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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Panthers Win
As reported here last week, Hadrian's Wall, Chicago bet Boone Oakley, Charlotte that the Bears would win yesterday's NFC playoff game. Sadly, the Panthers prevailed. Now, the home page of Hadrian's site says: Please forgive your fingers. You accidentally typed in "hwadvertising.com". What they really meant to type was "booneoakley.com". Because Boone Oakley is far superior to Hadrain's Wall. Really. We're not just …
Client Thanks Agency For Hard Work–In Adweek
Flipping through this week's Adweek, the following ad caught my eye. Exclusive Resorts took out a full-page ad to thank their agency, DDB Seattle, outlining just exactly what the agency did to help their business. Click on the image to read the ad in full. I can't say I've seen many ads quite like this. Sometimes advertisers will take out a special ad for, say, Leo Burnett's 50-year anniversary to congratulate them, …
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Go Bears
Lewis Lazare: Leave it to Hadrian's Wall, one of Chicago's brightest boutique agencies, to show the rest of this city's buttoned- down and straightlaced shops how to have a little fun with the highly anticipated Chicago Bears/Carolina Panthers showdown on Sunday. Hadrian's Wall/Chicago partner Kevin Lynch happens to be a rabid Bears fan, and he also just happened to know that David Oakley, co-creative director at …
Your Job Doesn’t Suck As Hard As It Could
MediaBuyerPlanner’s profile of “ad agency” Spot Runner reads like a horror movie script in which the horrifying monster is a dead-broke, cheap-ass client. A new, internet-based ad agency, Spot Runner, is positioning itself as a company that offers commercial production, media planning, and ad time for as little as $500. Unlike conventional ad agencies that "simply aren't equipped to serve local customers," said Nick …
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If You Haven’t Got The Call Yet, You’re Probably Not On The List
MarketingVOX spreads the word that Publicis has been recruiting high-level agency types for a new digital business venture. Publicis Groupe Media has been recruiting high-level agency media execs and will soon announce a major new digital business venture having to do with that recruitment drive, chief innovation officer Rishad Tobaccowala said Tuesday, but would not provide details, MediaPost reports. The article …
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