Talking honestly about race is rarely easy in America, but almost always necessary. From Ad Age: Advertising agencies remain segregated remnants of the 1950s, in effect casting multicultural agencies aside in virtual "Negro leagues," said Richard Wayner, CEO of the True Agency, during a heated question-and-answer session after a panel discussion at the Los Angeles Association of Advertising Agencies on May 6. Mr. …
Lovely Book, But Where’s Your Guerilla And Online?
Ad Age has yet another story on an account win. That doesn't interest me much. What does is the reason given for the shop's win. BMW of North America's motorcycle division said it selected Concept Farm, New York, as its new agency of record for its estimated $2 million motorcycle account. Concept Farm won the account because of its capabilities in guerilla, interactive and Web work, said Laurence Kuykendall, the …
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The Incredible Rise Of Marketing Services
Once upon a time in Adlandia, a marquis player like FCB would have swallowed up a direct marketing shop like a whale dining on plankton. Today's New York Times tells a different tale. One where agency holding giant, Interpublic, seeks a union of equals between FCB and Draft. Yet, when you look at what Howard Draft, the shop's founder, said in a memo to his staff he clearly hints that Draft is the hotter …
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A BattleCry For Billings
According to the New York Times, Teen Mania Ministries, a Christian youth organization devoted to steering teenagers away from drugs, alcohol and premarital sex came knocking on Tocquigny's door. "We anticipated that there might be some cons," said Skip Dampier, a partner and creative director at the agency. "And we knew that not everyone at the agency would want to work on this business." But despite its …
Radotude
As predicted by Carl LaFong, CA is out with their profile of tda advertising and design. The May/June issue in mailboxes now. Mathew Porter's profile of the shop is mostly about the two partners--Thomas Dooley and Jonathan Schoenberg--and their dynamic. I like this piece from the article: For whatever they really are, admen or mountain enthusiasts posing as admen, one thing is certain: these guys will not be creating …
Orlando Office Withers
According to Lewis Lazare, Cramer-Krasselt has shrunk its Orlando operation from 30 to 3, after the loss of Winn-Dixie. The grocer recently filed for bankruptcy. Lazare says C-K executives are now helping the office's only other principal client, Florida Power & Light, find another ad agency. …
Puddletown Pugilists
You're simply not going to beat up on Wieden in the local, national nor international award shows. But if you're a member of the Portland ad community, now you can beat members of their staff with your fists. And it's all for charity! A dozen representatives from agencies all over Portland will square off in the Wieden + Kennedy atrium on Friday, April 28th in order to raise money for the Central Oregon Boxing club, …
Delta Flies To SS+K
Congrats to the awesome Noelle Weaver and the rest of the folks at Shepardson Stern + Kaminsky for landing a big fish, as Adweek reports, SS+K has taken the Delta airlines account. Delta, though, is facing bankruptcy and a possible strike, so things won't be easy. Not to mention a marketing brain drain that has left the advertising in tatters: BBDO in Atlanta had the Delta account for about 50 years until 1997 or …
