Brands Every Flight Comes with Free Bling! By Agent C on Apr. 2, 2008 - 12:56 PM In the world of Hip-Hop, it’s not uncommon to consider yourself a brand and then peddle your wares. Eve, Beyonce, Eminem, Jay-Z all have or had fashion lines. Nelly and Lil John had beverages on the market. Many have opened ...
Agencies Say Goodbye to Hollywood..? By Agent C on Apr. 2, 2008 - 12:26 PM With the inevitable loss of its $155-million Mitsubishi Motors account on the horizon, BBDO Los Angeles seems to be in danger of closing up shop. Once Mitsubishi leaves BBDO LA, there won’t be a heck of a lot left to do ther ...
Agencies Guess the Dinosaur. By Agent C on Apr. 2, 2008 - 12:00 PM What dinosaur CEO/creative principal brings out groups of his creatives on bonding weekends — skiing, fishing, and the like — on his jet… but only brings male creatives? Juniors, mid-level, CDs… doesn’ ...
Agencies Hyundai Pulls the Trigger. By Agent C on Apr. 2, 2008 - 8:53 AM As we suspected, Hyundai made a move towards The Richards Group. The auto maker claims Goodby is still “in good standing” with them, but this doesn’t look too good. Remember – it was the dealers making a st ...
Digital Just When You Thought Rick Moranis Couldn’t Get Any Smaller… By Agent C on Apr. 1, 2008 - 1:40 AM According to Adweek, Sony Pictures has announced that they will be making selected titles available for download to cell phone users. Like Ghostbusters and Stand By Me. Consider how small your cell phone screen is. If you’re ...
TV Truth in Hazelnuts. By Agent C on Mar. 30, 2008 - 1:32 AM On March 20th, CandyIndustry.com reported that Ferrero, the makers of the greatest thing ever to come in a jar (sorry, Vaseline), would have to change a TV spot they made. The British Advertising Standards Authority didn’t h ...
Brands Red Bull Gives You… uh… Cola? By Agent C on Mar. 30, 2008 - 12:49 AM When will BRANDS learn to embrace the true perception of their BRANDS? BevNET reported on March 24th that Red Bull will be launching a brand extension… Cola. Natural Cola. With only 32 mg of caffeine, it will focus on flavor ...
Agencies Another BBHer Hits the Dust… In Style. By Agent C on Mar. 29, 2008 - 8:55 PM Recently, a handful of mid-level creatives have bailed from BBH NY. One story that can be added to this mini-exodus is that of Art Director Andrew Tider. Before leaving the shop for a gig over at Nitro, he decided to make a video ...
Agencies Who Needs Creative Merit? By Agent C on Mar. 29, 2008 - 8:43 PM It seems mcgarrybowen in NYC is on a roll these days. After winning JP Morgan and an assignment from HP, one has to ask what initiated all this sudden success. Could it be some hot new hires bringing cutting-edge concepts to the t ...
Revolving Door Bottom Heavy By Agent C on Mar. 27, 2008 - 7:41 PM Apparently there are lots of empty slots that need filling in NY agencies. (Insert perverted response to last sentence here.) These slots, however, are way up on the food chain. Seems like a whole lotta gigs for lifers. Publicis n ...