http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?type=yafAdNews&view=displayTypeRSSFeed adnews AdNews News AdNews News from adnews Business Spectator boss joins The Aus as CEO http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=BA14EE10-C439-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=BA14EE10-C439-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 News Limited has hired Business Spectator publisher and general manager Nicholas Gray as chief executive of The Australian. Binocular football: The best video of all time* for Youtube comedy week http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=96602D30-C41C-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=96602D30-C41C-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 This week was Youtube comedy week. Laugh yourself into oblivion here. But the oldies are the goodies. This has to be one of the best Youtube vids of all time. Prepare for Japanese Binocular Football. Daft Punk and a car made of jelly: Audi gets creative http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=3E7F1AC0-C419-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=3E7F1AC0-C419-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 Daft Punk's 'Harder, better, faster, stronger' track provides the background to the latest Audi campaign. The ad also features a car made out of jelly. Juxtaposition eh? NEWS IN BRIEF: 24 May 2013 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=434407C0-C417-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=434407C0-C417-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 New mining mag Coalface hits the market | ASB upholds case against "abhorrent" hot water ad | Shazam reveals iPad app redesign | mX launches free smartphone app | Aussie kids web smart says ACMA | Sydney gets more billboards The Works a cut above with Effies win http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=1DF18BB0-C416-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=1DF18BB0-C416-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 Sydney-based indie The Works has won a Bronze Global Effie for the launch of Jim Beam's Devil's Cut. It was one of the only three agencies worldwide to receive the coveted gong, and was the only agency from Australasia to make the finals. Aussie founder: When all around are pulling back, that's the time to have a crack http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=B874B5F0-C415-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=B874B5F0-C415-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 When everyone else is pulling back, that's the time to have a crack, said Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond. Even as the GFC hit, the firm came through. Now it's booming because he "went for it". Kerching! A branded solution to the web's most annoying hinderance http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=6566A800-C415-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=6566A800-C415-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 There is a new advertising opportunity in town. Gaming? Tick. Web-based? Tick. Branded? Affirmative. Never has proving you're human been so much fun. And, brand-based money makers, so damn lucrative. Snarks circle Apple as rivals smell blood http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=552FA490-C411-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=552FA490-C411-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 Samsung, Microsoft, Nokia. You name it. Everyone wants a bite of Apple. Two new challenger ads launched this month and they are having a pop. So is snark the new game, and do attack ads work? Another kick-ass ad from SA Tourism, and they're keeping KWP! http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=D16B7EE0-C410-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=D16B7EE0-C410-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 EXCLUSIVE: SA Tourism Commission has launched its follow up to 'Let Yourself Go', with a spot featuring Nick Cave's darkly seductive 'Red Right Hand'. Oh, and they're keeping KWP! after a pitch. Who said the old folk weren't on social? http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=8C941C10-C40A-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 http://www.adnews.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=8C941C10-C40A-11E2-BB74005056A302E6 Social media. So ingrained in the fabric of society that the over 55s are liking things and LOLing to their hearts' content. And now they are flocking to social TV.