Adweek: Frito-Lay has awarded its Doritos ad account to Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, the client has confirmed. Estimated billings exceed $30 million. "The Doritos brand is a true icon and we look forward to being part of the Frito-Lay team," said Jeff Goodby, shop chairman and co-cd. "This is a chance to put Doritos front and center in people's minds where it belongs." BBDO remains the client's worldwide partner …
Dude, You Can Stash The Dell Now
Lewis Lazare: With loud praise for the success of its Super Bowl commercials for Anheuser-Busch still ringing, DDB/Chicago took a huge hit Wednesday: Computer behemoth Dell is moving its domestic consumer advertising account to BBDO/Atlanta. The lost business is believed to be worth a whopping $250 million. The Dell move also is an ugly mark on the report card of DDB/Chicago President and CEO Dana Anderson, who …
Doner: MIA From The WWW
Nearly every ad agency on the planet has a website, be it good, bad, or ugly. Except for one, it seems: Southfield, Michigan's Doner Worldwide, who does work for Mazda, Six Flags, DuPont, and Blockbuster, among others. They do have donerus.com registered and for use as an email domain. But no site. Poking around the web the other day, I completely came up empty on a search for Doner. Anyone know why? …
Will You Listen To This Guy?
Let me say up front, the person who wrote this classified ad once hired, then quickly fired, me. I don't hate him, but I would not be doing my job here if I let this ego-fueled drivel go unremarked upon. This is a chance to be part of a small award-winning creative staff (One Show pencils, CA, et al) headed by Minneapolis-bred, award-winning, veteran CD who has been in Denver for 7 years. Denver may be the scrappiest …
They Do Great Work And The Perks Aren’t Bad Either
Chicago agency, Hadrian's Wall, is blogging. The entire staff of Hadrian's Wall is in Rome for a week, celebrating the shop's five-year anniversary. I don't know which item is bigger news. The latter, I suppose. …
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Fallon Tidies Up
NYT: Pat Fallon, the chairman of Fallon Worldwide in Minneapolis, unexpectedly fired his hand-picked senior creative executive yesterday after less than a year in the job. Paul Silburn, who joined Fallon as executive creative director for North America in early February 2005, was dismissed along with Mark Taylor, a creative director hired from Crispin Porter by Mr. Silburn last summer. A search for a successor for …
Ad People, You’ve Got A Tax In Pennsylvania
According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, ad agencies in PA are trying to fend off a proposed tax on advertising. It's already passed in the state house, and If passed in the Senate and signed into law, Pennsylvania would be the only state that has an ad tax. "A tax on advertising and public relations services through Senate Bill 854 would have a severe, negative impact on both agencies in Pennsylvania and the …
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Nobody Likes An Intruder, Don’t Let Your Marketing Become One
Lewis Lazare: Element 79 Partners/Chicago has a new partner. The agency whose clients include Gatorade and Tropicana orange juice has acquired a Chicago interactive agency called Tractiv, formed last spring by two former Leo Burnett staffers, Chris Miller and Kurt Karlenzig. "Chris and Kurt are a remarkably good fit with our shop," said Element 79 leader Brian Williams. Tractiv, with a staff of five, will be housed …
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