AM Fifty complaints have been made to the advertising standards watchdog in response to a Welsh bus company's "ride me all day for £3" ads that featured a naked woman. Thetrainline.com extends agency review to media by Maisie McCabe, 12 May 2015, 09:28AM Thetrainline.com, the online train tickets retailer, has expanded its agency review process to include media, which is held by Vizeum. Your smartphone now cures cancer, claims Childhood Eye Cancer Trust campaign by Kate Magee, 12 May 2015, 09:14AM The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) has released a new film that parodies Apple ads and says smartphones can now cure cancer. Microsoft launches digital media report for advertisers by James Swift, 12 May 2015, 09:15AM Microsoft has coined three types of personality - ninja, pragmatist and ambidextrous - in a study of people's digital media habits aimed at the advertising community. Channel 4 behind 'synthetic human' robot stunt by Sara Spary, 12 May 2015, 09:57AM Channel 4 has revealed it was behind a stunt promoting the sale of "synthetic humans" in London this week. Freeview passes 100 million sales mark by Gurjit Degun, 12 May 2015, 09:15AM Freeview, the free-to-air TV service, has sold more than 100 million digital terrestrial TVs and set-top boxes since it launched in 2002. Google admits its self-driving cars have been involved in 11 accidents by Ben Bold, 12 May 2015, 09:12AM Google has admitted that its self-driving cars have been involved in 11 minor accidents while out on the road in the US, but stressed that the incidents were not the fault of the technology. PROMOTED CONTENT How transparency worked for McDonald's Presented by IPA The 'Our Food. Your Questions' platform, answered more than 20,000 questions in six months about the fast-food chain and its operations. Life after 'Mad Men': The rise of women in agencies by Sarah Aitken 11 May 2015 Iris' chief marketing officer, Americas, Sarah Aitken, searches for the real-life Peggy Olson. The automaker's hashtag jiu jitsu demonstrates baseball's strength in social medi Read more at http://www.campaignlive.com/article/chevrolet-made-save-world-series/1320302#1VgSyExMjp1WDAxR.99 Read more at http://www.campaignlive.com/article/creative-opportunities-brands-virtual-reality/1318991#Pzt1Qc2tgomS8IA4.99 Read more at http://www.campaignlive.com/article/power-purpose/1317996#OZhS6RvfPSfWx4DV.99 Also in the news William Hill rescues horse racing from millennial obscurity with virtual reality by Shona Ghosh, 12 May 2015, 10:41AM Cancer Research uses mobile games to transform research by Shona Ghosh, 12 May 2015, 09:18AM John Whittingdale appointed culture secretary by Kate Magee, 11 May 2015, 11:17AM Latest Jobs Category Marketing Manager Attractive Basic, Car Allowance & Benefits, M4/M25 Corridor Graduate Account Executive £18 - 22k, Surbiton, Surrey, Greater London (KT6) - commutable from Kingston, Chessington, Wandsworth, Putney 3D Brand Environment Designer £23000 - £31000 per annum, City of London Brand Activator Attractive Basic, Car Allowance & Benefits, M4/M25 Corridor Ecommerce Trading Manager £60000 - £66000 per annum + Car and Benefits, Switzerland More Jobs Latest Work Fifth Third Bank 'Brand of You' by Leo Burnett by Adam Olson, 12 May 2015, 10:00AM Bank launches program for new grads to land jobs BMW 'Astronaut' by KBS by Adam Olson, 12 May 2015, 10:05AM Auto spot shoots for the stars Travelodge "The Travelodgicals" by CHI & Partners 11 May 2015, 08:35PM Travelodge's new UK brand campaign in the wake of a £100 million modernization investment features a series of singing puppets. Manage my bulletins Unsubscribe from bulletin © Haymarket Media Group Ltd.