Many of you will remember that I am a big fan of the Australian TV show The Gruen Transfer, and I was one of the first UK bloggers to post about it when the show launched in July 2008.Â
There has been much speculation about the UK taking the series, and in this week’s Campaign [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted May 3, 2009
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Tagged ABC, akqa, australia, bbc, BBC3, campaign, Campaign magazine, DDB, Georgina Murray-Burton, gruen, gruen transfer, James Hilton, Richard Huntington, Saatchi & Saatchi, Wil Anderson
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An interesting question! London Calling was probably one of the first UK websites to break the story of the Australian TV series The Gruen Transfer back in July 2008.
This is a show “all about advertising”, and quoting from a recent story in Campaign below
The show is named after Victor Gruen, the shopping-mall pioneer. The Gruen Transfer refers to [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted March 15, 2009
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Tagged ABC, abc tv, advertising, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian TV, bbc, BBC Radio 4, bottom line, campaign, Campaign magazine, Eurostar, gruen, gruen transfer, Guy Laurence, Richard Brown, Sir Martin Sorrell, SMH, sydney morning herald, tv show, victor gruen, vodafone, wpp
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In this week’s Campaign, there is a quote that could not go unreported. As part of the Economist’s advertorial on inspiration, they interviewed Will Collin (left) who is a founding partner of Naked Communications about “inspiration”.
In the Q&A that followed, he was asked “what idea should we be taking more seriously”.
In his response (copied below) he singles [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted September 29, 2008
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Tagged campaign, economist, marketing, mobile advertising, mobile marketing, ogilvy, permission, quote of the week, scott seaborn, Sir Martin Sorrell, will collin, wpp
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