Campaign articles from November 2003

Campaign archives from November 2003

Lindsay to quit Lowe after 12 years.(Tim Lindsay is resigning as Lowe Worldwide's president)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Tim Lindsay is quitting as Lowe Worldwide's president with no job to go to. The 47-year-old Lowe stalwart will bow out during the next few months, ending a professional relationship with Jerry Judge, the worldwide chief executive, that...

BBH pair triumph at Aerial Awards with Ginsters 'sex line' ad.(Justin Moore, Steve Robertson of Bartle Bogle Hegarty)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... The Bartle Bogle Hegarty team Justin Moore and Steve Robertson carried off the Grand Prix Gold Award at this week's Aerial Awards. Moore and Robertson won for their 'sex line' spot for the pie maker Ginsters. The ad also won in the FMCG...

Camelot to review pounds 24m lottery task.(reviewing its advertising account)
November 7, 2003... Camelot, the National Lottery operator, is reviewing its pounds 24 million advertising account after five years with WCRS. WCRS, which has struggled creatively with its biggest account for some time, has declined the opportunity to repitch...

Carat rocked as Aegis' European chiefs walk out.(Bruno Kemoun, Eryck Rebbouh)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Bruno Kemoun and Eryck Rebbouh, the joint chief executives of Carat's parent, Aegis Media Europe, have unexpectedly left the company. A hurriedly issued statement yesterday morning said the pair, who also sit on the Aegis board, are...

Media agencies hit by ISBA demand for details of ITV deals.(Incorporated Society of British Advertisers)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Agencies have been inundated by advertisers demanding to know the details of their airtime deals with ITV. ISBA, led by the director of media affairs, Bob Wootton, has urged its members to find out the terms and conditions of their deals....

BSkyB works to soothe shareholders.(as James Murdoch is appointed chief executive)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... BSkyB is attempting to calm the furore surrounding the appointment of James Murdoch as its new chief executive ahead of next week's annual general meeting. The company has appointed the City grandee Lord Jacob Rothschild as a non-executive...

Autoglass hands its media to Universal McCann after pitch.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Autoglass has appointed Universal McCann to handle its pounds 3 million media planning and buying account. Universal was appointed after a pitch process also involving PHD, Manning Gottlieb OMD and the incumbent, Pure Media. Before...

BBH sees off Mother to win Castlemaine XXXX.(Bartle Bogle Hegarty)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Bartle Bogle Hegarty has edged Mother off the Interbrew roster by winning the battle for the combined Castlemaine XXXX and Boddingtons ad accounts. The Castlemaine XXXX account becomes its third piece of Interbrew business - as well as...

Vizeum snatches Teletext media account.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Vizeum has won the pounds 6 million Teletext media planning and buying account following a four-way pitch against Zenith-Optimedia, John Ayling & Associates and i-level. As well as handling Teletext's traditional advertising account,...

BMP DDB lands Age Concern creative advertising brief.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Age Concern, the UK's largest organisation for the elderly, has appointed BMP DDB to its pounds 14 million creative advertising account. BMP won the account following a review handled by the AAR and Age Concern's marketing director, Neil...

Parliament inquiry questions ad chiefs over child food ban.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Three prominent figures from the advertising world are to give evidence to a Commons inquiry into whether food and drink commercials aimed at children should be banned. Cilla Snowball, the chief executive at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Bruce...

HHCL/Red Cell wins the Govt's disability discrimination task.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... HHCL/Red Cell has been drafted in to aid the Government's efforts to end discrimination against disabled people. In partnership with Manning Gottlieb OMD, the agency will handle a pounds 3 million campaign reinforcing upcoming regulations...

Tim Kirkman set for Hachette role.(new sales director of Hatchette Filipacchi UK)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Tim Kirkman, the former press director at Carat UK, has resurfaced as the sales director of the Elle publisher, Hachette Filipacchi UK. Hachette is creating the role for Kirkman ahead of a period of development and growth that will see it...

