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First Mover: Marla Kaplowitz The CEO of MEC North America on learning to like being in the top job

In college you majored in sociology. How often have you found yourself tapping into that foundation in media planning? It’s carried over on the planning side in the natural curiosity about…

January 23, 2012, 12:00 AM EST

Marketers and Agencies Split on 2012 Prospects Poll finds brand leaders see more economic red flags in new year than their shop peers

Marketing leaders—in contrast to their more buoyant agency brethren—generally seem more cautious than optimistic about growth in the new year. And, of course, who would know better than those who…

January 9, 2012, 1:15 AM EST

WPP Launches New Lincoln Unit New York-based agency to help reintroduce luxury Ford brand

WPP today unveiled plans for a new, as-yet-unnamed agency, dedicated to Ford Motor's Lincoln nameplate. To be based in New York, the shop will reintroduce Lincoln's new designs to consumers and…

December 15, 2011, 6:12 PM EST

Is Unilever Looking to Challenge TV Dominance in Media Mix? Sources say new review is not just about better pricing

When Luis Di Como was promoted to svp of Unilever global media earlier this year, he said he was looking forward to making the marketer's advertising and promotion budget “work…

December 15, 2011, 9:04 AM EST

Tribal DDB S.F. Hired to Fight 'Robotripping' Initiative paid for by pharma trade group

An anti-drug abuse nonprofit and a pharmaceutical trade association have teamed up to hire digital agency Tribal DDB San Francisco, hoping the agency can help them stop teenagers from getting…

December 14, 2011, 4:54 PM EST

Challenging Year Ahead for Ad Industry 2012 might not be the worst year agencies and marketers have seen recently—but it definitely won't be the best

Media agencies have shrunk their ad spending forecasts, Publicis Groupe is clamping down on hiring and salaries, and MDC Partners CEO Miles Nadal is seeing a deceleration in marketer spending.…

December 14, 2011, 12:02 AM EST

Agency of the Year Revealed Check out the year's top global, U.S. and digital agencies

In Adweek’s annual Agency of the Year report, the accomplishments of this year’s winners—BBDO for global, mcgarrybowen for U.S., and AKQA for digital—are made all the more remarkable by the…

December 12, 2011, 12:02 AM EST

Agency of the Year: Mcgarrybowen Old world, new times, slam dunk

It’s a win for the ages—literally. Mcgarrybowen, led by a trio of veteran admen who’ve been around the block and then around it again, has bested the competition with a…

December 12, 2011, 12:02 AM EST

Agency of the Year: BBDO As many shops struggle to reinvent themselves, a transformed BBDO takes flight, scoring business and creative plaudits

For any agency, to weather the flaccid global economy of recent years would be tough enough. But consider recovering from the loss of one of your largest and longest-standing accounts…

December 11, 2011, 9:40 PM EST

Goodby Loses Sprint to Publicis Team Telecom giant shifts lead role to Digitas, supported by Leo Burnett

Sprint is shifting its sizable account out of Omnicom-owned Goodby, Silverstein & Partners to "Team Sprint," a unit comprised of talent from Publicis agencies and led by Digitas. "Team Sprint, a…

December 7, 2011, 5:42 PM EST

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