Adweek reports that Chicago-based Leo Burnett will let 25 employees go today, despite recent account wins. Tom Bernadin, Leo's CEO …
Championship Rings Advertising’s New Bling Bling
Olson + Co, a Minneapolis agency with the Detroit Pistons on the client roster, has received four diamond encrusted NBA Champions rings, each worth $15,000. Speaking to Adweek's Tim Nunn, agency president John Olson joked, "They obviously lowered their standards as to who gets a ring." In the five years it has had the account, the agency has built attendance with a campaign touting the team's (and its fans') …
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Fallon Crosses Ocean For New Leader
Five months after David Lubars departed Minnesota for Manahttan, Paul Silburn has been hired to head Fallon's creative department, reports AdAge. Silburn is well-known for his work on brands including John Smith beer, Adidas and Lockets throat lozenges. In 2000, while at Publicis' Leo Burnett, London, he was the art director and copywriter for a John West canned salmon ad in which a fisherman fights a grizzly bear …
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Grey Scandal Puts Color In Cheeks
Adweek published a near book-length article today about corruption at Grey Global Group's New York office. The centerpiece of the article reveals how the print production department was lavished with expensive gifts by vendors, particularly Color Wheel, a print shop. It goes on to describe a viscous billing cycle, where the vendor has to cover their gift costs by inflating the price of their services, which are then …
Everything But The Kitchen Sink
Chicago's Cramer/Krasselt has declined an invitation to defend its Moen business, reports Adweek. Yeah, those lifestyle shoots can be a bit rough. …
Score One For The Commodore
from AdAge: WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson today said it has named Ty Montague executive vice president and chief creative officer and co-president of its New York office, a move that is meant to infuse the old-line agency with a jolt of nontraditional marketing energy. Mr. Montague, 41, comes to JWT from independent Wieden & Kennedy, New York, where he was co-executive creative director and was one of the brains …
Archive Lives Up To Its Name On The Web
Luerzer's Archive has an updated web presence with excellent data base functionality. One factoid I pulled from the site: Most appearances in Archive, by agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty, London DDB, London Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, London KesselsKramer, Amsterdam DM9DDB, Sao Paulo Mother Ltd., London Saatchi & Saatchi, London TBWA GGT Simons Palmer, London Wieden & Kennedy, Amsterdam D …
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English Good In The Saddle
You don't see a lot of English jokes in advertising. Perhaps the copywriters are mostly WASPs. Anyway, I found one. Rick Johnson Advertising in New Mexico has created an ad that both celebrates the English and denigrates them. …