MCBD backs launch of a below-the-line agency called Elvis.(Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy is backing the launch of a below-the-line agency called Elvis. The start-up will be based in MCBD's Rathbone Place office in London and will be run by the former Claydon Heeley Jones Mason managing director,...

Saatchis loses more creatives to Publicis.(Ed Robinson, David Hillyard)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Publicis has yet again plundered its sister agency Saatchi & Saatchi London's creative department with the hiring of Ed Robinson and David Hillyard as creative directors. Saatchis chiefs are said to be frustrated by the regularity with...

Fallon wins top slot for 'street music' ad at BTA Craft Awards.(British Television Advertising)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Fallon's 'street music' ad for BBC Radio 1 Xtra was named the overall winner at the 2003 British Television Advertising Craft Awards. The ad, directed by Nick Gordon through the production company Academy, scooped the AFM Lighting Award...

HOTLINE: Sir Brian Pitman made interim chairman of ITV plc.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Sir Brian Pitman, the senior non-executive director at Carlton TV, has been made the interim chairman of ITV plc. Sir George Russell, the former chairman of the Independent Television Commission, will be his deputy chairman.

HOTLINE: OMD UK wins Tropicana juice account.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... OMD UK has won the pounds 3 million Tropicana juice account after a pitch against the incumbent, ZenithOptimedia, and MindShare. PepsiCo, which owns the Tropicana brand, also uses OMD to handle media for its Walkers Snack Foods.

HOTLINE: Honda, Ford and BSkyB all launched interactive campaigns.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Honda, Ford and BSkyB have all launched interactive advertising campaigns on ITV1 and ITV2. They become the first advertisers to use the service since ITV signed an interactive advertising deal with Sky Interactive.

HOTLINE: Tim Ashton launches new operation.(Antidote)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Tim Ashton, a founding partner of the media-neutral agency Circus and former executive creative director of Bates UK, is launching a new operation to offer bespoke creative solutions. Called Antidote, it is working with Michaelides & Bednash on...

HOTLINE: Stolkin+Partners establishes office in Paris.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Stolkin+Partners, the ad industry headhunting company, is establishing an office in Paris to service what it says are the increasing number of agency 'hub' operations based there. Debra Burke, a Paris-based American who ran pan-European...

HOTLINE: Sam Heath and Frank Ginger join Fallon.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Sam Heath and Frank Ginger, the team behind Lowe's Sprite campaign, have joined Fallon, signalling the end of a four-year spell with Lowe.

HOTLINE: Sega Europe signs deal with MTV UK and Ireland.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Sega Europe has signed a deal with MTV UK and Ireland to sponsor Wildboyz, a new stunt-based show from the makers and stars of Jackass. Sega's Worms 3D game will sponsor the programme.

HOTLINE: Lee Goulding quits agency to join Lowe.(resigns from Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Lee Goulding, the Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R art director best known for creating the Ford Puma 'Steve McQueen' ad, has quit the agency to join Lowe. Goulding, 40, is to partner Tom Hudson.

HOTLINE: The Business newspaper appoints Nick Chapman.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... The Business newspaper has appointed Nick Chapman in the new position of head of display. Chapman, a former ad director of Campaign, reports to David Walsh, the ad sales director at The Business.

HOTLINE: Julian Ingram takes legal advice over impending departure.(at BBDO Europe)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Julian Ingram is taking legal advice over his impending departure as the business development director of BBDO Europe. Ingram, 47, joined Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO in 1986, and has also worked as the head of client services at Mars.

HOTLINE: VisitBritain creates roster of agencies.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... VisitBritain is creating its first roster of advertising agencies to handle the marketing of the UK overseas and to promote England domestically. Up to three agencies will be invited to join the roster.

HOTLINE: DCLF to merge with MBO London.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... DCLF, formerly Davies Little Cowley Fiddes, is merging with MBO London, a former Havas subsidiary, to form a new integrated agency to be called Langham Works.

HOTLINE: The Qatar Tourism Authority appoints BLM Media.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... The Qatar Tourism Authority has appointed BLM Media to handle its claimed pounds 1 million media planning and buying account. A multimedia campaign will break next year to target both business and holiday travellers.

