Chris Weil and Jeff Weiss of Momentum Worldwide The New York Times has an article on why these guys are stoked, but I found it hard to get past the photo. …
WPP Pulls French From Panel
Ad Age: Controversial creative Neil French was the most talked-about speaker on the first day of Asian regional advertising conference AdAsia -- even though his appearance was abruptly canceled at WPP Group’s insistence. More than 1,000 delegates are attending the Nov. 21-23 AdAsia conference in Singapore, and many were eager to hear Mr. French, who created a worldwide furor at a talk in Canada when he called women …
Do You Work With A T.O.?
I think many of us would agree that advertising is home to an inordinant number of troublesome employees. Why this business attracts so many jerk offs remains something of a mystery (at least to me). Perhaps the recent Terrell Owens debacle in Philadpelpha can shed some light. Wharton: Faculty members at Wharton and other experts say Owens is a classic case of a star employee who, because of his immense talent, was …
C-K ECD Gets Bumped Up To CCO
Lewis Lazare is curious about the promotion of one of Chicago's top creatives. Marshall Ross, longtime executive creative director at Cramer-Krasselt/Chicago, has been upped to chief creative officer overseeing creative units in C-K's Chicago, Milwaukee, Phoenix and Orlando, Fla., offices, but, oddly enough, not C-K's New York office, headed by Dean Stefanides and Larry Hampel. At least one source questioned whether …
Famous Author Hated His Existence In Advertising
Former copywriter, Augusten Burroughs' best-selling book, Running with Scissors, has been made in to a film by Ryan Murphy. Mr. Murphy is the 2005 Golden Globe winning (Best television series, drama) creator, writer, director and executive producer of the hit series, Nip/Tuck.The Sony Miramax film stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh, Vanessa Redgrave, Alec Baldwin and Annette Benning and is co-produced by Brad …
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Spike Jones On The Box
Spike Jones at Brains On Fire has some interesting things to say about common courtesy, or the lack thereof in corporate America. There is a fundamental breakdown in corporate America. And it has everything to do with giving your word and not keeping it. I’m the Firestarter here and so I’m constantly making appointments to talk to people – whether in person or on the phone or web – about a possible partnership. …
Roberts Resorts To Giving His Book Away
Let's turn back the pages of time. About a year ago, our section of the bloatosphere was all worked up about a book with a bright red cover. The brouhaha eventually died down, but it may reignite, now that a new book is being pushed on unwitting journalists and conference attendees. Ad Age: According to Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts, the advertising business has become a place where "there are no rules, there …
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Ad Peeps Need Discipline
Ernie Schenck thinks we need some rules to guide us. His latest CA column is dedicated to this effort. He has 31 rules in all, so I'll cherry pick a few for you to consider. 8. Art directors will not be permitted to use Photoshop until an actual concept has been determined. 11. No meaningless taglines that don’t add a damn thing to the campaign other than give the client something to put on coffee mugs and T-shirts …
