Thursday 31 March 2016

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The 5 things you need to know 31st March
 

1. MOST READ
A view from Dave Trott

A view from Dave Trott
Disney leads £10m investment in Playbuzz

2. DIGITAL MEDIA
Disney leads £10m investment in Playbuzz

3. RONNIE CORBETT
The comedy legend's best ads

The comedy legend's best ads
Waitrose tests its first cashless store

4. MARKETING
Waitrose tests its first cashless store

5. ADVERTISING
Carat upgrades UK adspend growth forecast to 6%

Carat upgrades UK adspend growth forecast to 6%
 
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Disney leads £10m investment in Playbuzz; Carat upgrades UK adspend growth forecast to 6%; Local challenges to global advertising

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Disney leads £10m investment in Playbuzz

Disney leads £10m investment in Playbuzz

31 March 16, Omar Oakes

Disney is investing money in Playbuzz, the interactive online content producer, as entertainment giant looks to expand its digital media offer.

 
Brands should pursue real creativity, not the tepid unoriginality of vloggers

Brands should pursue real creativity, not the tepid unoriginality of vloggers

31 March 16, Helen Edwards

Marketers and agencies are naturally drawn to trying to emulate the success of vloggers and social-media stars, but to do so risks diminishing creative quality

 
Carat upgrades UK adspend growth forecast to 6%

Carat upgrades UK adspend growth forecast to 6%

31 March 16, Omar Oakes

The UK advertising market will grow by 6.2 per cent this year, Carat has predicted in its latest adspend report, up from a previous forecast of 5.5 per cent for 2016.

 
School Reports 2016: the year in tweets and photos

School Reports 2016: the year in tweets and photos

31 March 16, Staff

For our annual School Reports, Campaign asked agencies to sum up the past year in one image and 140 characters.

 
Pay-per-read, crowdfunding, patrons: Do we need a new funding model for newspapers?

Pay-per-read, crowdfunding, patrons: Do we need a new funding model for newspapers?

31 March 16, Warren Johnson

The demise of The Independent print edition raises the question of how we can fund quality journalism in the future. W's Warren Johnson considers some radical proposals.

 
Brand Republic Awards 2016 shortlist

Brand Republic Awards 2016 shortlist

31 March 16, Staff

The Brand Republic Awards judges have poured through the entries to come up with the shortlisted nominees.

 
How emotion tracking and machine-learning makes the Post Office less stressful

How emotion tracking and machine-learning makes the Post Office less stressful

31 March 16, Pete Markey

Pete Markey, outgoing CMO at the Post Office, who is moving to Aviva as UK director of brand comms and marketing, discusses how marketers use science and art.

 
Dyson's pollution-busting Pure Cool Link marks its Internet of Things debut... and more

Dyson's pollution-busting Pure Cool Link marks its Internet of Things debut... and more

31 March 16, Ben Bold

Welcome to Marketing's Breakfast Briefing, a daily shot of news and a recap of the best longer reads and videos.

 
Red Bull Media House to provide content on Reuters Media Express

Red Bull Media House to provide content on Reuters Media Express

31 March 16, Gurjit Degun

Red Bull Media House, the media company focusing on sports, culture and lifestyle, has partnered with Reuters to publish content on the news site's Media Express division.

 
How behavioural theory and social media influenced Public Health England's 'One You'

How behavioural theory and social media influenced Public Health England's 'One You'

31 March 16, Jane Asscher

This month saw the launch of Public Health England's One You campaign, a major new initiative that puts the spotlight on adult health, writes Jane Asscher, CEO and Founding Partner at 23red, and co-author... read more

 
 
31 March 16
Marketing makeover: Representing the real face of beauty

As the world's first professional Down's syndrome model, Madeline Stuart, wowed New York Fashion Week with her catwalk performance last month, Ashley Graham became the first plus size model to adorn the...

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31 March 16
Local challenges to global advertising

Advertising has always been a global business, but since the beginning of the digital marketing era, advertising has become even more global. We no longer ask, "will that ad campaign work in...

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31 March 16
Male stupidity and the rise of women's sports

Raymond Moore, the India Wells tennis tournament CEO, has stepped down over misogynistic comments picked up by the press, once again highlighting the ugly side of sports and senior execs' attitudes to...

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31 March 16
The Daily Poke: Futuristic drum circle

An Audience Reactive Composition, or ARC, lets anyone generate music, whatever their ability. This drum circle of the future has been created by multimedia artists Gabe Liberti and Dave Rife, and electronic...

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30 March 16
Life after cookies: What this means for brands in 2016

Many marketers still find frustration trying to assess where and how their digital ads are being interacted with by consumers, whether the messages are reaching their intended audience, and – crucially...