HOTLINE: Carat wins media account for Gametrac.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Carat has won the media account for the launch of a new handheld console called Gametrac. The game will be available from April 2004.

HOTLINE: Mediaedge:cia retains media account for Fish4.co.uk.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Mediaedge:cia has retained the media account for Fish4.co.uk. The online planning and buying account has moved from Media Contacts to Mediaedge:cia's Outrider.

HOTLINE: The Brahm Agency picked to run national campaign.(to attract visitors to the Peak District)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... The Brahm agency in Leeds has been picked to run a national campaign to attract more visitors to the Peak District after a three-way pitch. More than 22 million people visit the area each year and the agency's task will be to encourage them to...

Trojan enters UK in sex Olympics viral.(Trojan is launching an advertising campaign as it enters the UK market)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... The US condom giant Trojan is making its first foray into the UK market - which is dominated by its rival Durex - with a risque viral campaign based on the idea of a sex Olympics. The ads, called 'weightlift', 'vault' and 'judo', were...

Playjam picks Lowe to take over creative with irreverent work.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Playjam, the interactive TV entertainment channel, has picked Lowe to handle creative work on its account in advance of an irreverent new campaign that aims to win more paying gamers. A pair of ads featuring a man peeing in a showroom...

AMV unveils dramatic seat belt safety TV ad.(Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO creates a new ad for the Department of Transport)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has created a dramatic new ad for the Department for Transport, which highlights the consequences of travelling in a car without wearing a seat belt. The 30-second cinema spot, called 'face', is the latest...

Jacob restructures investment at Starcom MediaVest.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Iain Jacob, the chief executive of Starcom MediaVest, has restructured the agency's investment department in a bid to bolster its press expertise. Ian Tournes becomes Starcom MediaVest's press buying director. He recently returned to...

Burkitt DDB aims to reflect social side of Drambuie in posters.(new poster ads for Drambuie)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Drambuie is launching a new poster campaign through Burkitt DDB that aims to broaden the appeal of the brand to a new generation. Targeting 30- to 40-year-olds, the ads focus on the social aspect of liqueur drinking as an all-evening tipple...

Dove becomes new MGN ad director.(Clare Dove, Mirror Group Newspapers)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Clare Dove, the group ad director of IPC Southbank, is joining Mirror Group Newspapers as its ad director. She takes on the ad sales operation for the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and The People, replacing Neil Hurman, who left in August...

Poundstretcher ads from Leagas Delaney show Xmas humour.(retailer Poundstretcher is launching a seasonal advertising campaign)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... The discount retailer Poundstretcher is unveiling a seasonal advertising campaign with a humorous take on family life at Christmas through Leagas Delaney. It is the first work to emerge from the agency since it won the account in May...

Budgen directs latest PlayStation campaign.(TBWA/London creates a new ad for Sony PlayStation)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... TBWA\London has used a cast of thousands in its latest cinema and TV campaign for Sony PlayStation, which aims to bring to life the energy and spirit of its gaming community. The 60-second ad, called 'mountain', opens on a mass of people...

Prager launches Poem to offer media and data skills.(Ian Prager is launching a media agency)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Ian Prager, the former managing director of Prager Proximity, is launching a media agency with two other direct media specialists. Poem launches with a brief to provide measurable results in the direct media field. It will launch with...

Naked Inside takes place on Carphone Warehouse's roster.(agency wins its first client)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Naked Inside has won its first client following its appointment to handle the communications planning for Carphone Warehouse's retail outlets. The joint planning venture between Clemmow Hornby Inge and Naked has been tasked to create an...

M&S unveils Xmas celeb ad.(variety of celebrities to star in Marks & Spencer's Christmas campaign)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... A host of celebrities including the former Spice Girl Emma Bunton and the Pop Idol winner Will Young stars in Marks & Spencer's Christmas campaign. The commercial, created by Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, aims to give a taste of the...

