The Bees Awards announces nominations

SAN FRANCISCO, US: The 4th edition of The Bees Awards - 1st international social media marketing awards - has announced their 2013 nominations. 21 May 2013 09:07

D&AD Awards: The nominations

LONDON, UK: Here are the nominations for the D&AD Awards. See this year's In Book winners and Nominations below. Yellow Pencil winners will be revealed on Wednesday 12 June at the Awards Ceremony. 22 Apr 2013 11:05

Is the ad industry ready for technology-centric media planning and buying?

MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND: In a survey of 100 media agencies, media owners and brands, conducted by the Festival of Media Global 2013, many believe media agencies are adapting well and that the media planner's role will change to take on more of a strategic/advisory capacity; however there is some concern over a lack of industry standards and transparency, and the disadvantage of a lack of human input. 12 Apr 2013 17:07

Informa comments on Facebook mobile announcement

LONDON, UK: Malik Saadi, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media, comments on Facebook's mobile announcement. 5 Apr 2013 09:21

Facebook banks on replicating mobile Ad success with its News Feed redesign

LONDON, UK: Facebook formally unveiled the redesign of its News Feed this week. The social network was keen to stress the changes have been designed to "clean up the page, declutter it, make it simpler, more modern and easier for people to use." 10 Mar 2013 08:48

Ovum comments: Facebook Q4 results

LONDON, UK: Facebook has revealed its financial performance for the fourth quarter. Eden Zoller, principal analyst at Ovum, has the following comment: 4 Feb 2013 08:01

Facebook ad revenues are up - but is the trajectory sustainable?

LONDON, UK: Facebook has confounded critics who thought it would be incapable of making money from the rapid growth of mobile device usage. Not only has it revealed a strong performance in Q4 with revenues up 40%, its mobile ad sales have more than doubled on the previous quarter to total $306m, to account for 23% of the Social Network's overall ad revenues. 3 Feb 2013 09:54

Copyright and the world of online news

[Ilse du Plessis] LONDON, UK / BERLIN, GERMANY / PARIS, FRANCE / BRASILIA, BRAZIL: The way in which we keep up with the news has changed greatly over the past decade. How many of us still buy a daily newspaper? Many of us opt to get our news from a variety of online sources. 16 Jan 2013 06:29

Excellence in visual thinking, Taschen releases D&AD50

LONDON, UK: Taschen and D&AD are launching a new book that gives a special insight into the last 50 years of design and advertising, and offers a rich visual history of the society the creative industry helped to shape. 14 Jan 2013 06:37

Midas Awards 2012 Winners: King James Cape Town wins Grand Midas for Santam Insurance

NEW YORK, US: The Midas Awards, for the World's Best Financial Advertising, announced the award winners for the 2012 competition. This year's Midas Grand Jury awarded one Grand Midas, 26 Gold Ingots, 46 Silver Ingots, and 63 Finalists. The 2012 Midas Awards competition received entries from 28 countries and is reputed to be the only international competition that recognises excellence in financial services communications on a global scale. 21 Dec 2012 08:23

D&AD calls for entries for the 2013 Student Awards

LONDON, UK: D&AD is providing ambitious creative students with the ultimate platform to launch their careers in design or advertising. The annual D&AD Student Awards are now open for entry, offering a range of real briefs set by clients from some of the world's top brands. 12 Dec 2012 11:18

Jury line-up announced for 25th Eurobest

LISBON, PORTUGAL / LONDON, UK: Eurobest, Europe's leading annual awards and Festival for creative communications, has announced an exceptional line-up of 94 industry professionals who will come together in Lisbon to judge the 25th awards. 7 Nov 2012 10:34

D&AD Awards 2013: Entries open

LONDON, UK: So what's new? Well to start, we're launching with the announcement of this year's judges. Yep, all 195 judges from 25 countries. 2 Nov 2012 07:51

Eurobest celebrates 25 years with world-class jury presidents

LISBON, PORTUGAL / LONDON, UK: Organisers of the European Festival of Creativity, Eurobest, have today announced the impressive line-up of distinguished jury presidents, who, along with Sir John Hegarty, will lead ten juries in the award's 25th year. 5 Oct 2012 12:57