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Euro RSCG Accused of Attempt to Flood Adweek Poll With Own Votes
Euro RSCG is attempting to influence an Adweek poll for "Agency of the Decade" by urging its employees to vote for their own agency, according to blogger George Tannenbaum. by Jim Edwards
Omnicom, in Cash Crunch, to Delay Payments to U.S. TV Producers
Omnicom is requiring that U.S. commercial producers wait until clients pay its agencies before they pay the producers' bills. The news, reported by Adweek, confirms that Omnicom is doing everything it can to slow down outgoing cash payments as clients slow down their payments to agencies. BNET...
Advertising Roundup: Silver to DDB?; DraftFCB Executive Reorg; WPP Buys Store Firm; Avrett Gains Purina; More ...
BBDO's Silver set to replace DDB's Garfinkel -- BBDO New York executive creative director Eric Silver has resigned and is in advanced negotiations to take the top creative post at DDB in New York, sources said. Lee Garfinkel, the office's chairman and chief creative officer since 2003, could not be...
Cliff Freeman in Freefall? Client Gains Don't Seem Big Enough to Cover Lost Revenue
This is the year that Cliff Freeman & Partners has to pull it out of the fire. When the agency announced a few days ago that it had won the Saudi Arabian Airlines account, the only reasonable reaction was: How has this venerable shop sunk so low? ...
Omnicom Agencies Take Top Honors in Adweek's AOY Ranking: TBWA Named Global Agency of the Year; Goodby, Silverstein & Partners Named U.S. Agency of the Year.
NEW YORK, January 11 /PRNewswire/ -- - Advertising Age Also Honors Omnicom, TBWA and Goodby Omnicom Group agencies TBWA and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners took Global Agency of the Year and U.S. Agency of the Year honors respectively in Adweek's annual Agency...
Consumers Provide the Ultimate Reality Check at MIXX 2.6; A First-Hand Look into Media Behavior
NEW YORK -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau IAB and Adweek Magazines today announced that consumers will be included as a critical component of the agenda for the upcoming MIXX Conference and Expo on Sept 25th-26th in New York. The MIXX Advisory Board comprised of leading marketers, agency professionals and publishing...
Y&R Eliminated as Jaguar Looks to Rejuvenate Brand
Sole Technology Founder Makes Skatepark Donation; DGWB Makes Finance, Marketing Hires MEDIA & MARKETING Young & Rubicam Inc. in Irvine has been eliminated from a review of Jaguar Cars North America's creative advertising account. The ad shop, part of Britain's WPP Group PLC, was among several agencies that...
Chicken Fiesta: El Pollo Loco, KFC Up Hispanic Ads
DGWB Reconfigures Into Teams to Handle Workload; M. Zuckerman Inks Deutsche Contract MEDIA & MARKETING The battle to lure Hispanic eaters is heating up on the chicken front. Irvine-based El Polio Loco Inc. and Yum! Brands Inc.'s KFC both recently launched new campaigns aimed at the market. KFC's...
Avenue A Named Independent Interactive Agency of the Year by Adweek; Leading Interactive Agency Recognized for its Unique Growth, Client Retention and Innovation
Business Editors SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--March 19, 2003 Avenue A, an interactive agency and operating unit of aQuantive, Inc. (formerly Avenue A, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVEA)), has been named Independent Interactive Agency of the Year by Adweek, the advertising industry's publication for news and information about marketing, media and advertising. The interactive...
Heart breaker
The Feb. 17 national edition of Adweek magazine gives a nod to Forza Marketing Group of Little Rock's Valentine's Day surprise to prospective clients. The advertising, marketing and public relations agency, known for its off-center sense of humor and purple M&M fetish, distributed a homemade three-step self-help kit called...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Greg Farrar | President |
| David Loechner | Senior Vice President, Retail |
| Derek Irwin | Senior Vice President, Finance |
| Gerry Byrne | Senior Vice President, Entertainment |
| Joe Randall | Senior Vice President, Building & Design |
| Linda McCutcheon | Senior Vice President, Online |
| Mark Hosbein | Senior Vice President, Marketing |
| Mary Kay Sustek | Senior Vice President, Central Services |
| Michael Alicea | Senior Vice President, Human Resources |
| Sabrina R. Crow | Senior Vice President |
| Howard Appelbaum | Vice President, Licensing |
| Jennifer Grego | Vice President, Manufacturing & Distribution |
| Joanne Wheatley | Vice President, Audience Marketing |
| Geri Fitzgerald | Publisher |
| Thomas P. Woerner | Publisher |
| Adeline Cippoletti | Director of Planning and Operations |
| Akira F. Sugihara | Group Financial Director |
| Alison Fahey | Publisher, Editorial Director |
| Andy Hartnett | New Business Development Director |
| Anne Torpey | Creative Services Director |
| Elise Echevarrieta | Production Director |
| Elizabeth Irving | Eastern Sales Director |
| Eric Scott | Western Regional Sales Director |
| Michael Nass | Associate Director |
| Mitch Tebo | Directories, Publishing Director |
| Patricia Kelly | Marketing Director |
| Ron Goodman | Managing Art Director |
| Stacy Graham | Group Director |
| Tina Balderas | Regional Sales Director |
| Barbara Riehl | Account Manager |
| Betty Yuan | Manager |
| Daniel McNamee | Account Manager |
| Gene Williams | Assistant Classified Production Manager |
| Jennifer Quinones | Marketing Events Manager |
| Jon Girson | Account Manager |
| Barbara Lippert | Advertising Critic |
| Brian Erdman | |
| Catherine Lewis | |
| Catherine Marchese | Marketing Coordinator |
| Eileen Cotto | Production Coordinator |
| Jennifer Rivera | Sales Assistant |
| John Follis | Columnist |
| Robert L Lindstrom | Photographer |
| Brian Morrissey | Digital Editor |
| David Gianatasio | Web Editor |
| Eleftheria Parpis | Creative Editor |
| Jim English | Research Editor |
| Libby Estell | Managing Editor |
| Manuela Oprea | Photo Editor |
| Mike Chapman | Editor |
| Mike Yuhas | Desk Editor |
| Roberta Bernstein | Features Editor |
| Sharon Benoit | Managing Editor |
| Steve McClellan | Media Editor |
| Tim Nudd | Senior Editor |
| Tony Case | Special Reports Editor |
| Mary Barnes | Director |
| Rob Cukierman | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Diane Driscoll | Board of Directors |
| Sue Tremblay | Board of Directors |
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| Adweek | President | Current |
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| Adweek | Senior Vice President, Retail | Current |
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| Adweek | Senior Vice President, Finance | Current |
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| Adweek | Senior Vice President, Entertainment | Current |