141 releases final TV campaign for Allied Domecq's Tia Lusso.(141 Worldwide creates its final TV ad for Allied Domecq's Tia Lusso brand)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... The integrated marketing specialist 141 Worldwide is preparing to bring down the curtain on its relationship with Allied Domecq with new pan-European TV advertising for the drinks giant's Tia Lusso brand. An estimated pounds 4 million is...

TBWA launches latest 3 TV spot.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... TBWA\London has unveiled its first TV campaign for the third-generation mobile phone network 3 since holding on to the pounds 30 million creative advertising account after a competitive pitch. The campaign drops the 'open your eyes'...

Jane O'Hara leaves Rajar amid conflict with Wireless Group.(Rajar managing director Jane O'Hara is resigning)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Rajar, the radio audience body, has announced that its managing director is leaving. Jane O'Hara will stand down from the role in December after three years overseeing the measurement of radio audiences. O'Hara is leaving to spend time...

Advertisers resigned to single ITV.(advertisers believe that prices for TV advertising will increase due to the merger of Carlton and Granada)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... A massive majority of advertisers and agencies believe that prices for TV advertising will increase as a result of the Carlton and Granada merger. Some 70 per cent thought that prices would rise, according to research from The Ingram...

Kitcatt Nohr creates seasonal reminders for blood donations.(Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw produces executions for the National Blood Service)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw has produced a series of executions for the National Blood Service to boost donations during the parts of the year when demand is at its highest. The inserts form part of mailings that will be sent to regular...

CHI unveils first ad for Tango Strange Soda.(Clemmow Hornby Inge)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Clemmow Hornby Inge is launching the first campaign for Tango Strange Soda since Britvic Soft Drinks rebranded the product in August. The brand was originally launched as Freekee Soda, but the name was changed following a legal challenge...

Maurice Saatchi turns on monster networks.(and admits that his vision has failed to materialize)
November 7, 2003... Maurice Saatchi, one of the earliest driving forces behind the globalisation of the advertising industry, has dropped a bombshell by admitting that his vision has failed to materialise. He claimed the concept is being undermined by an...

Alpen variant targets healthy eaters.(Weetabix is directing new advertising for its Alpen brand)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Weetabix is directing new advertising for its Alpen brand at consumers who are interested in a healthy lifestyle but aren't obsessed with dieting. A national press and magazine campaign will promote the Alpen No Added Sugar variant,...

Cyprus Tourism ads reposition island as a family destination.(the Cyprus Tourism Organisation plans an outdoor campaign through Scholz & Friends)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... The Cyprus Tourism Organisation is attempting to shake off the island's 'clubbers' paradise' image with an outdoor campaign through Scholz & Friends. The posters are based on a 360-degree concept with the ads giving a panoramic view of...

180 reveals international TV ad campaign to boost Uefa's image.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... The Amsterdam-based ad agency 180 has unveiled an international TV campaign for football's governing body, Uefa, to help improve its image. Uefa appointed 180 in July with a brief to raise awareness of the breadth of the governing body's...

Moss to be creative director of merged WPP digital outfits.(WPP Group names Kevin Moss as the creative director of its merged Good Technology and Incline agencies)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... WPP Group has named Kevin Moss as the creative director of its newly merged new-media creative agencies Good Technology and Incline. Moss was formerly the creative director and a founding partner of the six-year-old Incline. Tim Hurles,...

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 7 November.(a ranking of advertising agencies by billings)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 7, 2003... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

MEDIA PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 7 November.(a ranking of advertising agencies by billings)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 7, 2003... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

MEDIA: ZEITGEIST - Channel 4 contemplates the pharmaceutical thrills from Atomic Arts' Animal Pharm.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2003... Is the world ready for an animated sitcom set in a mental institution that looks suspiciously like a drug testing centre? We could be about to find out, because one of the most talked-about projects to be unveiled at the recent MIPCOM...

MEDIA: FORUM - New blood takes over newspaper groups.(a look at the changes in the newspaper groups in the United Kingdom)
November 7, 2003... Are we witnessing a generational change at the top of the national newspaper groups? Alasdair Reid investigates. A couple of weeks back it was all change at The Daily Telegraph. Last week it was the turn of Associated Newspapers. Mike...

