• Buster The Boxer Overtakes John Lewis' 2015 Campaign To Become Top Shared Festive Ad
    "Buster the Boxer" hit 1.76 million shares on social media as of 1 pm yesterday, according to the latest figures from Unruly. It has overtaken last year's "Man on the moon," the 2015 festive ad for John Lewis, which has been shared 1.67 million times to date.
  • Amazon Takes On Spotify And Apple With Music Streaming Service
    The tech giant previously offered Amazon Prime Music free to Prime members.This service only featured about one million songs, however, compared to the 35-40 million in Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music, Deezer and Tidal. The new product has more than 40 million tracks, along with thousands of hand-curated playlists and personalised stations.
  • Industry Heavyweights Launch DOOH Agency, Voodooh
    The UK's latest digital out-of-home production and consultancy company, Voodooh has launched, headed up by three industry stalwarts from outdoor giants Clear Channel, JC Decaux and Ram Vision. Voodooh is focussed on delivering intelligent content in this growing space for advertisers, creatives, media owners, agencies, specialists and system integrators.
  • John Lewis Petitioned To Stop Funding Hate
    Stop Funding Hate's founder Richard Wilson has switched his focus to John Lewis for helping to fund papers like the "Daily Mail' whose values are "the opposite" of those the brand trumpets in its Christmas ad as the group looks to build on the momentum gathering behind the cause, as seen by Lego's recent decision to pull its funding from the newspaper.
  • Amazon To Refund Kids' In-App Purchases
    A judge has ordered Amazon to refund the parents of children who made in-app purchases on Kindle and Android devices without their consent between 2011 and 2014. Seattle-based Judge John Coughenour ordered the firm to run the refund process for 12 months beginning in January 2017. It follows successful legal action by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
  • Lego Drops 'Daily Mail' After Protests
    Toy company Lego has responded to public pressure to break ties with UK tabloid the "Daily Mail." With the newspaper, Lego intermittently held free toy giveaway promotions, providing additional incentive for consumers to purchase the print copy of the publication, for a number of years. Now, however, Lego has announced that it will hold no further promotions.
  • M&S Taps Customer Emotion This Christmas
    Marks & Spencer will rebuild its emotional connection with consumers with a Christmas campaign that aims to reflect the lengths people go to in order to make Christmas special by telling the story of Mrs Claus. The first TV ad aired Friday night on Channel 4 in the first ad break of Gogglebox, and in emails to the five million members of the Sparks loyalty programme.
  • Instagram To Launch Live Video
    Social media app Instagram will introduce live video to its photo-sharing service. The ability to broadcast live video has become a key area of expansion for social networking sites, with Twitter, YouTube and Instagram's parent company Facebook having all introduced similar features.
  • Amazon Could Face Parliamentary Grilling Over Treatment Of Drivers
    Amazon delivery drivers regularly work "illegal" hours and receive less than the minimum wage, it has been claimed. Drivers for agencies contracted by the Internet giant told an undercover reporter they were expected to deliver up to 200 parcels a day. Some admitted breaking speed limits to stay on schedule, while others said time was not allowed for toilet breaks.
  • Gary Lineker Calls On Walkers To Drop 'The Sun'
    Gary Lineker claims he has spoken with Walkers about its ongoing advertising relationship with "The Sun." Lineker had earlier spoken out in support of a grassroots movement called Stop Funding Hate, which is calling on advertisers to pull campaigns from some newspapers, particularly "The Sun" and the "Daily Mail."
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