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37 posts from October 2011

26 October 2011

Cream world tour presents China: Johnnie Walker, Levi's, and Clear

Welcome back to the Cream world tour! On 13-15 November in Singapore, the Festival of Media Asia will debut. China is clearly on everyone's minds at the moment, so we thought it would be appropriate to take everyone here.

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25 October 2011

Cream Daily: Mattel completes $680m Hit Entertainment acquisition

Barbie manufacturer Mattel has bought children’s media group Hit Entertainment, which owns Thomas the Tank Engine, for $680m from Apax Partners.

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France 24 and the tweets that topple governments

The role of Twitter and social media in the political upheavals in the Middle East have been well documented. While it is important not to get carried away - its worth remembering that it isn't Twitter that brought down governments, it is the messages and those posting them that effect political change. 

News channel France 24 has, perhaps somewhat provocatively, placed characters like Gaddafi and Mubarak on a series of advertisments that echo the artwork for Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror film, The Birds

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24 October 2011

Why Tom Archer is getting his video strategy wrong

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Despite the ridicule and judgement that will no doubt follow as a result, this article will out me as a (slightly more than) casual listener of The Archers. For Cream’s international readers, The Archers is the world’s longest running drama serial broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It tells the tale of ‘everyday rural folk’ and it makes a pleasant 15 minute diversion on one’s lunch break each day.

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Cream Daily: Indonesian Hip-hop band continues Intel’s global campaign

Intel has again collaborated with Amsterdam Worldwide for the fourth video instalment of its ‘Visual Life’ campaign.

 

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21 October 2011

Cream Daily: Philips campaign to brighten up lighting products

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Philips has teamed with Tribal DDB Amsterdam for a three-year multi million pound global campaign that covers TV, print, digital and out-of-home.

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20 October 2011

Why the Müller ad is rubbish: The debate continues

YogiYogi Bear stars in the Muller ad. Watch the full clip here

I never thought that when I ranted about the rubbish new Müller ad it would generate such debate, or more accurately disagreement. Still at least I know how it feels to be Liz Jones at the Daily Mail. I have in fact received so much correspondence about the matter that I’m going to claim editor’s prerogative and argue my case further in another article.

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19 October 2011

Cream Daily: Social media ads resonate with consumers

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Two out of three consumers are influenced by social media advertising according to research by NM Incite.

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