MEDIA: BEHIND THE HYPE - Manning Gottlieb expands to planning specialism.(Company Profile)
November 7, 2003... Does The Source offer more than a repackaged MG OMD service, Alasdair Reid asks. You could be forgiven for thinking that Manning Gottlieb OMD's new initiative is actually called The Sauce. Not so much a reflection that its real name, The...

MEDIA: PERSPECTIVE - Commercial radio looks well enough as it hits 30th year.
November 7, 2003... I'm only guessing, but having an irate Kelvin MacKenzie breathing cold fury down your neck can't be pleasant. Much of The Wireless Group chief executive's bile of late has been aimed at the radio measurement body, Rajar. It might be a...

MEDIA: HEADLINER - New Mail on Sunday MD plans to build on paper's successes.(a discussion of Stephen Miron, the new managing director of The Mail)(Column)
November 7, 2003... Stephen Miron must boost sales and reinvigorate the product. Ian Darby reports. Two contrasting thoughts pervaded media agencies following the departure of Mike Ironside as the managing director of The Mail on Sunday last week. The...

MEDIA: SPOTLIGHT - Media agencies demand clarification on the CRR.(Contract Rights Renewal)
November 7, 2003... Agencies feel alienated by the legalese in ITV's merger draft, Lexie Williamson says. A law degree would have been a real asset in TV buying departments last week as agencies attempted to decipher a draft of the Office of Fair...

CLOSE-UP: NEWSMAKER - NatMags' magazine maverick finally steps down.(Terry Mansfield)
November 7, 2003... Terry Mansfield's drive and massive personality will be missed. The boy from Walthamstow has done good. After more than 40 years spent bringing colour to the media business, Terry Mansfield CBE must have one of the highest profiles in the...

CLOSE-UP: ON THE CAMPAIGN COUCH ... WITH JB.(Column)
November 7, 2003... Q: I'm fed up paying 20 per cent headhunter fees for someone to sift through CVs of people who have returned from travelling, join us and then push off after less than a year. I know it's not just my agency as friends also have this complaint....

CLOSE-UP: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - A former chicken plucker who drove Volkswagen to success.
November 7, 2003... John Meszaros took three attempts before calling it a day. John Meszaros has retired several times. He finally left the world of advertising just three years ago and now lives in a thatched cottage in Northamptonshire. He keeps busy using...

WORLD: STUART ELLIOTT IN AMERICA.
November 7, 2003... 'It's in the K!' No, it's not a new slogan for Kellogg's Special K cereal or the street drug ketamine. Instead, it's the latest creative brainchild of Grey Worldwide, which aims to restore the tattered image of the American retailer Kmart. ...

WORLD: ANALYSIS - Will the monster marketer put its money where its mouth is?
November 7, 2003... P&G claims it is embracing creativity, but change may prove slow, John Tylee says. The presence of Procter & Gamble at this year's Cannes Festival was memorable less for Jim Stengel's spectacular tumble off the awards stage, and more for...

WORLD: MEDIA ANALYSIS - Europe-led changes in French law set to put more ads on TV.
November 7, 2003... TV audiences in France are facing a big increase in ad minutage. It would be difficult to claim that French television is the best in the world, but its viewers are conscious of its relative lack of advertising clutter and express relief...

WORLD: MEDIUM OF THE WEEK - Washington Post's Express finds a new audience.
November 7, 2003... The daily freesheet has an impressive reach in the US city, Pippa Considine says. The Washington Post commands international respect. Despite being a regional daily, its fame as a serious broadsheet reaches across the globe. With such...

WORLD: GALLERY.
November 7, 2003... BACARDI LIMON - John Doe, The Netherlands This outdoor campaign creates a mood of adventure by mimicking Marvel comic strips. A lemon is the recurrent, if slightly bizarre, central character in each of the eight executions. In one ad, the...

WORLD: MY PORTFOLIO - Angelo Avlonitis.
November 7, 2003... Can you imagine your boss offering to double your salary so you can take a sideways step into a new career? This was the unusual pre-dicament in which the South African photographer Angelo Avlonitis found himself. Avlonitis originally...