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| Adweek | Senior Vice President, Building & Design | Current |
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| Adweek | Senior Vice President, Online | Current |
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| Adweek | Senior Vice President, Marketing | Current |
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| Adweek | Senior Vice President, Central Services | Current |
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| Adweek | Senior Vice President, Human Resources | Current |
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| Adweek | Senior Vice President | Current |
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| Adweek | Vice President, Licensing | Current |
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| Adweek | Vice President, Manufacturing & Distribution | Current |
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| Adweek | Vice President, Audience Marketing | Current |
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| Adweek | Publisher | Current |
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| Adweek | Publisher | Current |
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| Adweek | Director of Planning and Operations | Current |
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| Adweek | Group Financial Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Publisher, Editorial Director | Current |
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| Adweek | New Business Development Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Creative Services Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Production Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Eastern Sales Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Western Regional Sales Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Associate Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Directories, Publishing Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Marketing Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Managing Art Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Group Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Regional Sales Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Account Manager | Current |
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| Adweek | Manager | Current |
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| Adweek | Account Manager | Current |
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| Adweek | Assistant Classified Production Manager | Current |
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| Adweek | Marketing Events Manager | Current |
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| Adweek | Account Manager | Current |
Barbara Lippert is the award-winning advertising critic for Adweek. For nearly twenty years, she has written a weekly ad critique, reviewing a campaign much as a movie or book critic would, looking at it through the prism of pop culture, and from a human rather than agency or client perspective. Readers have called her work "insightful," 'funny" and "'@@**@*@&!!!!"' A much sought-after voice of advertising analysis for both the industry and the media, Lippert is a frequent TV guest, and has been the advertising contributor the CBS "Early Show'' and has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, Oprah, 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper's 360, and Charlie Rose, among others
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Adweek | Advertising Critic | Current |
| Nielsen Podcasts | Current |
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| Adweek | Current |
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| The Rosen Group. Prior | Account Executive | Current |
| Adweek | Current | |
| The Rosen Group Inc. | Former | |
| Lafayette College | Bachelor of Arts Degree In English | Former |
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| Adweek | Marketing Coordinator | Current |
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| Adweek | Production Coordinator | Current |
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| Adweek | Sales Assistant | Current |
Before Follis LLC, John was with several top US agencies including DDB, K&B, and his own, Follis DeVito Verdi, one of Madison Avenue's most award-winning agencies. John is a contributing columnist for ADWEEK and author of "How to Attract and Excite Your Prospects". John has also been an adjunct professor at Parsons, F.I.T. and SVA in New York City. Other Follis credits include a White House honor for his agency's anti child abuse campaign. He is a requested speaker, author of The Follis Marketing Report blog, and the creator and host of The Marketing Show podcast. A business owner since 1986, John is President of Follis, LLC which offers Marketing Therapy for businesses with limited budgets. Samples, articles, and case studies can be viewed on follisinc.com
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Follis, LLC | President | Current |
| Follis, LLC | Cco of Follis Llc and Host of the Marketing Show | Current |
| Adweek | Columnist | Current |
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| Sphericity Inc | Current | |
| Fortune | Photographer | Current |
| Forbes, Inc. | Photographer | Current |
| Fortune | Editor | Current |
| Adweek | Editor | Current |
| Forbes, Inc. | Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Digital Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Web Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Creative Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Research Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Managing Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Photo Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Desk Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Features Editor | Current |
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| Broadcast Ink Communications | President, CEO | Current |
| Adweek | Managing Editor | Current |
| Stewart Title Co | Current | |
| Salesian Boys & Girls Club | Current | |
| The James G. Elliott Company | Current | |
| The Frozfruit Company | Current | |
| Aief | Executive Director | Former |
| Copley News Service | Business Columnist | Former |
| Golden West Telecommunications | Former | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Former | |
| Advertising Club of Los Angeles | Member | Former |
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| Adweek | Media Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Senior Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Special Reports Editor | Current |
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| Adweek | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Adweek | Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Director | Current |
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| Adweek | Board of Directors | Current |
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