One can always count on George Parker to tell it like it is. Chuck my Ass! What is this shit with the new Charles Schwab campaign. The one with comic book style type balloons featuring the immortal line "Talk to Chuck." I mean, give me a break. I'll bet some dufus at the agency, either a suit with an MBA, or a creative fucking genius with twenty grams of Peruvian marching powder up his nose said "Why don't we …
Knock The Hustle: Simply The Best Ad Book I’ve Read In A Long Time
I’ll readily admit that I’ve been waiting for my copy of Hadji Williams’ new book Knock The Hustle: How to Save Your Job and Your Life from Corporate America for 3 months now, since I first heard about it and saw the excerpts on his website. And now that it’s here and I’ve read it, I can honestly say that this is the most provocative, eye-opening look at the advertising industry that I’ve ever read. Sorry, Luke …
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Hall Enjoys Sailing And Other Important Factoids
Night Agency interviewed Steve Hall of Adrants last week. Here's an excerpt: Night Agent: Steve Hall, what did you have in mind when you started Adrants? Were you launching a revolution or were you just bored? Steve Hall: I wish I were that insightful. Actually, I started it during a period of unemployment in March 2002 as a way to stay in touch with the industry. NA: Well, looks like you are in touch now! SH: I seem …
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The Power Of Lazarus
Fortune has named O+M CEO, Shelly Lazarus, one of the most powerful women in business for 2005. According to Fact Monster, Shelly graduated from Smith College in 1968 and earned an MBA from Columbia University in 1970, where she was one of four women in her class. She started working at Clairol, but within a year switched to Ogilvy & Mather. After a series of promotions, Lazarus was named president of North American …
Nancy Vonk Talks With Sally Hogshead
As part of her "Naked Career" podcasts, Sally Hogshead lands what they call in show bidness a big "get": Nancy Vonk, Co-CD of Ogilvy Toronto, whose comments about Neil French...well, if I have to fill in that part, you must've been in the Kalahari for the last month. You can download the podcast at Talent Zoo's website or by searching on "Radio Talent Zoo" on The iTunes' Music Store podcast section. It should be up …
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Notice Us (And Our Ads Too)
According to Wieden + Kennedy's London office, these guys - Dave and Ian - were outside this morning with their banner, no doubt encountering all sorts of abuse from passing students, drunks and conceptual artists. …
Time Warner Lightens Its Case Load
Wired: Steve Case, a co-founder of AOL and one of the key architects of the disastrous AOL-Time Warner deal, said Monday that he has resigned from Time Warner's board of directors. Case had relinquished the role of chairman two years ago, but remained on the media conglomerate's board of directors, despite the opposition of shareholders angered by the fallout of AOL's purchase of Time Warner at the height of the …
The More Things Change…
"Human nature hasn't changed for a million years. It won't even vary for the next million years. Only the superficial things have changed. It's fashionable to talk about changing man. A communicator must be concerned with unchanging man - what compulsions drive him, what instincts dominate his every action, even though his language too often camouflages what really motivates him. For if you know these things about a …