EDITORIAL: Keep the baby, but lose the bathwater.
November 7, 2003... Gerry Moira raised a hugely important issue in last week's Campaign Essay. Is the UK ad industry clinging on to an outdated and inefficient system by continuing to entrust its creative output to pairings of copywriters and art directors? ...

EDITORIAL: Ann Francke's downfall is regrettable.
November 7, 2003... Ann Francke's ousting as the Boots strategic marketing director after fewer than ten months has doubtless left her a bit older but considerably wiser. Calling such a massive pitch before the chief executive, Richard Baker, had even got his feet...

OPINION: PERSPECTIVE - Networks rant flies in the face of client orthodoxy.
November 7, 2003... It's always good fun when an advertising figure that matters goes ballistic in public. The account of Maurice Saatchi's rant on page ten of this week's issue is the angriest broadside that Campaign's encountered in a long time. However, in a...

OPINION: BEALE ON ... ASDA.
November 7, 2003... The phosphorescent tints, sloppy-grin drooling over perfectly basted turkeys, check-pyjamaed children writhing in Barbie/Harry Potter ecstasy beneath an unfeasibly co-ordinated spruce, advertising mums in cheap sequins... ah, the joys of...

BEYOND THE BREAK: Can TV content and brands ever really combine forces in the UK market?
November 7, 2003... It's happening in the US, and there's a growing call for it on this side of the pond. Matthew Cowen investigates. The course of true love never did run smooth. Still less smooth is it likely to run when the two supposed soulmates have been...

PRIVATE VIEW: Nik Studzinski, the executive creative director at Publicis.
November 7, 2003... The review of Spinal Tap's now legendary album Shark Sandwich was simply two words: 'Shit Sandwich.' Criticism doesn't get much more succinct or to the point than that. (Or admittedly, less constructive.) But sometimes it's good to react...

DIARY: Gidon Kremer makes big noise on night the Quiet Man is silenced.
November 7, 2003... Most things are possible for Maurice Saatchi, but not even the Conservative Party's favourite adman could do anything to stop his musical soiree clashing with last week's IDS confidence vote. No surprise, therefore, that panjandrums of Tory...

DIARY: Bull's brand of honest openness unhinges a number of Lowe's staff.
November 7, 2003... The shaven-headed South African Matthew Bull has big plans for the UK advertising industry. He wants change and he wants it now. Trouble is, he's not getting much help from his own agency. The Lowe chief executive wants to rid advertising...

DIARY: Lace leads bidding at the Nabs Brain Game.
November 7, 2003... It may no longer be covered live on television. Nor is it attended by huge client companies. It has even lost its black-tie dress code. But the Nabs Brain Game is still one of the most enjoyable events in adland's calendar. In fact, the...

DIARY: Dolphin ad suffers in bloody juxtaposition.
November 7, 2003... There's nothing like bad communication to ruin a campaign. A good example of this can be found in the 30 October edition of the Daily Express. The ad in question is innocent enough. It's for Dolphin Bathrooms' autumn sale and it boasts of...

DIARY: You must remember.
November 7, 2003... Well done Mike McCormack of O'Neill & Bramwell who won last week's quiz. The answers were: 1. Halifax; 2. Tennent's; 3. Walkers. The theme was Bollywood. This week, we want you to identify the ads and the theme. Fax your answers to (020)...

DIARY: Pick of the week - WCRS/Prudential.
November 7, 2003... Caroline Marshall pays tribute to WCRS's ongoing Prudential radio 'poetry' campaign: 'How nice not to be bullied by a blizzard of financial services overpromises for once. This is advertising that really understands its audience.' WCRS...

DIARY: Turkey of the week - Leith London/Standard Life.
November 7, 2003... Glen Mutel doesn't like the new Standard Life ads from Leith London: 'This is a classic example of style over content. It might look impressive, but this ad is as anodyne a piece of TV as you'll ever see. The crude way it tries to connect...