Planning whiz, Russell Davies, recently unearthed an old t-shirt from 1999 …
Big Win For Small Shop
Lewis Lazare: After some initial confusion sparked by premature and inaccurate online chatter among advertising trade journalists about the results of electronics giant Sony's account review, the matter was clarified late Monday. Sony said it would not have one ad agency of record going forward, but rather three shops: Fallon/Minneapolis; McKinney + Silver in Durham, N.C. and Bagby and Co., which had been doing some …
Austin Kelley & Fitzgerald Get Hitched
Forget Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. This is bigger! OK, not really, but in yet another upheaval in the Atlanta advertising market, Adweek is reporting the merger of two Interpublic-owned Atlanta shops, Austin Kelley and Fitzgerald+Co. A few years ago, IPG persuaded Fitzgerald + Co. to merge with the Atlanta office of McCann-Erickson, so this latest consolidation isn't such a big shock. According to Adweek, The …
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Mad Dogs Morph Into Walrus
Adweek: Former Mad Dogs & Englishmen creative director Deacon Webster and 10 staffers have absorbed the defunct shop's last four clients and this week opened under the banner Walrus. With Grand Marnier, Radar magazine, the 21 Club and Wacoal's CW-X Conditioning Wear, Walrus has about $7 million in billings, said Webster, now chief creative officer. Where Mad Dogs concentrated primarily on TV, print and guerilla, the …
Go Steffan Go
Lewis Lazare: Late last week Harris, the city's third-largest financial institution, invited five shops to pitch the bank's ad business. Or more accurately five shops plus one. The plus one, in this instance, is Euro RSCG/Chicago, the corpse that former Leo Burnett creative whiz kid Steffan Postaer is trying to resuscitate. Euro RSCG has joined forces with Arnold Worldwide/ Chicago, the incumbent on the Harris …
Corporate Raider Has His Way With Havas
Ad Age: Havas shareholder Vincent Bollore won the four seats he demanded on the holding company …
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Soul Patch For Sale (No, Not On eBay)
Columbus, OH ad agency, Young Issac, was written up in the print edition of Adweek recently. The source of their newfound fame is a viral effort directed not to unsuspecting and callous consumers, but to those jaded plebes who work in the ad biz, or hope to one day soon. Get creative with the click of a mouse! Our Online Megastore is a true feat of technological amazement. Creativity is just minutes away. Buy a …
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Say Hello To Stupid
We've got two series running on the site now�Agencies in Strange Places and Outstanding Mission Statements. Maybe we ought to add a third series�--Agency Lobby Art. Here's what the folks at W+K London see each time they pass reception. "Blender Man" serves as a constant reminder of the ethos of the company and how we approach each day. As Dan Wieden says, "When you don't know, you try desperately to find out. But …
