|
 In the lead up to the Silly Season theres been a fair bit on, so let us bring you up to speed with some of the news weve come across. Admittedly most of it is about us, but hey, ya get that.
AdTown is changing its name.
Yes, were officially changing the name of AdTown to MoTown for the month of Movember. Yes, our esteemed leader Sputnik, the Mayor of AdTown has decided to grow the mo in an effort to raise money for this most worthy of causes. So if you can spare literally even just $2, please click here to donate and make his ridiculous looking effort worthwhile.
Adelaide landmark returns.
Sputnik isnt the only one getting on board for some stiff upper lip action. The team at Black Sheep are in on it as well which can mean only one thing... Yes, Andrew Millars once famous mo is making a comeback. He assures us the return of his mo (pictured), which by his own admission used to have its own postcode, is temporary only, but we look forward to seeing how close to his former hairy glory he can get in just four weeks. (Click here to donate)
Worlds best ads.
The Tiser have arranged a screening of the winning ads from Cannes after work on Nov 13. Officially youve missed the RSVP but if you give them a buzz on 8206 2419 and kiss some serious arse, ya never know, you might still get a guernsey. Be sure to mention you heard about it here on AdTown. It wont help in the slightest, but at least youll be giving us a plug.
Disturbing rumour.
We heard a disturbing and we must say incredibly amusing rumour during the week that some of you thought our upcoming AdTown get together was going to be free with all you can drink booze. Free? Are you kidding us? As bloody if... Were working our tits off to make it as cheap as possible (yes, it's likely to cost a few bucks to cover our basic costs like cocaine and strippers, ah, we mean room hire etc) so anyone who wants to come can afford to, but consequently you wont be getting free drinks all night that's for sure. By all means, if you want to give us $50 on your way in, we'd be happy to buy you some drinks with it. Otherwise, pay your $10 or whatever and know your money is going to a worthy cause - us! Lets face it, your Friday's wouldn't be the same without us, right?
Have your say.
Speaking of the little shindig we have planned, were planning on doing a bit of an end of year wrap-up so were on the hunt for some of the years high and low lights. It can be a big account move, a great, or particularly terrible ad or design for something... Pretty much anything you think deserves a mention. You can even nominate something you did yourself. So please take a minute or two now and help us out with your suggestions by clicking here. You can even stay anonymous so don't hold back!
Another rumour... And some advice.
Although we go to great lengths to keep everything positive on here, we just couldnt resist a little bit of scurrilous gossip. A while back we had a bit of a run in with an industry person over what we thought was a bit of a public indiscretion via Facebook. Further highlighting the appropriate, and inappropriate use of such mediums, during the week 15 Virgin employees were sacked for what were deemed to be inappropriate comments they made publicly on the site. And here at AdTown we happened to spot a few interesting and questionable wall comments made by a certain industry person in the past few days. Might we suggest, if youre going to gloat about how the high profile agency you work at pays you really well to do not much and that youre thinking of joining a new agency that a relative of yours owns, you might consider doing it via a private message rather than in an easily viewable space on a social networking site. Hey, just a suggestion.
OK folks, that's it for another week here at Ad... ah, we mean MoTown. Consider yourself well and truly in the loop!
PREVIOUS STORY
|
;){kind=link}