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Remembering Ronnie Corbett's hilarious ads, A call to arms for ad creatives, Dairylea returns to TV advertising

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March 31, 2016

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Comedy great Ronnie Corbett dies: remembering his hilarious ads
Comedy great Ronnie Corbett dies: remembering his hilarious ads

Omar Oakes

Ronnie Corbett, the veteran entertainer best known for The Two Ronnies, has died aged 85.

Advertising is on its knees - what an opportunity
Advertising is on its knees - what an opportunity

Tony Cullingham

At Saatchi & Saatchi London on 24 March, Tony Cullingham, the leader of the Watford Advertising Course, gave a call-to-arms speech to his graduating students. Some people thought it was worth publishing. Campaign agreed.

A view from Dave Trott: Real disruption is uncomfortable
A view from Dave Trott: Real disruption is uncomfortable

Dave Trott

One morning in 1993, I got a phone call at home: "Don't come into work, a bomb's blown the front of the agency in".

Dairylea returns to TV advertising after three-year hiatus
Dairylea returns to TV advertising after three-year hiatus

Omar Oakes

Dairylea, the cheese snack brand, is returning to TV advertising next week for the first time in three years with a dramatic take on children's imaginations during playtime.

Why it's time to ditch your five-year agency plan
Why it's time to ditch your five-year agency plan

Alan Fayolle

Martin Sorrell boldly announced at the Guardian's Changing Media Summit last week that "we're not in the advertising business anymore". Alan Fayolle, the managing partner at Forever Beta, reflects on why agencies need to ditch their five-year plans as a result.

Carat upgrades UK adspend growth forecast to 6%
Carat upgrades UK adspend growth forecast to 6%

Omar Oakes

The UK advertising market will grow by 6.2 per cent this year, Carat has predicted in its latest adspend report, up from a previous forecast of 5.5 per cent for 2016.

School Reports 2016: the year in tweets and photos
School Reports 2016: the year in tweets and photos

Staff

For our annual School Reports, Campaign asked agencies to sum up the past year in one image and 140 characters.

Snapchat's new features herald big challenge to Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp
Snapchat's new features herald big challenge to Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp

Chris Pearce

Snapchat is intent on positioning itself as the most "human" method of chatting on your phone, says the chief executive of TMW Unlimited.

Raconteur bets on print with current affairs monthly for millennials
Raconteur bets on print with current affairs monthly for millennials

Freddie Ossberg

Raconteur is launching a free current affairs monthly aimed at millennials who want thoughtful, quality journalism in print, founder and publisher Freddie Ossberg explains.

Red Bull Media House to provide content on Reuters Media Express
Red Bull Media House to provide content on Reuters Media Express

Gurjit Degun

Red Bull Media House, the media company focusing on sports, culture and lifestyle, has partnered with Reuters to publish content on the news site's Media Express division.

Renault sponsors Discovery adventure shows with James Cracknell idents
Renault sponsors Discovery adventure shows with James Cracknell idents

Omar Oakes

Discovery Networks has bagged its biggest sponsorship deal to date after agreeing a nine-month deal with Renault for its adventure programming.

Brave hires Nicholson as first ECD
Brave hires Nicholson as first ECD

Omar Oakes

Brave, the independent creative agency, has hired Mike Nicholson, the former executive creative director at The&Partnership Canada, as its first executive creative director.

Tesco Thailand ad under fire for showing maid being slapped
Tesco Thailand ad under fire for showing maid being slapped

Staff

Tesco Lotus has removed a widely shared video after it was slammed for a scene where a woman slaps her domestic helper.

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McDonald's "we are awake" by Leo Burnett London

A slowed-down, piano version of Rhythm Of The Night accompanies images of the UK's night-owls in a new ad for McDonald's.

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WPP lawyers: Martinez made rape joke to 'lighten the tension'
WPP lawyers: Martinez made rape joke to 'lighten the tension'

Omar Oakes

Gustavo Martinez, the former global chief executive of J Walter Thompson, joked about rape to colleagues to "lighten the tension" and improve employees' morale, lawyers for WPP have told a US court.

Starting salaries of the agency stars
Starting salaries of the agency stars

Campaign staff

What did your boss make as a junior account exec in 1982? As the industry faces a possible mass wage increase, we look back at some humble beginnings

Editor's Pick

Why we're loving: Aine Donovan, production director, Bartle Bogle Hegarty London
Why we're loving: Aine Donovan, production director, Bartle Bogle Hegarty London

Donovan organised She Lights Up the Night, a graphic-art exhibition and auction in aid of Refuge, the domestic violence support charity.

History of advertising: No 166: Subservient Chicken
History of advertising: No 166: Subservient Chicken

A more bizarre early warning to advertisers not to underestimate the web's power would be hard to imagine than an eager-to-please chicken that appeared to obey any online order given to him.

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