by Richard Whitman on Aug 18, 5:45 PM
McCann New York has announced that it has promoted Susan Young and Daniela Vojta to executive creative directors.
by Richard Whitman on Aug 17, 5:02 PM
Canadian agency Harbinger Communications decided to query Canadian women on which Olympic ads they thought are the best.
by Richard Whitman on Aug 16, 9:47 PM
VML, the Kansas City-based agency, has
extended its lease for its current offices there for another 11 years but, more interestingly, has added 30,444 square feet bringing its total Kansas City office space up to 97,769. The lease agreement is pending City Council approval. The Kansas City Star speculates this could allow the agency to add up to 376 more employees to the agency's space near the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport. This expansion is in addition to the agency's second Kansas City home at 2020 Baltimore Avenue. Currently, the agency employs 2,500 employees across it 28 global …
by Richard Whitman on Aug 16, 9:43 PM
Bess will replace HY Connect President Rich Levy who abruptly left after having held the position since June.
by Richard Whitman on Aug 15, 6:49 PM
In an industry that seemingly prides itself on bro culture and possesses zero sensitivity to the offensiveness of that culture -- albeit with some recent moves in the right direction -- it's refreshing to see an agency do the right thing.
by Richard Whitman on Aug 14, 5:59 PM
It's not quite as ingenious as Hikea or as juicy as someone filing fake copyright infringement complaints against AgencySpy or as tectonic as AT&T shifting all its work to Omnicom or as weird as a website getting paid in gold for ads but The New York Times just bought a fake ad agency.
by Richard Whitman on Aug 11, 5:00 PM
And while Australians would appear to be more emotional than most as indicated by this increased level of crying while watching your ads, they are actually less emotional than the rest of the world.
by Richard Whitman on Aug 10, 4:47 PM
Berman, former CEO at Leo Burnett USA and other business mavens will help guide the strategic direction of the agency.
by Richard Whitman on Aug 9, 7:00 PM
Well, we all knew this was going to happen, right? On Tuesday, Facebook updated its desktop site in a way that is said to block ad blockers.
by Richard Whitman on Aug 8, 8:16 PM
In today's self-serving research-related news, Jivox is out with a study that claims -- surprise, surprise -- personalized ads perform a whole lot better than un-personalized ads.