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- Leo Burnett Readies Another Move on China
- It looks like Publicis Groupe-owned ad shop Leo Burnett Worldwide is about to make an aquisition in China, according to Reuters, but Chairman Tom Bernardin remains tight lipped about who exactly is getting brought into the corporate fold. "You might see one next week," Bernardin told Reuters in an interview...
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
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- Cramer-Krasselt Takes Home Edward Jones
- Cramer-Krasselt in Chicago has been selected as lead agency by financial services firm Edward Jones according to Adweek. The shop beat out incumbent Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners in New York and TM Advertising in Dallas in the final round. Greed, Sex, Drugs & Money were also up for the...
- News items 2009-08-07
- The Results Of Mehri's Findings & The Impending Lawsuit For Blacks In The Ad Industry
- The ad agencies brought this on themselves. AdAge's Ken Wheaton called it in his July 2008 editorial, "Agencies Have Funny Way of Showing 'Commitment' to Diversity". Back then, when agencies failed to show up for The New York City Commission on Human Rights meeting, he said lawyers would come...
- News items 2009-08-07
- WPP To Cut 50+ Management Positions?
- The news is also out that WPP is a hot mess. Sorrell has made it clear over the past few days that cuts will be made Allegedly, WE HEAR THAT.... the shop will be cutting 50+ employees from its management rolls post holiday. And over all? The number...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Premature Ejaculator? Got Erectile Dysfunction? Try This Nasal Spray!
- A campaign for a prescription nasal spray that claims to help men overcome premature ejaculation and and erectile dysfunction will be pulled from 196 billboards in the U.K. because of a law against advertising prescription drugs on billboards. The ads, which you can see above, also contain the...
- News items 2009-08-07
- DDB's Scarpelli Wants to Hire Minorities, Is Crucified in Blogosphere for Saying So
- DDB chief creative officer Bob Scarpelli sent a harmless, well-intentioned email to his staff -- and has been crucified for doing so on AgencySpy. The email below simply says that DDB must continue to hire more diversely: Maintaining and increasing diversity in our workplace is a serious...
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- GSD&M Leak Accuses Popeyes Client of Racism; Places Agency in Lose-Lose Situation
- Someone inside the creative staff at GSD&M Idea City appears to be determined to lose the Popeyes Chicken account by disavowing a campaign the agency created for the fast-food client see video below. The move will likely enrage GSD&M's management and further strain its relationship with creatives there. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-15
- Mother Produces Free Virgin Fest, and Weaposre Giving Away 2 Tickets
- Virgin FreeFest is this weekend and wouldn't you know it's produced by Mother New York. They let us know about the show, which is this Sunday, August 30 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion between Baltimore and D.C. and then gave us two free tickets to give away. Read on...
- News items 2009-08-27
- The Week in Advertising Turns 50 Weeks Old
- Today we present to you the 50th episode of The Week in Advertising. Full press release, below. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Ciarallo 212-389-2011 Joe@mediabistro.com...
- News items 2009-11-03
- MDC Partners Launches "Media Hedge Funds"
- Via superspy over at MediaBistro's AgencySpy, yet another sign of the changes tech brings across the ad industry. Portoflio company MDC Partners is launching Varick Media Management, which will let interested parties trade across every online exchange, ad networks and websites. Quoting AgencySpy quoting the website: "Similar to the...
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Condé Nast Suspends New Website Launches Indefinitely; Another Blow To Razorfish?
- Condé Nast's plans to build out new websites for mags such as Details have been suspended for an indefinite period, according to AgencySpy, which cited an unidentified source. A high level source at the company tells me that aside from Details, Conde Nast had been planning on creating several...
- External links 2008-12-04
- NBC Cancels Shared Super Bowl Spot to Keep Prices High
- NBC nixed an idea to have a single Super Bowl spot shared by multiple advertisers. The idea, floated by agency Cesario Migliozzi, was to buy a single spot in the big game and then divide it into eight mini-spots of a few seconds each. Each slot would be bought by...
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- Flaws and Gaps in Cyrus Mehri's Report on Racism in the Agency Business
- Cyrus Mehri's report on race discrimination in the advertising agency business finds that blacks make 20 percent less than whites, and are under-represented by half at all levels of the industry. But is his report going to lead to the big class-action lawsuit that he's hoping to create? A close...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Advertising Roundup -- 80 Laid Off at Starcom; 26 Laid Off at Ogilvy; Lamar Debt Makes Hedge Fund Rich; More ...
- Layoffs at Starcom -- Chicago's Starcom MediaVest laid off 80 staffers yesterday, AgencySpy has learned. A Starcom representative confirmed the cuts today, stating that the current economic climate is to blame. [Source: AgencySpy] 26 laid off at Ogilvy Group UK -- The role of Bo Hellberg, the...
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- After Losing Quaker Oats, Is Element 79 Toast?
- When there's blood in the water, the ad blogs will begin to circle, baring row after row of shiny white teeth. That certainly seems to be the case with beleaguered ad agency Element 79. Starting with the news on Thursday that the Chicago-based shop had lost its Quaker Oats account,...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Advertising Roundup: Omnicom's Debt Picture; Client Quits During Pitch; TBWA Names Infiniti Chief; Danone Taps Y&R; More ...
- Omnicom debt picture is mixed -- It has a lot of debt due, but not immediately, and will probably be OK. [Source: WSJ] TBWA names Infiniti chief -- TBWA has named the CEO of its Manchester office in the U.K. to steer management of its global Infiniti...
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
- BNET's Worst Ads of 2008
- It was a banner year for truly awful advertising. Here's BNET's Worst Ads of 2008: Extended Stay Hotels "farting" ad Extended Stay wanted viewers to know that you'd feel so comfortable at their place you'd feel free to break wind any time you wanted. So they...
- Blog posts 2008-12-22
- Advertising Roundup: Cliff Freeman Loses Bonefish; Ogilvy CEO Q&A; Freelance Troubles at Enfatico; More ...
- Cliff Freeman Loses Bonefish Grill -- Quiznos also shaky. Shop appears to be in freefall. (Cliff Freefall?) BNET noted turmoil at the agency on Nov. 19, 2008. [Source: Ad Age] Ogilvy CEO Miles Young gives Q&A -- Wants five year plan, has a strain of "Marxism" in...
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- Advertising Roundup: Mini in Review; Home Depot Eyes Media; Coke Sued on Vitaminwater; More ...
- Mini calls global review -- WCRS, which has been the UK agency of record for the last 8 years, has not been tapped to participate. [Source: AgencySpy] Publicis buys Bulgarian agency -- Communications chain Publicis MARC Group owner Nikolai Nedelchev said he will sell his majority stake...
- Blog posts 2009-01-15
- Advertising Roundup: BK Picks LatinWorks; WPP to Acquire Jupiter; Layoffs at Lowe and Deutsch; More ...
- Burger King Picks LatinWorks -- Burger King has selected Omnicom Group's LatinWorks in Austin, Texas, as its lead U.S. Hispanic creative agency following a review, BK said today. In addition, Tapestry in Chicago, part of the Starcom MediaVest Group of shops and ultimately a unit of Publicis Groupe, was chosen...
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
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