This article on Adweek.com highlights the new AARP campaign done by GSD&M. According to the article, the ads are an "effort to combat the Bush administration's Social Security proposals." One ad shows a house being destroyed simply because of a broken sink--a metaphor for what the AARP thinks the Bush administration wants to do with SS. I have only one question: What are the ages of all the people at GSD&M who were …
The Revolution Will Be Televised
A NYC agency called Anomaly was started last year amidst a barrage of hype and sycophantic press releases, which claimed the agency's founders "decry tradition and embrace revolution." So the entire ad industry has been waiting for the first fruit of this revolution. Well, according to Adweek they're breaking their first work for Dasani, a bottled water brand owned by Coke. And indeed, it's revolutionary …
Have Philosophy Will Travel
Given that I am from Omaha, and having plied my trade in several small markets, I always appreciate when the advertising press looks in on the excellent work being done far from Madison Avenue. Communications Arts does precisely that in its current issue, choosing to feature Indianapolis agency, Young & Laramore. Shiel Sexton headquarters, Indianapolis, IN The caption for the above piece reads: "It began as a …
Pissing On The Carpet
Ad Age has an article today on BBDO's resignation of the Stainmaster carpet account. Here's a telling quote from BBDO COO Jeff Mordos: "It has become clear that current management is seeking a level of service that is more consistent with its own economic realities. As such, we have determined it is no longer a viable match for us." Translation: Either BBDO has way too much overhead to service the account profitably, …
Shutters
from Lewis Lazare: In another hard blow to the Chicago advertising industry, Grant/Jacoby, one of the city's oldest ad agencies, is believed to be on the verge of closing its doors for good, another apparent victim of the plague of bad management that has cast a pall over more than one shop in this city in recent years. News of the agency's likely demise saddened those familiar with its long history. Over the …
Forget Michael Jackson. This Is The Trial To Keep An Eye On.
Where's Geraldo? Where's Court TV? Doesn't matter. I'm glued to Adweek's play-by-play coverage of the trial of Shona Seifert and Thomas Early, two former Ogilvy executives accused of fraud and conspiracy in an attempt to make up a $3 million revenue shortfall by overbilling the government on the Office of National Drug Control Policy account. Anyone looking for a revealing look at the kind of office politics, …
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Old Boy Gets All Visceral
MIAMI, Jan. 26 /CNW/ -- Bob Jeffrey, Worldwide CEO of JWT, the largest advertising agency in the U.S. and the fourth largest in the world, today introduced a new agency point of view that recognizes that time is at a premium, and advertising needs to focus on buying people's time. "Time is the new currency," said Jeffrey. "Our job is to ensure that more people spend more time with our clients' brands. We need to …
Dance With Them That Brung Ya
"It wasn't a wonderful year for Chicago's advertising industry. In fact, it was a pretty lousy 12 months, marked mostly by advertising accounts leaving town, ad agencies shrinking their staffs (yet again), and an overall feeling of lethargy that didn't keep Chicago on the radar screen when many would-be clients went searching for new agencies. It's hard, admittedly, to bring in exciting new clients -- to say nothing …
